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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Models walk the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: A model walks the runway at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG)
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Following suit with their Spring 2011 show, this year's Diesel Black Gold runway show didn't include a stitch of denim—if they did, we missed it amongst all the leather. Looks included leather pants, leather jackets, leather corsets, etc., in every neutral imaginable (burgundy even made a head-to-toe appearance), with some random cable knits, off-white chords and one or two silk pieces thrown in for good measure. Models with wet bed heads stomped out to opening music that sounded something like the score from Inception, only quickly to turn into bass thumping house music. Hey, this is Diesel.
Even though the show was all the way at the end of the earth—Pier 94 on the West Side Highway—that didn't stop celebs from finding their front row seats. Chace Crawford sat (scandalously!) sandwiched in between Vanessa Hudgens (with a henna hand) and Paz de la Huerta, along with Wyclef Jean, Keri Hilson, and Petra Nemcova. And of course, ubiquitous bloggers Rumi Neely, Bryanboy (in a relatively tame outfit), and Susie Bubble weren't too far away, either. — Tiffany Yannetta
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Actors Chace Crawford (L) and Vanessa Hudgens attend the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Actors Paz de la Huerta, Chace Crawford and Vanessa Hudgens attend the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Get
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: View of Vanessa Hudgens' dress backstage at the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Model Petra Nemcova attends the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for IMG)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Keri Hilson, Wyclef Jean and Petra Nemcova attend the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images fo
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Fashion blogger Bryan Boy attends the Diesel Black Gold Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 94 on February 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for IMG)
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