Rocking the Runway at Fashion Rocks

Fashion does indeed rock. From the sixth row of Radio City Music Hall last night, we enjoyed an evening of Old Rock meets New.

To kick off, Aerosmith burst out with "Walk This Way." Fergie joined Steven Tyler midsong, the first of four old dudes paired up with young stars.

Proving he is still a renegade, Tyler mixed and matched animal prints. Aerosmith followed up with "Dude Looks Like a Lady". How is it that their comeback hit is twenty years old, Gene leaned over and asked.

The show featured a lot of duets, but none surpassed the chemistry of Usher and Mary J. Blige. They stole the show with a James Brown/Aretha Franklin/Stevie Wonder medley, "It's a Man's World", "Respect" and "Do I Do". Mary J. Blige sure took care of MJB.

Jennifer Lopez made the most dramatic entrance and exit, descending from a silver capsule, singing her way down a red carpeted staircase, her back-up dancers dressed like paparazzi. But the performance was more flash than anything else.

Maroon 5 did a great rendition of "Be My Baby," hitting notes that Ronnie Spector can no longer hit.

Next up in the Old Dude/Young Chick category: Carrie Underwood and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac. Not sure many in the audience recognized this particular old dude. Lindsey and Stevie--I mean Carrie--sang "Go Your Own Way," not typically the mantra of a fashion crowd.

Jennifer Hudson and Aerosmith's Joe Perry performed "Come Together". Hudson was a bit disappointing because the song didn't seem like her type of song (or her type of dress, for that matter!)

The final Old/Young pairing: Carlos Santana and Alicia Keyes, performing the second Fleetwood Mac song of the night, "Black Magic Woman." Who knew that famous shoe designer also played guitar?