Stargazing: New York Fashion Week, Day 1 The predicted blizzard of 2013 was still a day away when New York Fashion Week started on Thursday, yet it was already the main subject of conversation as the shows began at the tents at Lincoln Center. Topic A: What would the snow mean for those carefully planned outfits of the front-row regulars? At the BCBG Max Azria show, Joe Zee, the creative director of Elle, warned a fellow magazine editor about her new Celine bag. "It's gorgeous, but you better not carry it in the snowstorm tomorrow," he said with a devilish cackle. Mr. Zee looked perfectly pressed, though he had spent the better part of January flying between New York and Los Angeles. "In L.A., it is all about pretty dresses," he said. But it's tough for actresses to stand out or try something new; we're so quick to judge. Fair enough. And at that a young woman with a pixie cut was teetering in on platform heels as the photographers began to crowd around. Someone identified her as Sami Gayle. "I've had the same haircut all my life," Ms. Gayle said. How long? I'm 17. She was wearing a sleek blue cocktail dress, but she said she had a method for discerning age-appropriate clothing: "I always make sure it's grandma-appropriate. As long as my grandma's not horrified, it's O.K. Next, at Richard Chai, the front-row talent was more established. A pint-size Christina Ricci slipped in quietly, in a bright blue top and slim black pants, until photographers latched on to Ms. Ricci and Maggie Grace and Ashlee Simpson. Ms. Simpson, who had gotten "ready in a conference room," she said, was turning a new leaf. "I don't usually do sparkle," she said, nodding to her jazzy sequined top. But, hey, it's happening, and it feels so right. At the Creatures of the Wind show in West Chelsea, the roving fashion pack was still subdued (or frozen). Hannah Bronfman, seated next to the blogger Susie Bubble, dished on her new beauty app, aimed at linking customers with last-minute service appointments. "I keep telling people it's going to be launching in two or three weeks, but we don't have a set date," said Ms. Bronfman, in cool braids from the John Barrett salon. With technology, it moves around so much. A bug there, a fix here. The glamour quotient rose a bit at the Kenneth Cole runway show, at 7 p.m. There were Heidi Klum and Rachel Dratch, the" Saturday Night Live" alum, who was poured into a striped Kenneth Cole dress. "This is my first time ever at a fashion show," the comedienne said, as she was blinded by a flash. "All the fashion I know is from what I see on Bravo," she said, nodding to Ms. Klum (whose show, "Project Runway," is actually on Lifetime). Not to quote reality TV, but I felt like I won a little.