Hilfiger Goes Full Nautical for Fashion Week, with Runway Show on Former Staten Island Ferry Boat

Tommy Hilfiger loves celebrating New York City and its landmarks. He also loves a nautical theme – and a big surprise.

So for his New York Fashion Week show on Sunday night, the designer brought all those elements together in his typically splashy way, inviting guests aboard a decommissioned ferry boat and giving them not only a runway show but a rap-filled finale.

The live musical performance, which electrified the fashion crowd, featured Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Raekwon from Staten Island's own Wu-Tang clan weaving through the runways and seats as they sang. The soundtrack was curated by Questlove, who also served as DJ for Hilfiger's February show at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station.

"We're inspired by nautical this season," Hilfiger told The Associated Press before the show. "But it's nautical, preppy, collegiate, all-American and modern. So we needed to show it either on the water, on a boat or near the water. Then we found out the Staten Island Ferry was available."

Waiters strolling between the ferry seats served guests Champagne, beer, hot dogs, soft pretzels, and custom boxes of caramel corn with a Hilfiger logo and Statue of Liberty pins inside as a prize.