I hope you enjoyed the free booze and food, as well as the celebrity appearances, crowded street, long lines and discounts, because Anna Wintour and Mayor Bloomberg recently confirmed that another Fashion’s Night Out is in our midst. Call me crazy, but I saw little to no people walking around with shopping bags, so how on earth was this event successful for New York City or the fashion industry? But hey, nobody is complaining about another round of free drinks!

Thanks NY Mag!

Beginning this fall, the Mayor Bloomberg will stage a his own ‘Project Runway’ to pick 12 up-and-coming designers for a new city-sponsored fashion “incubator” facility.

The next time you go shopping on 5th Avenue, pay attention to which stores stuff your new goodies in plastic bags…oh, and prepare to toss a few nickels for the bags while you’re at it. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg and Friday’s budget announcement, there will be a five-cent tax on all plastic bags in New York City. Estimated to raise $100 million for the city, I’m starting to wonder if this tax is a “fundraiser” for the Big Apple or simply a reason for people to reduce, reuse and recycle. The five-cents you’ll toss at the cashier may seem like chump change, but the cost certainly adds up for something you’ll end up throwing away sooner or later. So, my fellow New Yorkers, I suggest you invest in a dozen of those reusable shopping bags…they’ll last longer than a plastic bag, will cost you less in the long run and reduce the amount of plastic floating around. Kill two birds with one stone without a bird actually dying from  plastic bag suffocation… 

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