Anna Wintour's 2nd annual fashion event to be help Sept 10, 2010

Fashion’s Night Out is back by popular demand. On September 10, 2010 plan on spending the evening with your friends shopping for good! Anna Wintour’s 2nd annual global event will have participating retailers (which practically means every single brand and boutique in NYC at least!) staying open late into the evening, hosting cocktail parties, product launches, special designer/celebrity appearances and more.

There will also be an epic public fashion show, involving over 200 models and 1,500 random ticket-holding guests (show will be held September 7 at New York Fashion Week’s new home, Lincoln Center). 40% of the ticket proceeds (as well as the FNO 2010 clothing line) will go to the New York City AIDS Fund.

Last year, I went to Bergdorf with my boyfriend and got to see Manolo Blahnik and Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen! It’s definitely a star-studded evening with lots of glitz. Dress up and find some great styles for Fall, support the retail industry in this economy and feel great that the money you spend goes to some great causes!

Official 2009 t-shirt, $30 - 40% of proceeds donated to National September 11 Memorial

Make sure to go shopping tonight – Sept 10th - to support retail in this economy, check out the new Fall collections, celebrate fashion AND support charity! Anna Wintour’s global event – Fashion’s Night Out 2009 – will have participating retailers (which in NYC, means everyone as Anna demands respect!) staying open late into the evening and hosting cocktail parties, product launches, special designer/celebrity appearances and more.

The event t-shirts, commissioned specifically for NYC, are available at participating retailers and 40% of the proceeds from the sales are donated by the retailer to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

Also, remember to clean out your closets for Fall as NYC is also having a clothing drive. You can drop off past season’s mistakes or otherwise unwanted clothing at these places until 11pm. The clothing will all be given to the NYC AIDS Fund, which will in turn be distributed to 17 AIDS-related charities in the city.

Cameron Diaz picked out these plaid shorts herself for the Vogue shoot, $275

Goods of Conscience, founded in 2005 by Father Andrew whose parish is located in the Bronx in NYC, “seeks to create and sell well-designed and well-made garments for the benefit of skilled workers in impoverished communities in both Guatemala and [the Bronx], to enhance the spirit of worker and wearer alike.”

Father Andrew developed the idea for the company after a mission trip to Guatemala. The company  employs Mayan Indian weavers in Guatemala and Bronx sewers to make the collections that “look good, feel good and do good.”

Goods of Conscience asks consumers to choose to wear “The Social Fabric.” This phrase has a double meaning because it is also the trademark for the actual fabric that is used in the clothes. It is a reflective organic cotton or indigo from Guatemala which cannot be counterfeited and ensures that all parties involved in the production of it are paid a living wage.

Santiago Scarf, $225

Monterrice Jacket, $895