fashion's night out :: 2012

lines. drinks. goodies. lines. crowds. drinks. lines. fun times. 

FNO 2012, NYC

"anyone can get dressed up and glamorous

but it is how people dress in their days off

that is most intriguing."

{alexander wang}

heels on the sidewalk

I’m sure everyone knows what last night was, right? It was Fashion’s Night Out!! Always a blast but this year for me, it was less about the celebs and more about the champagne. It seems almost every store had some this year… here are a few of my highlights.

Oh and Happy {oh my gosh so happy} Friday!! Have a fabulous weekend everyone.

 

:: Ann Taylor hearts Natasha Bedingfield ::





:: Becka Diamond, you kinda rock ::



all photos taken by me last night throughout midtown Manhattan.

Check out my past years here and here.

“Party people / Now I want you to grab your bottles /

 Put them up in the air // Now shake, shake,

shake that bottle then make it {pop}”

{lmfao}

champagne showers

delightfully dazzling ~ fabulous FNO

I was doing this

{aka going to see The Bouncing Souls show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg}

on Sunday night with many drinks to follow so forgive me that Monday morning I did not have my brain right to catch up on all that I did for FNO out. So now... what I did do on Friday night {and now that it’s Tuesday, I feel refreshed enough to think straight} was Gawker.com FNO scavenger hunt! And it was so much fun! Also I got honorable mention on their website {they don’t give name credit and the image quality isn’t that great but still exciting} – check the link here for photos #4 & #6 AND check out a few of my other snapshots below! It was a Fab Fashion’s night out {expect for one moment of being called regular people, which was amusing}. I kid you not, it was the funniest thing, and I quote random dude, “wristband?” did not wait for an answer. “you can sit with the regular people” pointing behind us, away from the velvet rope. Good thing I have a sense of humor so with tip in hand we walked to the bar and asked for our free vodka sodas. thankyouverymuch.

~Happy Tuesday~

you better, you bet

Well Hello September! Can you believe September is already here? I can’t. And in the City today it is HOT and when I say hot – I don’t mean a warm breeze across the water to cool things off, I mean down right, gosh darn, sweltering. I feel like I just walked out of a sauna and went straight to work. H.O.T. {and of course I decided to walk to work today} O’well though, I still kinda love it so I’ll take it.

Pointing out two things I am so excited for coming in the month of September… First, my favorite guilty pleasure returns, those girls and guys from Gossip Girl! I could squeal I’m so excited. But I won’t. I’ll just be grinning for about another two weeks until the first episode returns with season four {oh and if you haven’t seen the trailer for it yet – go check it out here}. Love.

Second, Fashion’s Night Out is happening again this year! I cannot wait – last year was so much fun… here are a couple of my shots from last year {look at Zac Posen in the Bergdorf window} but then my camera died. I’ll be sure to have it fully charged this year! FNO, September 10th 2010 – if you’re around NYC, it’s an event you should be sure not to miss!

And Last, then you combine those two and get this. GG does FNO. Can’t wait to watch and experience it all. Anyone else going to be there?

Onto other things… I randomly cut my hair on Sunday night – just needed a change. Feels so fresh and clean, clean. And as of late I’ve been taking in how much ‘stuff’ I have and all that I haven’t even worn or used yet. So in an attempt to just clean out and try to not spend for a month, I’ve decided to do 31 pieces in 30 days. So for the month of September each outfit I wear will be pulled from only 31 items in my closet, everything else is going into storage until October 1. Do you guys think I can do it? I probably sound crazy. Each Wednesday I’ll post my seven outfits from the prior week. Next week I’ll also update you on the 31 different pieces I’ve chosen; however, this doesn’t include handbags, jewelry or my camisoles {I practically wear them under everything like underwear so doesn’t count}. I am not a fashion blog and have never claimed to be but I do love fashion and thought this would be a fun challenge and a little change of pace for my blog. Hope you all stick around to see if I can pull it off. Inspiration from Lucky magazine and Kendi, check out her blog here.

{sorry for the quality not being the best... I was running late and remember how HOT I said it was outside? Well you can almost tell in this snapshot!}

Hello Short Hair!

Wow, that was a lot of writing for me. I guess it is just time for some change around here.

~Happy Wednesday~

Tuesday Tea Party ~ Life is a chance. Love is infinity. Grace is reality.

When I read the last line printed on my tea bag today - I couldn't picture what it meant as "Grace is reality." So I looked up the definition on line and the free online dictionary states...

Grace - seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form or proportion.

Grace - A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement.

Then I started thinking... when was the last time I met someone who was full of grace? Well, I didn't actually meet him but Alexander Wang came to mind. I saw him and watched him interact with people at Fashion Night Out in Bergdorf's and he was so pleasant and humble and the kind of person you felt that you just had to be around even when he had a crowd of people surrounding him to take pictures and just to shake his hand.

Going back to "Grace is reality" makes me realize that someone may not only be graceful (i.e. the first thing that came to mind was a ballerina) in their movements or interactions but that one can have a graceful soul as well, and that is reality. Who is the person that is most full of grace in your life?