By Elena Torres

Think Heidi Klum spent last night glued to her TV watching herself on the finale of “Project Runway”? She must have set her TiVo, because the supermodel was nowhere near her television — the non-couch potato was out and about at L.A.’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, specifically Christian Audigier’s American Lord fashion show. “It’s a very fun show!” Klum exclaimed. “I already put my order in — I loved all the little blazers.”

If you are unfamiliar with Audigier’s name, you are probably familiar with his Ed Hardy gear — those clothes are hard to miss, especially in the celebrity world. Last night was no exception, and like any loud and jewel-studded fashion show, the audience included many stars — among them the tween queen herself, Miley Cyrus.

I’ve never been backstage at a fashion show before, and I learned quickly that the atmosphere is pretty out of control. The champagne was flowing, beautiful people were everywhere, eager FIDM students were busy safety-pinning models into their complicated outfits and, of course, clothes, shoes, makeup and hair products as far as the eye could see.

The show, like the collection, was pretty out-there. It was complete with a grass runway, models using Great Danes as accessories (no, that’s not the latest purse or anything — I do mean the dogs) and dancing London guards.

What I didn’t know about fashion shows was the level of craziness that ensues after the whole show is over. When it came time for me to interview Heidi Klum with Christian Audigier backstage, I couldn’t help but notice that she was being followed by an ever-growing crowd of cameras and photographers. “You have to come on and they have to design a shirt for you!” Klum said to Audigier of her hit reality show.

What I didn’t notice while the three of us were talking was the crowd of photogs around us — it got so big that when the interview was over, I was stuck in what felt like a camera swamp.

As I was trying to push my way out of the crowd, two rowdy photographers got in a fistfight over getting a shot of Heidi, and I somehow got caught in the middle. One of them accidently pushed me down, but luckily I fell into a huge pile of Audigier clothing — nothing like clothes fresh off the fashion-week runway to break your fall.