New York City’s first Fashion’s Night Out on September 10, 2009 was like a progressive supper but with mad mad style! Designer stores turned into nightclubs, champagne was flowing and celebrities and supermodels mingled with the masses.
My destination was the Ann Taylor store on Madison Avenue to see one of my favorite reality TV peeps, Stacy London, live and in person. I have spent more Friday nights with Stacy and Clinton over the years than I should admit out loud and I just adore their mission and them.
The store was filled with women who couldn’t wait to hug Stacy and tell her how much they loved her. Stacy was adorable, down-to-earth and not afraid to tell you if your pants were too short or your hair looked like poo. She chatted with everyone and posed for picture after picture. Stacy then took to the microphone and in true Stacy style inspired everyone to embrace their uniqueness, shop for long-wear, to be relevant not trendy and showed us how to work with the newest Ann Taylor collection and pieces.
My favorite Stacy quote from the night, which should be a daily mantra for all of us, was “And what Ann Taylor has done with this new collection is really embody the philosophy I’ve tried to spread throughout this land on ‘What Not to Wear’ which is that You are you, and nobody can be like You … and THAT makes you Perfect just the way you are!” (cheers to that, girlfriends!)
After leaving AT, we made our way up Madison. Stopping to say “Hi” to the cutie-patootie sitting in the tennis chair outside of Cole Haan, where Maria Sharapova’s collection inspired a Tennis theme – including a giant tennis ball inside the store filled with Dylan’s Candy Shop Lollipops. Swedish fish and jelly beans could also be found.
Across the street at DKNY, the party was just getting started. Great music and fine munchies – including mini cupcakes which went down so fast and easy I think I inhaled six of them in ten minutes. And the salty popcorn was some of the best I’ve had in a while. We even saw Donna Karan herself and I’m pretty sure I flew by some of the housewives of NYC.
All in all a great night, a unique event and hopefully the first of many to come!
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