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Here are a few of the fashion week standouts – on and off the official calendar:

For the sheer paparazzi-pushing, front-row feeding frenzy prospects alone, we’re looking forward to Chick by Nicky Hilton. Sister Paris surely won’t disappoint. Oh, and there will be some clothes on the runway as well. Smashbox Studios, 6 p.m. tonight.

Glam-master Randolph Duke reenters the fashion week fray after a seven-year hiatus. We smell standing ovation. Smashbox Studios, 8 p.m., tonight.

We’d check out the Whitley Kros show just to see what sort of hot tracks “Mr. Odelay” has laid down to accompany his wife’s show, but we’re going to stay for the after-party hosted by dashing actors Giovanni Ribisi (brother of designer Marissa Ribisi) and Marcus Coloma (new husband of designer Sophie Coloma). Smashbox Studios 8 p.m., Tuesday.

An green-themed fashion show staged at the freakishly alien, eco-friendly BP gas station in Los Angeles? You couldn’t keep us away with a lit match. But throw in eco-fashion pioneer Linda Loudermilk, the musical stylings of Prince’s DJ Rashida, assorted windmills, flying plastic bags a la “American Beauty” and we’re so there. BP Helios House, Robertson and Olympic boulevards, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday.

In the era of the over-the-top gift bag and near-mercenary seat mates, we’re kind of relieved we won’t be sitting through Kevan Hall’s African-safari-themed show with a $13,000 gift bag under the seat.

Instead, five of the bags – crammed with everything from Beadwork jewelry by CCH Pounder to Bluetooth headsets, luxury dog collars and a two-night stay in a hotel’s presidential suite – will be auctioned off at charityfolks.com to benefit the African Millennium Foundation. Displayed at Smashbox Studios, 4 p.m. Monday.

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Adam Tschorn