GOTHAM FASHION WEEK A "TOTAL SUCCESS"

Forget Paris or Milan. For high fashion, the new big name - is Gotham!

If you've been seeing the most beautiful women in the world walking around Gotham City lately, it's not your imagination.

For a few days, Gotham has become the style capital of the world when the 14th Annual Gotham Fashion Week took over downtown. Fashion fanatics from all over the globe joined a coterie of Gotham's own design stars and thousands of fashion fans for a wacky and wild celebration of popular and couture design.

Spirits were high as the weeklong festivities kicked off at the famed and fabulous Seville Hotel. The charity gala ball was hosted by legendary Gotham clothing designer Anita Toulane.

And fashion may be frivolous, but this party wasn't - all the money raised went to a local charity which clothes Gotham homeless citizens.

The event drew the cream of Gotham society - from politicos such as Mayor Garcia to business tycoons like playboy Bruce Wayne. According to observers, Wayne paid less attention to the models on the runway than to the two models that accompanied him to the event.

The following day, Gotham resident and world-renown fashion designer Oglethorpe stunned onlookers with a collection that "blends a 1920s retro chic with synthetic fabrics and a Communist Bloc space-race aesthetic."

And the party isn't over yet. Hundreds of models will strut their stuff on Gotham catwalks in 30 different fashion shows over the next few days. Critics are looking forward to cult favorites like Tokyo designer Takara Yokokawa and London designer Oslow Jones.

But the most crowded show is expected to be Gotham's own Morris Shulstein with his collection of children's clothes inspired by the works of C. J. Muttonchop.

So if you want to be on the cutting edge of fashion, get yourself to a runway show. And remember to dress fabulous - everyone else will.