Highlights of Fashion's Night Out
Friday’s second annual Fashion’s Night Out is like one big shopping party. In New York City (along with cities across the globe), stores stay open late (usually 10 or 11 p.m.), the bubbly pours, discounts abound and designers and celebs perform, sign autographs, play pingpong — you name it. No way to get to everything, but here are some highlights — including several events on Long Island. For the full schedule, go to fashionsnightout.com. Happy shopping.
Tommy Hilfiger celebrates his 25th anniversary in the biz by hosting a concert with the Grammy-winning band Train; Hilfiger and Train will sign autographs, or catch the designer later at his flagship store (681 Fifth Ave.) for bites, bevs and monograms stitched on purchases while you shop; 5:30 to 8 p.m. Macy’s Herald Square.
At Bloomingdale’s flagship on 59th Street, every floor has action: LI’s Alexa Ray Joel sings on 2, “True Prep” author Lisa Birnbach signs books on 3, Tadashi decorates cookies on 5, and much more; 5:30 to 11 p.m.
Strike your best supermodel pose — and get your pic taken by LIer Patrick McMullan’s pro fashion photographers (proceeds from photos purchased benefit NYC AIDS Fund) on a red carpet set up along Madison Avenue (between 61st and 62nd); 6 to 10 p.m., madisonavenuebid.org, 212-861-2055.
Catch Gwen Stefani signing bottles of her new Harajuku Lovers fragrance for the first 100 buyers at Sephora SoHo, 555 Broadway (between Prince & Spring St.), plus raffles, makeovers and other appearances till 10 p.m. at all 15 NYC shops.
DJs rock out on every floor at Saks Fifth Avenue’s Manhattan flagship, every hour, as you party with Donna Karan (5 p.m.), play bingo with Karolina Kurkova or take dance lessons with Zac Posen (6 p.m.), hear cellist Danny Bensi’s interactive music (7 p.m.), shoot darts with Simon Spurr (9 p.m.), play Pictionary with Christian Siriano (10 p.m.); 5 to 11 p.m.
Jordin Sparks (if she’s recovered from her Broadway hip injury) and other karaoke singers (like you) take the mike and get rewarded with free lip balm, plus raffles, cocktails, and more at Kiehl’s, 109 Third Ave. at 13th Street; 6:30 to 11 p.m.
It’s a night of champagne and serenades at Ralph Lauren stores, including his SoHo shop (379 West Broadway), where Jessica Alba and André Leon Talley host a shopping party and Grammy nominee Janelle Monáe performs; 6 to 11 p.m.
The uproariously catty Sarah Silverman does stand-up, signs her book and poses for pictures with fans to celebrate the launch of MAC’s Fabulous Felines 2010 colour collection; 6 to 11 p.m. at 113 Spring St.
Tony Award winning “Wicked” star Idina Menzel sings a special selection of songs with the designer and “Project Runway” judge Michael Kors at his Madison Avenue store, 667 Madison Ave.
Listen in as fashion legend Lauren Hutton shares stories of her modeling and movie career with interviewer Joan Juliet Buck; or catch model Bar Refaeli posing for pics with fans; 7 to 9 p.m. at Giorgio Armani, 760 Madison Ave. at East 65th Street (Hutton); 8 to 10 p.m. at Armani’s Fifth Avenue store, 717 Fifth Ave. at East 56th Street (Refaeli).
Payless has sponsored a fleet of hop-on/hop-off double-decker buses to ferry shoppers about town (stops include their four NYC locations and other sites from SoHo to uptown); and designers Christian Siriano, Lela Rose, Patricia Field and Isabel Toledo meet and greet at the store on Lex; 6 to 11 p.m. (buses), 8 to 10 p.m. (designers) at 716 Lexington Ave.
Charlotte Ronson shows off her “I Heart Ronson” line, while sister Samantha Ronson DJs and actress Michelle Trachtenberg hangs with the gals decorating cupcakes at J.C. Penney, 8 to 9 p.m., Sixth Avenue and West 33rd Street.
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Dylan’s Candy Bar owner (and designer daughter) Dylan Lauren and André Leon Talley judge the stylishly sweet “candy couture” of student designers from the Savannah College of Art and Design, while you sip cocktails, launch marshmallow shooters and dance; 6 to 11 p.m., 1011 Third Ave.
Take on Stuart Weitzman (or watch top-seeded female tennis players take their best shot) in a one-on-one pingpong tournament; proceeds from all purchases this evening benefit ovarian cancer research; 7 p.m. at his store, 625 Madison Ave.
Pop in to the QVC’s pop-up store and meet designers Isaac Mizrahi, Bradley Bayou, Pamela Dennis and more, plus those kooky Kardashians launching their new K-DASH line on a live broadcast; 9 p.m. (live broadcast at 9), 10 W. 49th St.
DJ Cassidy spins tunes and the deelish Shake Shack is at the barbecue for Tory Burch’s block party in the Meatpacking District, and shoppers who spend $100 or more get a free, specially designed tote bag; 6 to 11 p.m. 38-40 Little West 12th St.
Fashion covers from The New Yorker’s 85-year archive will be on display; come early and hang with the mag’s art editor and cover artists like Jorge Colombo, who uses his iPhone Brushes application to create illustrations; 6 to 11 p.m. at Banana Republic’s Rockefeller Center store, 626 Fifth Ave.
At Gap’s concept store (adjacent to its Fifth Avenue flagship), browse a special, limited-edition FEED USA collection of totes, pouches and bracelets, designed in collaboration with the charity (proceeds support nutrition in U.S. schools); 7 to 10 p.m., Fifth Avenue between 53rd and 54th streets.
On the Island....
MTV reality vixen Kristin Cavallari hops from “The Hills” to East Hills to make a guest appearance, and that’s just part of the fun; expect giveaways, refreshments and the beats of DJ Benny Kraft; Friday, 6 to 11 p.m. at Singer 22, 441 Glen Cove Rd.
Enjoy an open bar, DJ and exclusive gifts and raffles, plus the chance to jump-start your modeling career by entering the open call for the next “Saks Stylista” model (head to the cosmetics department for a quick makeup session and get your entry pictures taken); 6 to 10 p.m. at Saks Fifth Avenue, Walt Whitman Mall, South Huntington.
Sip cocktails at Etro, take in the Fashion Icon photo exhibit at Salamtina Gallery, or pose for your own photo at Anne Fontaine, where the person named most fashionable wins a wardrobe worth $1,800; 6 to 9 p.m. at the Americana Manhasset.
