"A Current Affair" Pop-Up Vintage Marketplace for Fashion Night Out in LA

_This Friday kicks off a 2-day vintage shopping marketplace with over 20 dealers all selling high end vintage. To celebrate Fashion Night Out on Friday night, there will be a DJ and an open bar after a $10 entry fee at the door. Info via Fashionista. Invite with times/address above. [MIDDLE]

_Dress by Norman Hartnell, 1942 [LEFT]

_Dress by Jacques Fath Advanced Customization, 1948 [RIGHT]

Vogue Paris celebrates Fashion Night Out today

My hometown is celebrating Fashion Night Out today! In honor of this, here are a couple of vintage Vogue Paris Pattern prints from my collection. There is no magazine like Vogue and no city like Paris...see all the photos from today's events tomorrow, here.

_Vogue Paris Original Print, One piece dress pattern N.1629 by Edward Molyneux [FIRST]

_Vogue wristband for 2010 Paris Fashion Night Out party via VogueParisLive [SECOND]

_Fine art print featured in Vogue Paris, 1932 [THIRD]

_Vogue Paris Original Print, Two piece dress pattern N.2174 by Yves Saint Laurent [LAST]

Manolo Blahnik for Liberty London launching Fashion Night Out

My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet. _Manolo Blahnik

I really try my best not to turn Au Courant into a fashion blog. What I often choose to publish in the world of fashion are ad campaigns and collaborations. To see distinctive talent come together and form something unique is always impressive and cutting-edge. That being said, I have to admit I wasn't a fan of the collaborations between H&M and Karl Lagerfeld, Jimmy Choo and I'm not excited about Lanvin. Haute couture is haute couture for a reason. I don't think it should be mixed with a regular clothing brand and launched into the mass market...

_Now for collaborations that DO make sense. Manolo Blahnik for the iconic Liberty of London. Their collaboration was announced months ago but the collection is finally becoming available on Thursday in London for Fashion Night Out. Here are two prestigious brands that know their worth. Blahnik sourced through the famous Liberty fabric print archives to create an exclusive collection for the store. The collaboration also features candles, notecards, pillows and scarves.

_Liberty London. View their website here. [LEFT]

_Manolo Blahnik exclusive collection for Liberty London. View the full collection here. [RIGHT]

The CHANEL SOHO Collection for the reopening of the CHANEL SoHo boutique

_Chanel is reopening its doors on Friday for Fashion's Night Out (with an intimate opening cocktail party the night before). To celebrate the launch of the boutique, Chanel has created a limited edition SOHO makeup collection available as of Friday at the new boutique. I'm very into their pop art inspired website: CHANEL SOHO 2010.

_Liquidated Chanel painting by french street artist Zevs [TOP RIGHT]

_The Entryway of the Coco Chanel Suite at the Ritz Paris. LOVE. Gabrielle Coco Chanel lived here for 37 years: view more [BOTTOM LEFT]

_Luca Gadjus by Jonas Bresnan for Tush Fall 2010 [BOTTOM RIGHT]

_Chanel Soho Story Collection by Chanel Global Creative Director of Makeup Peter Philips [VIDEO, BOTTOM]

FASHION NIGHT OUT 2010 IN LA: 09/10/10

Think Ferris wheel on Rodeo Dr. and cupcakes at Magnolia. Details here.

_Photo from New York's Fashion Night Out 2009 via The Fashion Spot. [TOP]

The Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington dolls

ALL DOLLED UP for FASHION'S NIGHT OUT

_Barneys New York commissioned artist Andrew Yang to create dolls of American Vogue's Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and the magazine's Creative director Grace Coddington for Fashion's Night Out on September 10th. The dolls will be auctioned off here later this week, benefitting The New York City Aids fund. Read more here. [MIDDLE]

_Snejana Onopka as Anna Wintour by Mario Testino in "L'Icone" for Vogue Paris August 2007 [TOP]

_Anna Wintour by Tommy Ton for Style.com [BOTTOM]

To learn more about Anna Wintour, watch The September Issue and read Front Row: Anna Wintour. I suggest both. Grace Coddington recently announced that she is in the process of penning her own memoirs: here.

Les Khakis de CHANEL

_Elle Macpherson by Sharif Hamza for the fall edition of Love Magazine, LOVE #4

_Chanel is launching 3 camouflage Nail Colours for Fashion's Night Out:

Les Khakis de Chanel. Available as of September 10th at Chanel.com,

Chanel boutiques and select department stores. Nail artist Sophy Robson

wrote about them on her blog last month here.