Fashion’s Night Out (not to be confused with Victoria, Canada’s fledgling fashion event) is celebrating its second birthday this fall and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg shared the final details of the much-anticipated event.

Last year’s event filled the streets with fashion lovers in nearly every neighborhood where there were events, and this year promises to be even bigger – and hopefully better for retailers who gave mixed reviews on the sales success. September 10th will bring together fashion retailers, celebrities and designers in a celebration of fashion and its importance on our communities and the global economy. Steve Sadove, CEO of Saks Fifth Ave noted at last year’s event, “We started to see a turn in the industry, sales started to stabilize,” he claimed.

If you’re planning to participate, get ready for specialty items offered by many stores who also plan to produce limited-edition merchandise for all FNO shoppers.

The best part of the whole evening is the interactive nature of the event. People shopping out in the streets, sharing, laughing and enjoying the perks of a good cause. Like Marc Jacobs said, “It felt like a block party… it felt like what shopping is all about, the social ritual.” {Stylelist}

We couldn’t agree more. Last year we snagged Carine Roitfeld at the end of Paris’ big night (which is on track for a similar luxury themed evening this year), this year we’ll bring you quick quotes and pictures from as many people as we can catch up with in New York. Let the block party begin!

To start the short award ceremony, Mayor Bloomberg honored the ending of two long-running New York based and filmed shows.  The first being Law & Order, whose ubiquitous bom-bong sound was played several times before Bloomberg spoke and served as Dick Wolf’s “message” for those in attendance.  The second show was “As The World Turns,” which will be wrapping up after 54 years this coming September.

The awards themselves were given out quickly, with some explanation as to who the recipients were.  The awards were presented to long-time Broadway actress Angela Lansbury (who will always be Jessica Fletcher to some), the production company HSI Productions, Saturday Night Live (whose award was accepted by actor/head writer Seth Meyers), filmmaker Lee Daniels for Precious and WFT Productions for it’s work on the Made in NY discount iPhone app.

But it’s the message that Mayor Bloomberg has been pushing most recently – that New York is ready to compete with California for web tech cred, that ended the event. Perhaps appropriate for an event celebrating two other industries commonly associated with the Golden State. After the awards he plugged Internet Week NY and talk about “One City One Click,” an event in Times Square this Thursday where a QR code will be displayed on the Reuters building so that anyone with a QR reader on their phones can participate in the event.  Bloomberg also took time to remind/inform attendees that the city is looking for a Chief Digital Officer to overlook the city’s use of social media and the web.