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MISSONI

Margherita Maccapani Missoni is making a special appearance to New York to celebrate Fashion’s Night Out. The brand ambassador will host a cocktail party at the Missoni boutique and offer guests her style tips on creating their own personalized Missoni tote bags. Proceeds from the sale of these limited edition tote bags and along with the FNO t-shirts will go to National September 11th Memorial & Museum.

CESARE PACIOTTI

Cesare Paciotti will be on hand to host an in-store event to unveil the brand’s collaboration with Parsons, The New School for Design. Recent graduate Kwame Brako won a competition to design a shoe that will be sold as part of the F/W collection in all Cesare Paciotti stores worldwide.

CHANEL

CUSTOM-CREATE YOUR VERY OWN CHANEL CLASSIC BAG. Season after season, Karl Lagerfeld reinterprets Coco Chanel’s iconic “2.55” handbag… and now it’s your turn to create a modern classic! For the first time ever, CHANEL is pleased to present a Customized Handbag Studio, in celebration of Fashion’s Night Out. Enjoy sipping on champagne while collaborating with our specialists to design your personalized bag.

BARNEYS NEW YORK

On September 10, Barneys New York at Madison and Sixty-first will be transformed into a street fair of designer personal appearances and creative events. Customers will have the opportunity to shop and mingle with Isabel Toledo, Marcus and David from Rag & Bone, Narciso Rodriguez, Amanda Brooks, Waris, Thom Browne, Jonathan Adler, Lisa Perry, Alexander Wang, the Row’s Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and many more. In addition to the personal appearances, Barneys will stage a roster of happenings. Wool and the Gang will teach knitting; Lipstick Queen Poppy King will offer “lip readings”; Vogue editor Tonne Goodman will curate a fashion green market; Gianluca Isaia will offer Neapolitan delicacies; Adam Kimmel will show a Gerard Malanga video installation; Loomstate will customize T-shirts; Leonid Khankin will host an Ernst Benz watch trunk show; Alabama Chanin will host a sewing circle; Juan Carlos Obando will give salsa lessons. And there’s more… . Complete schedule at Barneys.com. TASTE LUXURY HUMOR.

BERGDORF GOODMAN

Zac Posen paints one-of-a-kind creations in the Fifth Avenue windows. 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Padma Lakshmi, host of Bravo’s Top Chef, judges a designer cook-off with Cynthia Rowley, Edward Bess, Gilles Mendel, Lela Rose, Naeem Khan and Peter Som. 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Alexander Wang presents his t-shirts benefitting the September 11 Memorial. 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Guest bartenders Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen mix up the season’s tastiest libations. 7:00 - 8:00 PM. An exhibition of photographs from the book EXTREME BEAUTY IN VOGUE, with special guests curator Phyllis Posnick, Dr. Patricia Wexler, Daria Werbowy and Caroline Trentini. 7:00 - 8:00. André Leon Talley hosts a life-sized version of the new game Fashion Rules!™, with teams led by Donna Karan, Linda Fargo and Robert Verdi. 8:00 - 9:00 PM A conversation with Isaac Mizrahi and tunes by the Ben Waltzer Trio. 9:00 PM. Plus Roopal Patel and Troy Surratt present the Roopal Patel Palette from Le Metier de Beaute. Carlos Falchi presents his exclusive FNO graffiti tote. Designers including Manolo Blahnik, Narciso Rodriguez, Victoria Beckham, and many others will stop by to sign Fashion’s Night Out t-shirts. Music by d.j.s Andrew Andrew, Johnny Dynell and Jon Jon Battle

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KIRNA ZABETE

Kirna Zabête will celebrate its tenth anniversary in conjunction with Fashion’s Night Out on September 10. Our favorite New York–based designers—Narciso Rodriguez, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, Thakoon Panichgul, Jason Wu, and Peter Som—will host our celebration of shopping. Each designer will be on hand to debut their exclusive items for Kirna Zabête: Peter Som limited-edition aprons, Proenza Schouler print tote bags, Thakoon one-of-a-kind dresses, Narciso Rodriguez photo collages, and Jason Wu fall 2009 fashion sketches.

OPENING CEREMONY

For Fashion’s Night Out 2009, Opening Ceremony will host a festive block party featuring food, music, and special edition merchandise. Gathering inspiration from nearby open air vendors on Canal Street, Opening Ceremony will transform its Howard St. store front into a friendly neighborhood sidewalk shop. 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. A classic convertible low-rider (Rodarte), a black van (Alexander Wang), and an iconic VW Minibus (Proenza Schouler) will be among the vehicles featured. In addition, shoppers will enjoy DJ sets by O.C. friends as well as food and refreshments from neighborhood vendors.

RAG & BONE

Turning store into an Irish pub, complete with free beer, sawdust on the floor and an Irish band.

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