Fashion's Night Out

I can't ignore it any longer. The weight of the incoming event emails and publicity is crushing me.

What: Fashion's Night Out
When: Thursday, Sep 10; 6-11PM
Where: NYC

Fashion's Night Out is a celebration of fashion, organized in NYC by Vogue Magazine and CFDA. Various venues and retailers will have special events, ranging from the basic cocktails and hors d'oeuvres (almost everywhere) to having your picture taken with Carla Bruni and Anna Wintour cardboard cutouts (Be & D event at Saks). There are more free giftbags w/ purchase than I care to list, but be sure to check out your fav store to see if they have 'shopping incentives'. Also, for eye candy, it looks like all the major jewelry houses (Harry Winston, Fred Leighton, VC&A) are going to be doing extravagant displays.

Here's an incomplete list of notable events I'm compiling. Check the website for the entire listing (there's a ton!).

Stores doing discounts (first on my mind, naturally)

• Bond No. 9 - 20% off all full price items, and receive a Bon Bon Refillable Pocket Spray with all 3.4 oz. fragrance purchases
• Carlos Miele will have special discounts on some classic pieces
• Owl's Lab - 25% off from 7-11PM and gift with purchase over $250+
• Takashimaya - get a $25 gift certificate when you spend $100+ / $50 certificate for $250+

Stores doing charity donations

• Burberry will be donating 10% of all purchases to the Burberry Foundation
• Akris will be donating some proceeds to the Lennox Hill Neighborhood House
• American Apparel will have a special tote bag of which 20% goes towards the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• Aveda will have ice cream trucks at their 5th Ave and Vandam St salons, all proceeds of which will go towards the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• Bulgari will have a Save the Children ring and pendant of which $60 will be donated to Save the Children’s “Rewrite the Future” campaign
• David Yurman will also be contributing a portion of sales to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• Derek Lam will be donating 10% of sales to The New Museum on Bowery
• Ermenegildo Zegna will also be contributing 10% of sales to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• Gucci has free t-shirts and will donate a part of sales to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• Jo Malone will be contributing 10% of sales to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• John Varvatos will be contributing 10% of sales to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• Roger Vivier will also be contributing a portion of sales to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
• Valentino will also be contributing a portion of sales to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum

Fun events / Freebies

• 3.1 Phillip Lim will be bringing back 5 retro signature styles, just for this night
• Adam Lippes will be giving shoppers a custom ADAM t-shirt and flip flops
• Alexander McQueen will be raffling off a bag: The Faithful
• Alice + Olivia will have a photo studio set up for potential Fashion Week models
• Band of Outsiders will have a Thai tie truck selling special ties and dessert
• Barneys - 'nuff said
• Cartier - custom build a Marcello bag
• Chanel - custom build a 2.55 bag
• Dior has fashion photographer Arthur Elgort available for portraiture (complete with hair and makeup styling) for customers who drop $2,500+
• Escada will sell three exclusive dresses in custom colors with signed sketch and swatch
• Hugo Boss in the Meatpacking will have burlesque dancers
• Kiki de Montparnasse will have an erotic photo booth (ooohlala)
• Marc by Marc Jacobs will have a special set for photos
• Matthew Williamson - order a bespoke dress
• Philosophy by Alberta Ferreti will have special custom t-shirts without the FNO logo
• Pure Yoga will be giving away one-week passes
• Saks 5th Avenue will have over 1,000 cosmetic giveaways
• Tibi is giving 2 tickets to their Spring 2010 runway show to any customer who spends $1,000+ on full-price items
  

Meet the Designer / Celebs

• Anya Hindmarch will be at her Soho store
• Bally - Creative Director Brian Atwood will be DJing
• Barneys - Mingle with Isabel Toledo, Marcus and David from Rag & Bone, Narciso Rodriguez, Amanda Brooks, Waris, Thom Browne, Jonathan Adler, Lisa Perry, Alexander Wang, the Row’s Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and more
• Bergdorf Goodman - Zac Posen, Padma Lakshmi, Cynthia Rowley, Edward Bess, Gilles Mendel, Lela Rose, Naeem Khan, Peter Som, Alexander Wang, Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen, André Leon Talley, Donna Karan, Linda Fargo, Robert Verdi, Isaac Mizrahi, Carlos Falchi, Manolo Blahnik, Narciso Rodriguez, Victoria Beckham, and many others will stop by
• Billionaires Boys Club - Pharrell Williams is manning the cash register!
• Bloomingdale's - Rebecca Minkoff, Brian Reyes
• Botkier - Monica Botkier will be at Saks
• Carolina Herrera will be doing photo opps
• Catherine Malandrino at her Meatpacking store
• Cole Haan will have Maria Sharapova on hand
• Giuseppe Zanotti will be DJing
• Manolo Blahnik will be at his boutique, not DJing
  
• Oscar de la Renta will be singing
• Saks 5th Avenue - Donna Karan, Carolina Hererra, Elie Tahari Giuseppe Zanotti, Josie Natori, Peter Som, Ralph Rucci, Geren Ford, Shoshanna Gruss, Kay Unger, Aerin Lauder, Bobbi Brown, Fredrick Fekkai