Celebrities have been part of the fashion world for a long time, whether they are designing their own clothing line, or modeling for a fashion brand. They offer designers publicity that they might not have gained by just using a model. I’m sure we can all think of campaigns where famous faces have stared up at us from our magazines; I’m thinking Scarlett Johansson for Dolce and Gabbana and Keira Knightley for Chanel just for starters.

They’ve sat on the front row of fashion shows all over the world for years, but now they are slowly infiltrating the catwalks and strutting their stuff just like the professional models. This isn’t an entirely new idea, Madonna pushed a pram (I don’t know why either) down a Jean-Paul Gautier runway in 1994, but it seems that the trend is growing. I don’t mean Charity Fashion shows either, I mean full on, Spring/Summer, Autumn/Winter shows in the fashion capitals of the world.

But with the millions, ok maybe thousands of celebrities that there are today, sometimes it’s easy to forget that maybe they started off as models. Like Daisy Lowe, was she a model first? Or did she become famous then become a model? Same with Pixie Geldof, I saw her in Vogue but I can’t remember if she is just merely one of those celebrity offspring who fell into modeling. Both these ‘models’ have walked in major shows for fashion Dame and all round eccentric Vivienne Westwood, so surely they must be good.

Alexa Chung also walked for Westwood for the Spring/Summer 09 Shows, Lindsay Lohan was the star attraction (apart from the clothes of course) at Dolce and Gabbana’s 08/09 Milan Show and Victoria Beckham has had a couple of jaunts on the catwalk, including walking for Roberto Cavalli in Milan.

It makes you wonder though, should they be up there? Or should celebrities stay firmly seated during fashion shows? Models have already lost the major fashion magazine covers to famous actresses and singers, surely the catwalk should remain the sacred stomping ground of the professional model. But then again, Cindy Crawford did try to act.