NIKOLAKI at Fashion's Night Out L.A. After Party Fashion Show at Industry Nightclub!

LA's Golden Fashion

NIKOLAKI gold silk lurex one-shoulder bias-cut gown, Fashion's Night Out LA After party Fashion Show (photo courtesy of www.lookbookla.com)

As we all know, two Friday's ago was Fashion's Night Out all over the US--as well as abroad. While I was hosting my Macy's Fashion's Night Out Fashion Show and Party in Miami, our NIKOLAKI dresses were being shown at the official Fashion's Night Out LA After Party at one of the hottest nightclubs, Industry. Stylist Arturo D. Chavez visited our new NIKOLAKI Studio in Atwater Village area of LA and took some dresses for the "Gallery Style" Fashion Presentation: A Gold silk lurex bias-cut one-shoulder gown with Swarovski crystal pin, and...

NIKOLAKI Look # 2, gold lurex one-shoulder ruffled cocktail dress, Fashion's Night Out LA After party fashion Show, Industry Nightclub (photo courtesy of www.lookbookla.com)

A one-shoulder ruffled cocktail dress, also in gold silk lurex. My NIKOLAKI co-designer, David Paul and I were excited to be included amongst other notable LA designers, including Project Runway Season 4 Finalist Rami Kashou.

Nick Verreos and the Winning Fashion's Night Out L.A. t-shirt, FIDM LA Campus

Weeks ago I filmed a PSA for L.A.'s Fashion's Night Out and even interviewed the winning designer of the official t-shirt, a Graphic Design Student from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandise/FIDM (where I am an Instructor of course!). Even though I wasn't able to attend or be part of LA's Fashion's Night Out events, I was there "in spirit", well, in the form of my gowns and cocktail dresses.

Click HERE for more photos from the Fashion's Night Out L.A. After Party Fashion Presentation at Industry Nightclub.

Friday September 10th Los Angeles Celebrates Fashion's Night Out: Nick Verreos Films a PSA and "Unveils" T-Shirt!

City of Angels Fashion's Night Out: Shopping, Fashion Shows and Much More...

Fashion's Night Out L.A. Winning T-shirt Designer, FIDM Graphic Design student Marc Blaskovits, and Nick Verreos

As many of you fashionistas know, last year was the first installment of Fashion's Night Out, a shop-till-you-drop Retail EXTRAVAGANZA created by Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour. But it was ONLY in NYC. Well, it was a big success and the Fashion's Night Out "bug" caught on and now will be held all over the world and in other major US cities: On Friday, September 10Th, Los Angeles will also have it's very own Fashion's Night Out...

Posing Divas: Marc Blaskovits, Nick Verreos and Cynthia Ruiz

The AMAZING Cynthia Ruiz, City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works Commissioner and President, is the brain-trust of LA's Fashion's Night Out 2010 and she has been working her fitted sheath dress-wearing-self OVERTIME to make sure L.A. BRINGS IT ON!!

T-Shirt Happy: Nick Verreos and FIDM Graphic Design Student Marc Blaskovits pose with the Fashion's Night Out L.A. T-shirt

The "Home Base" will be at the Beverly Center, and at 5PM, will hold it's Opening Ceremony to all the shopping festivities as well as a fashion show featuring the designs from L.A.'s top designers including myself and my line NIKOLAKI. Over 300 stores will be open late--and shuttles will be able to take you from the Beverly Center to all the nearby shopping meccas like Robertson Blvd., Melrose Avenue and West 3rd Street. A Fashion's Night Out L.A. T-shirt Design Contest was also commissioned and the winning designer was Marc Blaskovits, a Graphic Design Student from FIDM.

T-shirt Couture: Nick Verreos--at his Nikolaki Studio--wearing the winning Fashion's Night Out L.A. t-shirt designed by FIDM student Marc Blaskovits

Last week, Cynthia asked me to film a Public Service Announcement for Fashion's Night Out City of LA, and of course I said SI! We filmed it at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM (which was perfect since the Winning T-shirt designer is from FIDM-and I'm also an Instructor there). After the filming, I procured an EXCLUSIVE Interview with Marc on what inspired his winning design. I'll put up the PSA I filmed when it's done and edited but for now...

Click BELOW for my Exclusive Interview with the Winner of the Fashion's Night Out LA T-shirt Design Contest:


*The T-shirt is FOR SALE at the FIDM Store at the FIDM Campus, 919 South Grand Avenue, L.A. 90015

*For more on Fashion's Night Out L.A. Events, click HERE