NEW YORK, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of customers strutted down the red carpet into Saks Fifth Avenue for Thursday's Fashion's Night Out celebration, a global initiative supporting the fashion and retail industry.

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50 designers made appearances in the Fifth Avenue flagship, including Carolina Herrera, Christian Siriano, Elie Tahari, Bobbi Brown and William Rast's Trace Ayala and Justin Timberlake. Customers were able to shop the latest looks for fall while enjoying over 7,000 cosmetic giveaways, mini-makeovers and expert styling advice while mingling with fashion's top designers, models and editors. In just two hours, the store completely sold out of the evening's must-have item - Fashion's Night Out t-shirts that benefit National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.

Saks Fifth Avenue Chairman and CEO Steve Sadove noted, "Saks Fifth Avenue was proud to participate in Fashion's Night Out. Our customers had the opportunity to interact one-on-one with designers throughout the store - whether it was previewing the William Rast collection with Trace Ayala and Justin Timberlake, watching magic tricks with Carolina Herrera or learning make up tips from Bobbi Brown. Saks Fifth Avenue has always been about the excitement of fashion and Fashion's Night Out gave us one more reason to celebrate."

Saks Fifth Avenue transformed its New York flagship into the evening's hottest spot which included:

Trace Ayala and Justin Timberlake celebrated their William Rast pop up shop with a tremendous crowd while tennis darling Melanie Oudin and VOGUE's Anna Wintour stopped by to congratulate them.

Donna Karan inaugurated her new shop on the second floor after spending time one-on-one consultations with over 50 clients who had made appointments to meet with her in the newly re-launched Fifth Avenue Club.

Magician Mark Mitton made Carolina Herrera mysteriously appear in her new shop on the third floor.

Customers lined up to receive a sketch from Peter Som with a purchase of a Fashion's Night Out t-shirt.

Chris Benz challenged Tim Morehouse, Silver Medalist in fencing to a fencing duel on Wii.

Tinsley Mortimer stopped in for a quick makeup touchup at the DIOR counter in between FNO parties.

Shoshanna and Kay Unger enjoyed ballroom dancing lessons with customers in the evening department.

Vogue's Filipa Fino and Elissa Santisi tried on shoes with models Julia Stegner and Caroline Trentini. Shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti showed them that his boots were made for walking.

Josie Natori shared her new fragrance.

Bobbi Brown gave make-overs and beauty tips for fall to Vogue's Sarah Brown and model Coco Rocha.

Aerin Lauder consulted with customers on her top beauty picks.

Frederic Fekkai gave hair styling advice.

Other notable guests included:

David Yurman, Elie Tahari, Christian Siriano, Geren Lockhart of Geren Ford, Abbe Held of Kooba, Carlos Falchi, Christian Cota, Camilla Skovgaard, the face of Lancome, Daria Werbowy, Faraone Menella designers, Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Menella, Kenneth Jay Lane, Young Fabulous and Broke designer, Heidi Cornell, and Jessica Joffe.

About Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue, one of the world's preeminent specialty retailers, is renowned for its superlative American and international designer collections, its expertly edited assortment of handbags, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics and gifts, and the first-rate fashion expertise and exemplary client service of its Associates. Today, Saks operates 53 full-line stores in 25 states, 5 licensed stores in the Middle East and 1 licensed store in Mexico City, 54 Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH stores and saks.com, the company's online store.

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