Plenty of retail stores and fashion heavyweights, like top curmudgeon Cathy Horyn, have pressed Wintour & co. to put an end to the recreational shopping event, but the Vogue editor does what she likes, naysayers be damned.
I’m personally a supporter of the insane designer collaborations and mob scenes (so much good material! and champagne.) but I think it’s perfectly acceptable to sit out next year’s FNO festivities. Unfortunately, most of us don’t matter enough for Anna Wintour to put a gun to our heads and chaperone us into department stores.
So if you hate Fashion’s Night Out, I’ve devised a handy little cheat sheet (below) with some alternative ways to spend your evening next September:
- Watch a movie.
- Read a book.
- Ride a bike.
- Visit your grandmother in Boston.
- Go to Brooklyn and do anything you want.
- DIY a glitter clutch.
- Write a romance novel starring Anna Wintour and send it to me.
- Read The Fashion Spot.
- Play with your kitten.
- Cook lasagna.
- Organize your closet.
- Deep-condition your hair.
- Online shop.
- Occupy Wall Street.
- GChat.
- Learn how to play the banjo.
- Learn the Greek alphabet.
- Do a crossword puzzle.
- Play a bubblebreaker game.
- Buy chalk and play hopscotch.
- Find a new desktop background.
- Download apps.
- Figure out you and your crush’s astrological and numerological love compatibility.
- Water a plant.
- Plan your Halloween costume.
- Watch whatever’s on Bravo or the Food Network.
- Internet stalk your ex.
- Call a friend.
- Meet a friend and have dinner somewhere unfashionable.
- Take a nap.
Good luck and let me know how it goes.
Image via DianePernet
[via The Cut]
