'Fashion Night Sold Out'

Scenes from last year's Fashion's Night Out

The countdown for Fashion’s Night Out – now an annual celebration of fashion in major cities across the globe – may continue, but for the countdown for tickets to the CBS’ ‘Fashion’s Night Out: The Show’ ended within hours.

That’s right. General sale tickets, an estimated 1,500 tickets, to the show Sept. 7 at the Lincoln Center in New York were sold out within four hours.

Sources say that more tickets will become available before the show, and that those interested should call Lincoln Center’s ticket office. Otherwise, the show will be streaming live at 7 p.m. EST Sept. 7 on www.CBS.com/fno. Or watch it on television, which airs Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. EST on CBS.

The special will include behind-the-scenes footage of all the planning and legwork among fashion editors and executives from some of the biggest places in fashion: Vogue (yes, Anna Wintour will be there), Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman to name a few.

Reports surrounding the fashion show suggest that the styling will span seven major trends: Global Traveler, Rocker Girl, Roaring Twenties, Country Weekend, and Fifties Era. Approximately 200 models will be on hand to showcase the styles.

Fashion's Night Out hits all major cities

Fashion’s Night Out, slated for Friday, Sept. 10, is the sequel to last year’s event which drew thousands of people out into the streets of New York, London, Milan, among others, all in the name of fashion. From cocktails with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to performances by Oscar de la Renta, the event was the fashion community’s response to a recession-ridden retail market. Struggling retailers watched as new customers trilled into their stores and sales received a much-needed boost.

Fans line up to catch Pharell at the BBC | Ice Cream store in Soho for Fashion's Night Out 2009

This year, the sequel to Fashion’s Night Out is just weeks away. Expect the same revelry, but bigger and much, much better.

Worth checking out in New York:

· Champagne reception at Y-3

· Dancing lessons with Vera Wang and Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysaceck at the Mercer Street store

· Performance by Bryan Adams and the brand’s Creative Directors Francisco Costa and Italo Zucchelli, along with Vogue’s Tonne Goodman at Calvin Klein’s Madison Avenue store location

· Take pictures with friends in a photo booth, sip on cocktails and meet the designer inside Carolina Herrera’s store on Madison Avenue

· Walk the red carpet at Giuseppe Zanotti Design

-S. Gonzalez

*Images courtesy of cbs.com; fashionsnightout and freshnessmag.com