J-Lo Adds to the Glamour in Milan

"Kate! Kate ! Kate!" The shouts were as synchronized as they were desperate. "Kate, look this way, Kate!" The mood inside the elegant hall at the Burberry Prorsum show in Milan last night had become hysterical and even violent when a certain 32-year-old woman from Croydon arrived.

Cameras flashed so rapidly at her face it looked like Kate Moss was being welcomed back with her own private disco. And what a welcome it was; not one joke about grainy photos, not one query about her ex-boyfriend Peter Doherty’s recent rest at Her Majesty’s pleasure.

Instead she fielded the friendliest of questions. Was she moving back to London at some point? Yes, despite rumors that she had to live abroad to escape legal and tabloid intrusions, that was her plan. Would she appear in the Burberry advertising campaigns again after the company allegedly let her go in the wake of her drug scandal? Um, she wasn’t sure. What was it like, coming to a show after such a long absence? She looked at the jostling photographers. "It’s a bit nuts," she replied.

Across town, at the Dolce & Gabbana show, the paparazzi had another target for their pleas: "Jennifer! Look this way! Please?". They needn’t have worried. Jennifer Lopez, actress, pop star and designer got on to the catwalk, giving good views of her best assets. Her third husband, Marc Anthony, helped his wife down, smiling beneath a long thin moustache that looked just made for twirling.

Designers know the benefits of perching a celebrity in their front row; it gives the brand easy publicity, no matter how bad the clothes. Happily, both collections shown yesterday were excellent. Dolce & Gabbana took Beau Brummell as the inspiration, featuring well-cut military style trousers, speckled with gold buttons and piping with cropped or frock coats.

At Burberry, designer Christopher Bailey reworked the traditional trench coats, quilting them, making some in delicate white lace and others in burnished gold, which would work perfectly on a celebrity looking for the spotlight.

Earlier, at the Fendi show the photographers’ platform collapsed, resulting in a slew of angry snappers walking out. But the mini-drama was quickly forgotten.