shopping stimulation

definitely excited for this one, and as always, for a good cause! presented by Vouge, CFDA, and NYCgo...there's so many events going on at once and so many ways to participate! you can plan your itinerary here! the ones i definitely want to catch:

1. Gossip Girl costume designer will be styling customers for in-store photo shoots at Henri Bendel

2. celebrated photog Larry Fink will be creating photos in a digital photo booth set up at Carolina Herrera's boutique (Madison Ave and 75th St), not to mention you get the chance to meet C. Herrera herself!

3. design your own classic handbag at Chanel (E. 57th St), free mini-mani with "Jade" while Alexa Chung DJs at Chanel's SoHo boutique (Spring St)

4. customized Marc by Marc Jacobs t-shirt station at the Madame Tussauds exhibit in Bloomingdales (59th St and Lexington Ave)

5. Canal St vendors via vintage cars designed after their own designers - Proenza Schouler, Rodarte, and Alexander Wang

6. Pharell William working the registers at BBC (Billionaire Boys Club)

7. the Olsen twins bartending at Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys

8. sip champagne, groove to some indie music, and shop special collections at Zara (Broadway and Prince St)

9. Kid Cudi hosts a listening party of his new tracks at the Bape store (Greene St and Spring St)

10. Ana Wintour's personal  appearance at Macy's (Queens Center Mall, Elmhurst)

snatch your official Fashion's Night Out T-shirt too, at participating retailers, and 40% of proceeds go to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. you can also win tickets to a runway show during the upcoming NYFW by rocking your DIY-designed t-shirt to the editors of Teen Vogue.

a citywide clothing drive collection will also take place on Saturday, September 12. numerous receptacles will set up shop in the retailer's own stores. all donations will be given to the NYC AIDS Fund and distributed to AIDS-related charities throughout the five boroughs.

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(video courtesy of nitrolicious, info courtesy of fashionnightout)