Top 5 Fashion Night’s Out Events for Bloggers

As many of you know by now, the event that’s the most talked about during New York Fashion Week is Fashion’s Night Out. As a second year run, this event has grown to colossal proportions, just looking at the list of events happening that night is mind boggling. So in order to sift through the events, I came across Fashionista’s Top 10 List of Events that they would be checking out. The top 4 are events I would be definitely consider, but the rest is meh.

Going around Manhattan and trying to attend parties is a pretty tiresome job. If there’s one thing you have to consider is to know your limit. While Fashionista has a top 10, I’ve narrowed mine down to a Top 5. After all, some events will require a bit more of my time and there are only so many hours until FNO is done by 11pm (not to mention commute time).

1. Barneys – A slew of celebrities and designers will be at the flagship store on Madison Avenue with some oddball things happening like karaoke and ping pong. There will also be some unveiling of certain collections like the Oslen Twin’s first men’s collection. There will also be an unveiling of “Fashionista” the music video starring Coco Rocha, Manolo Blahnik will also make an appearance, and you can also knit with Wool and The Gang for charity. Bref, it’ll be a huge event no doubt.
2. Bergdof Goodman – Much of the same as Barneys but with different designers and celebrities like Tom Ford, Victoria Beckham, Jason Wu and Brian Atwood. You can also get “styled” and have your photo taken with your favorite designer. Adam Lippes is among those designers, so it would be kinda cool to have a photo and hopefully chat a bit since I probably won’t be able to make his show. More karaoke oddities ensue including a segment where Victoria will appear and Brian Atwood will be a DJ?
3. Opening Ceremony at Ace Hotel – There’ll be a Parisian styled flea market where a handful of designers will set up booths and offer items for under $100. Joseph Altuzarra, Alexander Wang and Rodarte will be among the designers present, so that should be interesting.
4. Jil Sander – There will be a cocktail with the popular blogger/illustrator Garance Doré herself. An exhibition of her illustration will also take place there so I think this will be a nice little event to attend and hopefully chat with her since I really love her illustrations.
5. Calvin Klein Collection – Bryan Adams will be performing (and I love Bryan Adams!), which isn’t surprising considering it’s not the first time he performs for CK. Back in 2003 at Fashion Rocks in London, he performed “The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me” for the brand, which I found rather fitting and fun. There will also be an exhibition of Bryan’s photographs as well.

There is an optional event that I wish I could attend but they’re simply too far off the Midtown map, which is the Diane von Furstenberg event with Refinery29.com. They’ve established a multimedia platformed shindig where shoppers can try on clothes, take pictures and share them on Facebook. For all the geekettes in us, it may be worth the detour.

Admittedly, all locations I’ve chosen will no doubt be incredibly crowded, especially at the department stores where several designers will show up. But the good thing about Fashion’s Night Out is having the free choice to choose when to leave. However for bloggers, these locations will be a boon for networking and picture taking.

*Please note that the events listed could be subject to change.

Now I feel like I have nothing to wear that night.