Stores lure shoppers with celebrities and giveaways at fashion


Donna karan mingled with miss piggy, michael kors michael kors australia judged karaoke with kate upton and kim kardashian signed perfume sets thursday as shoppers broke out their stilettos and their wallets for the fourth annual fashion night out.

The celebrity studded night lured shoppers into stores for celebrity spotting, music, giveaways, food and drinks, and, just michael kors online outlet maybe, shopping.

By early evening in new york, the basement beauty floor of bergdorf goodman was packed.Madeleine russell of manhattan, wearing her fno shirt from last year, got her nails done ahead of a long line.She attends fashion night out events every year.

Inspired by all the fashion around me and i get my own ideas, she said.

Like the fno pro she is, russell planned to head home from bergdorf to put on makeup and her manolo blahniks to see cyndi lauper at the blahnik store promoting her new musical, boots.

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It is a lot of running around i wanted to be comfortable, she said.Tom ford dress is, like, stretchy.So at least i really comfortable.Night out launched in 2009 in new york by vogue editor in chief anna wintour has proven so popular that it now a fixture in some 19 countries, over three weeks involving tens of thousands of shoppers.

By dusk in paris, the luxury shopping district was awash with thousands of people out to see spectacles like the one at chloe, where a parade of dancing cheerleaders descended from a chevrolet truck.

Are too many people here to buy clothes.But people get to know the brands, and buy another time.Today, it all about fun, said corine marneffe, 50.

In london, models yasmin and amber le bon(Wife and daughter of simon)Were walking in a fashion show at the westfield shopping centre along with lizzy jagger(Daughter of mick).

But the splashiest events were in new york, where donna karan schmoozed with miss piggy at the dkny store on madison avenue, the pig in a black dress designed by karan herself fittings and all.The two fashionistas posed together with hunky new york city firefighters featured in the fire department calendar, their ladder truck parked outside.

Michael kors helped judge a karaoke contest with debra messing and sports illustrated swimsuit cover girl upton at his madison avenue store.He called fashion night out the trifecta:Starting the new season, you excited to see what in stores.You reminded it fun to shop and you can feel the energy.The nearby ann taylor store, bank worker lenore muller of manhattan headed inside for a chance to be made over by stylist mary alice stephenson and get counted among 50 women to pose in the store windows for the crowds outside.

Call it window glamming, stephenson said.

At bergdorf goodman, crowds out to see victoria beckham, rachel zoe and robert verdi wore burger king style hats promoting the store.A glass bar in the donna karan department shattered and a kid ate ice cream chocolate dangerously close to the pucci department.Nearby bendel was too crowded michael kors outlet australia to enter later in the night.

Pharrell was at bloomingdale promoting his collaboration with designer mark mcnairy.Makes sense as fashion has given so much to me for us to try and give back and support the movement for what these guys do, he said.

Not far away was star kellan lutz, supporting the bedding collection charisma.Fortunately, bedding is instrumental to his style.The good thing about being a guy, you get the whole bed head look waking up, he said.

At the macy in herald square, 38 year old customer service rep keisha carter from brooklyn picked up two shirts and a dress on sale, but she admitted she hadn realized it was fashion night out for the second year in a row!She said she enjoyed the energy.

Are more helpful, carter said.A busy ness feeling, even more than usual.The makeup department, lorrin lynn, 24, a cpa, got a free makeover at bobbi brown after buying her special fno lipstick.She also went hunting for reality star bethenny frankel showing off her shapewear line in the intimates department and star emily maynard at the benefit cosmetics counter.

Fun to go out to the stores, see the trends, and there free booze!Said lynne, cruising the night with a friend for their second fno.

At lord taylor, several hundred people lined up for kardashian autograph.

He bought the kardashian perfume gift set for his mother and has purchased more than 50 other items from the kardashian brand as gifts.

Love kim but i am not a girl, he added.Am a kim kardashian curator.Nicole richie and jennifer hudson were among a handful of designers who were promoting their creations on qvc from 9 pm to 12 midnight.A dream to debut on fashion night out, said jennifer hudson, who had just finished a 12 minute segment selling 13 pieces of her new collection exclusive for the home shopping network.

This is the third year that qvc televised its shopping program in manhattan on fashion night out.Company officials noted that viewership typically is twice what they see compared to other days.

Does all the starpower and hoopla help at the register?Me tomorrow, max azria said with a laugh backstage before his bcbg presentation at new york fashion week.He said it can hurt to meet shoppers.

Models walked a quarter mile runway at the galleria dallas.The mall fashion expert holly quartaro said that by the end of the night, each model will have walked a mile and a half in heels.Northpark center featured runway shows, beauty stations for mini makeovers and an exhibit of roberto cavalli gowns.

Got an amazing crowd out here, said the shopping centre director of public relations, victoria snee, adding that some shoppers were to the nines.Night out, timed for the first day of new york fashion week, also coincides with the final night of the democratic national convention.A vogue spokeswoman said the event was planned a year in advance with thousands of retailers.

She added that wintour is a supporter of president barack obama and noted that shoppers had five hours of events plenty of time to get home to watch obama speak if they wish.

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