Fashion's Night Out # 2

In case I didn't quite make it clear just how awesome this event is... here is the list of events *just at Bergdorf Goodman*... [emphasis added...]

ZAC POSEN PAINTS ONE-OF-A-KIND CREATIONS IN THE FIFTH AVENUE WINDOWS. 5:30 - 6:30 PM. PADMA LAKSHMI, HOST OF BRAVO'S TOP CHEF, JUDGES A DESIGNER COOK-OFF WITH CYNTHIA ROWLEY, EDWARD BESS, GILLES MENDEL, LELA ROSE, NAEEM KHAN AND PETER SOM. 6:00 - 7:00 PM. ALEXANDER WANG PRESENTS HIS T-SHIRTS BENEFITTING THE SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL. 6:00 - 7:00 PM. GUEST BARTENDERS ASHLEY OLSEN AND MARY-KATE OLSEN MIX UP THE SEASON'S TASTIEST LIBATIONS. 7:00 - 8:00 PM. AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE BOOK EXTREME BEAUTY IN VOGUE, WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CURATOR PHYLLIS POSNICK, DR. PATRICIA WEXLER, DARIA WERBOWY AND CAROLINE TRENTINI. 7:00 - 8:00. ANDRÉ LEON TALLEY HOSTS A LIFE-SIZED VERSION OF THE NEW GAME FASHION RULES!™, WITH TEAMS LED BY DONNA KARAN, LINDA FARGO AND ROBERT VERDI. 8:00 - 9:00 PM A CONVERSATION WITH ISAAC MIZRAHI AND TUNES BY THE BEN WALTZER TRIO. 9:00 PM. PLUS ROOPAL PATEL AND TROY SURRATT PRESENT THE ROOPAL PATEL PALETTE FROM LE METIER DE BEAUTE. CARLOS FALCHI PRESENTS HIS EXCLUSIVE FNO GRAFFITI TOTE. DESIGNERS INCLUDING MANOLO BLAHNIK, NARCISO RODRIGUEZ, VICTORIA BECKHAM, AND MANY OTHERS WILL STOP BY TO SIGN FASHION'S NIGHT OUT T-SHIRTS. MUSIC BY D.J.S ANDREW ANDREW, JOHNNY DYNELL AND JON JON BATTLE.

Fashion's Night Out [NYC shopping on smack]

Anna Wintour has decided to single-handedly drag the US (actually, the world) out of recession.

Fashion's Night Out is a global joint initiative "to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion. US and international editions of Vogue are coordinating evening extravaganzas in their respective world fashion capitals."

For example, the NYC event features free manicures @ Chanel, cocktails @ Banana Republic, AND A MEET AND GREET WITH MANOLO BLAHNIK. [Opps, caps ;)]. More details of events are available here. And even the t-shirts are cute.

Interesting observation - no event in Australia. Perhaps Sydney & Melbourne couldn't decide who was the fashion capital? The obvious solution - hold it in Canberra...? Kidding, kidding!