Everyone in NYC is buzzing about Vogue's international fashion fête, but a girl can only hit so many parties on a Thursday night.
Below, a listing of the city's top events:
CHANEL
15 East Fifty-seventh Street (between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue)
New York, NY 10022
(212) 355-5050
For the first time ever, CHANEL invites you to custom-create your very own "2.55" handbag. Enjoy sipping on champagne while
collaborating with their specialists to design your personalized bag. Also, celebrity makeup artist Angela Levin (whose clients include
Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, and Blake Lively) will be available for tips, tricks, and how-tos.
M.A.C
113 Spring Street (between Greene Street & Mercer Street)
New York, NY 10012
(212) 334-4641
When twilight
descends over New York City, stop by your favorite M∙A∙C store where
special DJs spin, nibbles and nosh will be served, and Janelle Monáe is said to make a special guest
appearance.
DIOR
21 East Fifty-seventh Street (between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue)
New York, NY 10022
(212) 931-2950
Famed fashion photographer Arthur Elgort will be in-store taking portraits of Dior clients, which Arthur will personally sign. Also, those who are getting their portraits taken will have the opportunity to have their makeup done by DiorShow makeup artist Ricky Wilson (his celebrity clients include Emmy Rossum, Sharon Stone, Leighton Meester and Sheryl Crow), and styled for their portrait by stylist Sally Lyndley, whose work has appeared in Vogue.
OPENING CEREMONY
35 Howard Street (at Crosby Street)
New York, NY 10013
(212) 219-2688
Opening Ceremony will be hosting a festive block party featuring food, music, and special edition merchandise. Designers and friends of the store will participate, including Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, Delfina Delettrez Fendi, Alexander Wang and Scott Sternberg of Boy/Band of Outsiders. Each designer will offer goods made exclusively for Fashion's Night Out, sold out of the back of custom cars tailored to each designer's aesthetic. In addition, shoppers will enjoy DJ sets by O.C. friends as well as food and refreshments from neighborhood vendors.
LANCÔME
201 Columbus Avenue (at Sixty-ninth Street)
New York, NY 10023
(212) 362-4858
Designer Chris Benz, makeup artist Daniel Martin, and model Elettra Wiedemann will be at The Boutique from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Be the first on the waiting list for Chris’s Pout-à-Porter lipstick, coming spring 2010. The first ten people on the list will receive a Fashion’s Night Out T-shirt. Everyone on the list will be entered into a drawing to win two tickets to Chris’s spring 2010 fashion show, to be held this September. The lipstick shade and name will be revealed at Chris’s show. (All of the previous Pout-à-Porter lipsticks have sold out and become collectors’ items.)
MARC JACOBS & NARS
Saks Fifth Avenue
611 Fifth Avenue (between Forty-ninth and fiftieth Streets)
New York, NY 10022
212-753-4000
Marc Jacobs will be pairing with NARS to offer free runway makeovers from the fall '09 show (and yes, all of the artists actually worked backstage). There will be free totes and NARS product for all that participate, as well as a drawing to win a runway bag full of NARS products, autographed and dated by Marc himself.
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