Some weird & wonderful moments of New York Fashion Week (photos)

Modern dancers, writhing half-naked in front of giant weather-themed video installations. Miley Cyrus, not twerking, but working in a new gig making jewelry with children's beads. A guy mowing a fake indoor lawn in a suit, top hat and fishnet tights. We didn't need to tell you that Fashion Week isn't only about hemlines and tailoring, did we?

Some weird or wonderful (and sometimes both) moments of New York Fashion Week:

BUT WHERE WERE THE CLOTHES?

Making a splashy trip across the pond, British avant-garde designer Gareth Pugh put on a "live immersive fashion experience" involving scantily clad modern dancers undulating in a vast, darkened pier space on the East River that, in daytime, houses seven basketball courts. Guests sipped drinks and snacked on wild mushroom canapes as they followed the dancers from one stage to another, and fog machines billowed. It was all fascinating. But, um, where were the clothes? OK, maybe that wasn't the point.

ONE FAB GARDEN PARTY

Now THIS is how you put on a show. Inside a Chelsea loft, designer Thom Browne created a fantastical garden, filled with models posing as statues, some on stilts. A guy emerged to mow the artificial lawn, wearing a signature Browne shrunken suit with shorts, top hat and fishnet tights, because, why not? Actress Diane Keaton, on the soundtrack, read a bedtime story. Penned by the designer himself, the story was about six sisters, all with different fashion tastes. Models brought the story to life and their clothes were an explosion of whimsy, color and really great tailoring.

MILEY'S NEW GIG

Who knew? Miley Cyrus is a designer, too. The pop singer hooked up with bad-boy designer Jeremy Scott to present her handmade creations chunky necklaces, drop earrings and headgear like tiaras and embellished dunce caps, all composed of stuff you can buy in a toy store, like alphabet beads and furry pom-poms. "Miley was up all night finishing them," Scott said backstage after the runway show, where he had scooped Miley from her seat and brought her on a victory lap.

A KARDASHIAN THEME

No Fashion Week is complete without some sort of Kardashian. No Kim or Kanye this time, but young model Kendall Jenner, Kim's half-sister, continued her ascent, appearing on high-profile runways like those of Diane von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan. "I had no idea who she was," Karan confessed after the show. "I mean, I knew who she was, but I didn't know who she WAS."

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Some weird & wonderful moments of New York Fashion Week (photos)