Fashion's Night Out

Mayor Bloomberg has teamed up with Anna Wintour for a retail event in New York City. The event, called Fashion's Night Out, will take place on Thursday, September 10, at the beginning of New York Fashion Week. They have asked stores to stay open until 11 o'clock and host in-house parties to promote retail. Over 100 stores are on board so far, and Vera Wang and Marc Jacobs are expected to make appearances. Also joining Wintour and Bloomberg last night were Carolina Herrara, Vera Wang, Jason Wu and Tommy Hilfliger, who should appear also. 

"Fashion is vital to New York's economy," Bloomberg mentioned. It also "does a fantastic job projecting an exciting and attractive image of New York City to the world," The industry brings in about $10 billion a year for New York City, and has over double the number of fashion compainies than any other city in the world.