NYFW

this friday culminates this installment of New York Fashion Week. a week that arrives once every September and February launching the spring and fall collections of designers from all over the world. it's a week that you can either: completely avoid, become completely wrapped up in, or settle on something in the middle. every fashion blogger out there has their daily write ups on the shows they were invited to, critiques on the models, make up, hair, shoes, runway style and the celebs that are in the audience. i am not writing about any of these things primarily because i did not attend NYFW. i did however attend Fashion's Night Out, and let me tell you, it was fantastic!

first off, a little description. FNO was created by a few fashion moguls to increase retail sales after the slump they felt during the recession. translation: most of 5th avenue, soho, meatpacking and the rest of the nyc fashion meccas all provided free drinks and extended shopping hours. a few of them even promised celeb appearances. (oh my)

i started the night out at Bloomingdale's for a Martha Stewart Wedding's event because i was promised a... gift bag (what can i say? i'm a sucker for swag). it turned out though that the rest of Bloomie's was offering even more in the way of freebies! we took a picture, then got it autographed with Eli Tahari, (such a nice man!), drank from mini champagne bottles and noshed on popcorn for DKNY's birthday, oohed and ahhed over the wax statues of Leo, George and Mr. Pitt, and we even caught a glimpse of Gwen Stefani. it's too bad, but we missed Anna Wintour. (pics below)



after our star studded and popcorn highs we traversed the city to 5th avenue for a small visit to Cartier. best drinks of the night. the bar tender told me it was made of, "grapefruit juice, vodka and some berry juice!". Cartier was the hot spot of the evening for my gang of friends, so it was great to relay the star sightings. and by "relay" i mean brag whole heartedly, like a 12 year old. next stop was Versace for their runway of live manikins, and then onto Juicy because we thought we spotted Rihanna. we were mistaken, and took that as our sign to bow out gracefully, while we still could.

all in all it was a fab night, i saw plenty of people with shopping bags, and best of all it falls very nicely in with my free wine series that sadly lapsed over the summer.

stay tuned for next time!