It was Emma Thompson’s first ever fashion show.

“I do know, can you think it? Incredible. Nevertheless it’s not my world,” quipped the Oscar winner at Giorgio Armani’s high fashion show in Paris on Tuesday. She was clad in a vivid pink suit for the occasion, and accompanied by daughter Gaia. “I really like Armani, latest inventions and you’ll be able to be perfection,” she added, breaking into rhyme.

Thompson climbed over the seats to hug Kate Hudson amidst the claustrophobic close quarters of the front row frenzy. “It’s so hot, what were they considering?” she said of the tented area where the show was held.

But Hudson was keeping cool in a bandeau top and high ponytail. “I feel he’s an icon,” she said of the designer. “He’s good, he’s amazing and a legend.” She snapped photos on her phone throughout the show.

Ever the performer, Thompson went backstage after the show to thank the Paris-based couturiers and dressing team in French, after which the Milan-based staff in Italian.

Camille Razat was in character, but not as her “Emily in Paris” alter ego. The actress likes to assume backstories for her outfits, and the night’s blue velvet suit and dark smoky eye had a plot.

“I pictured myself as a widow and I’m grieving my deceased husband, he’s just passed and I’m very sorrowful,” she said of the moody colours.

“Armani is a house that’s timeless. It has been and can all the time be a legend,” she added.

The scrum to get past the velvet rope and take photos with Mr. Armani was dozens deep. Even the VIPs were caught up within the madness.

“We’ve all been waiting. We’re in a pack, and also you’re within the pack with us now,” said Laura Dern, pulling in Noah Centineo as the gang surged forward in a wave. She declared the gathering “a masterpiece.”

Sydney Sweeney was equally enamored. “It was beautiful, the gathering was absolutely stunning. There was a lovely red dress that I’d really like to wear – I literally looked over at my stylist and was like, I absolutely find it irresistible.” She was accompanied by stylist Molly Dickson, and wearing a black sequined gown.

After the greetings, Sweeney quickly ducked out, attempting to avoid photobombing pics with Centineo. “That black velvet dress, the straightforward one with the roses within the back. I’d wear that. I definitely should, right?” he joked. “It was phenomenal. It was my first time ever coming to a couture show, and for it to be Giorgio’s, I feel very lucky.”

He’s been in France for the past couple of weeks, as a juror on the Biarritz International Film Festival. “It was gorgeous, oh my god. The guy jury members were awesome.”

After the gang made it backstage, Thompson roped in everyone for a gaggle photo, including Centineo, Dern, Hudson, Alessandra Ambrosio and Felicity Jones. As an alternative of “cheese,” she joked, the gang should yell “it’s hot!” Then realizing there was video shooting, everyone sang in unison: “Giorgio Armani Privé!”