In one of the most personal displays of New York Fashion Week, Ralph Lauren arranged for about 250 guests to be chauffeured from the city to Bedford Hills, N.Y., to view his see-now-buy-now collection — and his famous stable of cars, which include some of the rarest models in the world. In celebration of 50 years in business, the show took place in the garage where Mr. Lauren stores his automobiles, and guests were able to inspect vintage Jaguars, McLarens and Alfa Romeos, among others, over Champagne and hors d’oeuvres before sitting down to a runway positioned among the designer’s beautiful machines.

To an espionage-themed soundtrack borrowed from the 1965 James Bond film, “Thunderball,” male and female models walked in clothing inspired by the cars: silvery Prince of Wales check suits for women, Ferrari-red ballgowns, and fringed tuxedos as deep black as the designer’s 1938 Bugatti, one of the most expensive cars on the planet. After, the crowd of magazine editors and actors including Diane Keaton, Jessica Chastain and Armie Hammer were ushered to yet another level of the garage, where a sit-down dinner of lobster and burgers from the brand’s restaurant, the Polo Bar, were doled out by an army of synchronized — and, of course, classically good-looking — waiters. — ALEXA BRAZILIAN, fashion features director, T magazine

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