Armani Prive collection shimmers

Giorgio Armani gave stars the moon, with a spring-summer 2010 haute couture collection of red carpet-ready looks full of lunar luster.

For his premiere Prive label, the perma-tanned Italian designer served up skinny pant suits, strapless cocktail dresses and tulip bodiced evening gowns in shimmering off-white and gray hues and sequin-encrusted black.

Did anyone say Oscars?

Anne Hathaway - one of a bevy of A-list guests who showed up for the show, all decked out in Armani, of course - said she wasn't sure she'd attend this year's Academy Awards, but added that she had her eye on "about seven" looks from the collection.

"I'm have a few events in mind, and if Mr. Armani would be generous enough, I'd love to wear them," Hathaway told journalists after the show, without specifying what events she was referring to.

Certainly, whatever the occasion, she couldn't go wrong with the princess bustier dress in gleaming white silk shot through with shiny lurex and bedazzled with sequins or the peak-shouldered blazer and skinny pants in opalescent pink.

In keeping with the collection's moon theme, Armani replaced the suits' buttons with oversized crescent closures and added full moon shaped flaps to the dresses' necklines. One long and lean evening gown in midnight blue had a crescent shape cutout on the back, and some of the models carried rhinestone-encrusted new moon clutches.

Still, the collection broke little new ground for Armani, whose clean lined suits and classic dresses have attracted a small army of fans among top players in Hollywood and beyond.

Tina Turner, who was a seat down from Hathaway, said she trusted Armani to keep her looking her best.

"I can always depend on going to the closet, getting something at the last minute and not worrying about 'does it work? Does it go?' You can depend on his clothes to make the affair work for you," said Turner, who was rocking a low-cut Armani top in blinding black sequins.

- AP