It is the latest hot news that For her Fashion's Night Out extravaganza of Anna Wintour ,New York stores were jammed Thursday for Fashion's Night Out, where shoppers rubbed elbows with celebrities — sometimes quite literally.
Actress Charlize Theron makes an appearance at Dior to celebrate fashion night out and sign autographs of her Vogue issue, in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Actress Debra Messing poses for pictures as part a special event called "Fashion's Night Out" during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Actress Charlize Theron makes an appearance at Dior to celebrate fashion night out and sign autographs of her Vogue issue, in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
Designer Michael Kors and actress Debra Messing walk the red carpet as part a special event called "Fashion's Night Out" during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Cindy Crawford poses for a picture as part of a special event called "Fashion's Night Out" during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Amateur photographers jockeyed with paparazzi to get pictures of Victoria Beckham and stood on banquettes to get a glimpse of "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi. The hope was that the event, a brainchild of Vogue Editor Anna Wintour, would help at the cash register during New York Fashion Week, which opened Thursday.
Poor Oscar de la Renta was reduced to performing a song and dance in his own store — accompanied by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Barbara Walters — to appease the queen.
And he wasn't the only one. Vogue's European editor at large Hamish Bowles belted out Noel Coward tunes at Juicy Couture. Alexa Joel sang the blues at Elie Tahari, too.
Bergdorf Goodman hosted a designer cookoff between Lela Rose, Peter Som and Cynthia Rowley (who made Jell-o shots much to the crowd's delight) while on another floor, Robert Verdi beat Donna Karan at a fashion trivia contest led by Vogue's Andre Leon Talley.
Is there anything the woman can't get her minions to do?
Nope. In Queens, where Anna appeared with Diane von Furstenberg, Kate Hudson and the mayor himself, Bloomberg recounted trying to turn her down when she first came up with the idea — but “lost totally.”
And if Anna had her way, he'd lose at something else, too. Waiting for Bloomie to arrive in a private room she fumed, “If he doesn't show, Diane and I will run for mayor on a joint ticket and take over the city.”
She could, too, from the looks of the adoring crowd who gathered at the Queens Center Mall's Macy's, where Anna hung out for two and a half hours before heading to Ralph Lauren's bash. “She knows that she has to restore her image,” said Julio Thillet, 34, from the Bronx, on why the Vogue editrix hauled out to the boro. “This is her reaching out to the bottom level, to the masses, like kissing babies.”
Diane Cusimano-Thenkin, a florist from Glendale, came with an offering at Anna's altar: a bunch of purple orchids. “I've been thinking about this bouquet for days,” she gushed.
But no one was more moved than Shailee Shah, 16, a high school student from Queens, who received the Vogue equivalent of sainthood. “Anna told me that she really liked my dress,” she said.
Poor Oscar de la Renta was reduced to performing a song and dance in his own store — accompanied by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Barbara Walters — to appease the queen.
And he wasn't the only one. Vogue's European editor at large Hamish Bowles belted out Noel Coward tunes at Juicy Couture. Alexa Joel sang the blues at Elie Tahari, too.
Bergdorf Goodman hosted a designer cookoff between Lela Rose, Peter Som and Cynthia Rowley (who made Jell-o shots much to the crowd's delight) while on another floor, Robert Verdi beat Donna Karan at a fashion trivia contest led by Vogue's Andre Leon Talley.
Is there anything the woman can't get her minions to do?
Nope. In Queens, where Anna appeared with Diane von Furstenberg, Kate Hudson and the mayor himself, Bloomberg recounted trying to turn her down when she first came up with the idea — but “lost totally.”
And if Anna had her way, he'd lose at something else, too. Waiting for Bloomie to arrive in a private room she fumed, “If he doesn't show, Diane and I will run for mayor on a joint ticket and take over the city.”
She could, too, from the looks of the adoring crowd who gathered at the Queens Center Mall's Macy's, where Anna hung out for two and a half hours before heading to Ralph Lauren's bash. “She knows that she has to restore her image,” said Julio Thillet, 34, from the Bronx, on why the Vogue editrix hauled out to the boro. “This is her reaching out to the bottom level, to the masses, like kissing babies.”
Diane Cusimano-Thenkin, a florist from Glendale, came with an offering at Anna's altar: a bunch of purple orchids. “I've been thinking about this bouquet for days,” she gushed.
But no one was more moved than Shailee Shah, 16, a high school student from Queens, who received the Vogue equivalent of sainthood. “Anna told me that she really liked my dress,” she said.
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