Supermodels don't get together too often these days, on the catwalk at least, but last night at the Point Depot in Dublin the women known by one name only - Naomi, Helena and Yasmin - appeared together at the Brown Thomas International Fashion Show in aid of the ISPCC, the Chernobyl Children's Project and The Christina Noble Foundation. The enthusiastic roars that greeted each dramatic entrance of Campbell, Christensen and LeBon, along with Jerry Hall and Heidi Klum, were the kind usually heard at a rock
Famous models with an Irish connection - Erin O'Connor, Jasmine Guinness and Jane Bradbury - also took part, wearing clothes by Versace, Gucci, YSL and Irish designers Lainey Keogh and Maraid Whisker.
The crowd seemed to love the showstoppers by Italian Roberto Cavalli and milliner Philip Treacy, worn to great effect by British models Karen Elson and Jade Parfitt.
If the crowd enjoyed the spectacle, the models seemed to enjoy themselves, too, and appeared more relaxed than they might be at a Parisian couture show - this was fun, not work. Watching Campbell camp it up with her charisma and great walk gave some understanding of why she, and the others, became super in the first place.
Hosted by Cat Deeley, the show raised its target of over €700,000, and was supported by The Edge, Bono, Joe Elliott, Keith Duffy, Andrea and Jim Corr, Nicky Byrne, Liam Cunningham and Stephen Rea, Eddie Irvine, Shay Given, Brian O'Driscoll, Denis Hickie and Samantha Mumba.
The show featured hat-tricks by Irish milliner Philip Treacy, who earlier this week spiced up the Paris couture shows with a wild display at the Pink Paradise, a posh strip-club off the Champs-Élysées.
Treacy explored the notion of what's in a name, precariously perching a Campbell's soup can - once immortalised by Andy Warhol - atop Naomi's head.
He dedicated a series of hats to legends past and present, producing a veritable portrait gallery of headgear bearing Warhol-like images of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Liza Minnelli, Joan Collins and Gwyneth Paltrow. His couture show also turned to nature for inspiration, with a banana, a lush flower garden, or a cloud of butterflies.