Zelda Kaplan dies in the front row at New York Fashion Week aged 95

6 Zelda Kaplan at the Joanna Mastroianni show, just before she died Mia Morgan and Zelda Kaplan at the G-Shock presents shock the world tour advert Zelda Caplan at the Maybelline New York book launch in 2007 Zelda Caplan at the JC Penny Experience Gala on Broadway in 2006 Zelda Caplan at the JC Penny Experience Gala on Broadway in 2006

Zelda Kaplan at the Joanna Mastroianni show, just before she died

Crikey

Thu, 16/02/2012 - 18:14 by Gemma Exley

Oh no, we think this might be a first; someone died in the front row of a catwalk show at New York Fashion Week last night - just minutes after the above picture was taken :((((

According to reports, 95-year-old Zelda Kaplan was sitting in the front row of Joanna Mastroianni’s runway show at New York Fashion Week when she collapsed.

Ruth Finley, publisher of the Fashion Calendar, was sitting next to her at the time and later told press:

“I was sitting right next to her. She flopped over in my lap.

"The show was just starting. I thought she fainted. Two men carried her out.”

Jeeeeez.

Apparently Kaplan was a well known lady on the New York fashion scene - kind of like a slightly older Carrie Bradshaw. She seems pretty awesome here. RIP.