The Blonde Ambition: 6 settembre

NYC, 09.06.2012

Last night—all around the globe—people came out to celebrate and support the fashion industry during the fourth annual Fashion’s Night Out. Here, in New York City, the revelry went on until the wee hours, with designer appearances (Victoria Beckham, Oscar de la Renta), makeovers, model cameos (Karlie Kloss, Coco Rocha), concerts, celebrity sightings (Amar’e Stoudemire, Darren Criss, and Jessica Chastain), exclusive merchandise for sale, and even a few excellent, if slightly off-key, rounds of karaoke (thank you Michael Kors and Opening Ceremony).

Solange Knowles, Diane von Furstenberg, Allison Williams, and Vogue’s Meredith Melling Burke at DVF

Karlie Kloss at DKN

Darren Criss and Anna Wintour at Saks Fifth Avenue

Outside Saks Fifth Avenue

Oscar de la Renta at Saks Fifth Avenue

Inside Macy’s Herald Square

Coco Rocha at Longchamp

Milan, 06.09.2012

Ieri sera Milano ha aperto l'edizione 2012 della Vogue Fashion NIght Out, giunta al quarto anno, grazie alla liason benefica tra Vogue Italiae il Comune di Milano.

A partire dalle 19, negozi aperti con speciali limited edition in vendita, cocktail, spettacoli e musica. Per tutta la sera, complice anche un ritrovato clima estivo, la città si è animata a festa e i milanesi si sono divertiti a incontrare stilisti e artisti, attori e star, ma anche a lasciarsi viziare con make-up e manicure su misura, consigli di stile nei negozi e musica per le strade.

Nella zona del Quadrilatero della moda e in centro, in zona Brera e Garibaldi così come in Corso Genova,innumerevoli gli appuntamenti e piacevole lo shopping, con il plus della finalità benefica: parte del ricavato della serata è stato infatti destinato ai terremotati dell'Emilia.

Giorgio Armani, Franca Sozzani, Stefano Boeri

Roberto Cavalli per Lavazza

P. Lindbergh, Marpessa e C. Sozzani

Sephora

Paris, 06.09.2012

Boutiques illuminées, ambiance survoltée, foule galvanisée, musique effrénée…la Vogue Fashion Night Out était exceptionnelle. Drôles, sages ou excentriques, les invités anonymes se sont tous prêtés au jeu de la soirée, prenant la pose sous les projecteurs de Vogue.

Vogue Paris editors get the Vogue Fashion Night Out 2012 party started

Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel

Chloé cheerleaders

Vogue Paris Mini

London, 06.09.2012

Fashion Night Out is one of the industry's biggest nights, with cities around the world simultaneously celebrating all things fashion - so needless to say London's finest were out in force. Bond Street - Old and New - became a catwalk, packed to bursting point with stylish shoppers sporting their very best so they could impress our Street Chic snapper.

Lizzy Jagger, Yasmin Le Bon and Amber Le Bon

In Mayfair, the streets were alive with music - from Labrinth at Emporio Armani's Secret Garden Party to live performances from four of the capital's emerging musicians at the Samsung Stage - which attracted hordes of crowds. Burberry's Bond Street store was - as usual at FNO - packed to the brim, as shoppers turned up to watch its band-of-the-moment, Southern. We wonder if they noticed the label's current muse, handsome Roo Panes, watching from the sidelines. One-girl-band Delilah took to theTopshop windows for a special gig, while Hermés got people dancing in the streets with its Swing Patrol band. A lone accordion player standing on a Bond Street corner was cheered on by crowds - a truly perfect sight to see. The link between fashion and music could not have been more obvious or more enjoyable.

Elsewhere in Covent Garden, the Chanel human vending machines went down a storm - manned by hidden people who dispensed the chosen products into Chanel bags.

Harold Tillman, Alexandra Shulman and Sir Philip Green

Opening Ceremony took its Korean-themed street party to the next level, with Japanese-inspired cocktails, delicious food and a trailer - in which shoppers could get their hair done in the style of Manga girls.

Of course, the party of the night was undeniably the Vogue and Mulberry official FNO soirée - held at the label's Bond Street store. The star guests were in no short supply - Manolo Blahnik, Edie Campbell, Roland Mouret,Christopher Kane, Daisy Lowe, Suki Waterhouse, Portia Freeman, Matthew Williamson and Erdem to name but a few - as were the decadent refreshments. Oysters and Champagne anyone? "The crowd is wonderful and there's a real buzz here," Suki Waterhouse told us. "I love having the chance to meet all the designers too. Emma Hill, for example, is amazing - I really appreciate her work."

Unsurprisingly, some of the most popular spots involved food, as lengthy queues formed outside Missoni's ice cream van, Daks' popcorn stall and Hotel Chocolat's pop-up venue. The talk between Francesca Burns and Bronwyn Cosgrave on the legacy of Coco Chanel (featuring a surprise fashion show with Edie Campbell and Pixie Geldof), at the label's Bond Street store was such a hit with shoppers that even latecomer Daisy Lowe had to stand on the stairs because there were no seats left. Queues at Alexander McQueen spanned the length of Old Bond Street, as shoppers vied for a chance to enter the label's special prize draw.

We could go on about the Hershesons' 15-minute blow-dries; Radley's adorable Scottie dogs; how Louis Vuitton's Yayoi Kusama windows became the sight everyone wanted a photograph of; and the aesthetically-pleasing men who sprayed us with Jo Malone's Blackberry & Bay scent; but it'd be difficult to stop.