SOL Lingerie : FNO in NYC

Lindsey and I are in NY to experience NYC's Fashion's Night Out. An international shopping event started by Anna Wintour and American Vogue in 2009 to help bring awareness to the fashion industry, it is in its 3rd year with now over 250 cities participating in the US. We traveled with Cherry Creek North BID ladies Kristi and Kristin who were hatching up plans for a Cherry Creek North FNO extravaganza in 2012. Lindsey and I are here to be inspired and get our creative juices flowing to see what fun things we can dream up for a SOL FNO event for next year.

What a night! Lindsey, Kristi, Kristen and I hit the pavement in Soho right at 6pm with the goal of seeing as many shops and events as possible.

There were over 900 participating Fashion's Night Out locations all over Manhattan with over 200 right in Soho. That is where we concentrated our efforts and we were not disappointed!

We walked right into a group of ladies dressed up with shoes on their heads...yes, those are shoes on their heads

Music was key: most shops had DJs spinning some tunes

Rockin' DJ at Betsy Johnson

There was even Karaoke - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was a theme for the night!

Live models graced windows all over town

You could get your hair and make-up done...

Or how about being the model for a t-shirt cutting?

People could enjoy Net-A-Porter's Virtual Window Display and when they scanned an item with a phone or ipad, they had a chance to win it...

One of our favorites was the "Flipping Fun" flip book - dance for 7 seconds in front of the camera voila - a flip book with all your moves was in your hands 10 minutes later!