A few weeks ago, the future of Fashion's Night Out Milwaukee seemed uncertain.
In February, Vogue and the CFDA declared FNO officially on hiatus for 2013, to give time for organizers and retailers to reevaluate the program. It was bad news for Milwaukee fashionistas, who turned out in droves for the first-ever FNO Milwaukee last Sept. 6.
Would the feather in Milwaukee's fashion cap be plucked after only one year?
Nope. Turns out, Midwesterners are a hardier bunch than those New York folk.
FNO Milwaukee announced today on their Facebook page that the event will merge with the fall edition of Gallery Night & Day. Gallery Night & Day: Fashion Night Out Edition. Boutiques and retailers throughout downtown will be opening their doors alongside the usual Gallery Night & Day participants, and pop-up shops from the 'burbs will participate just like last year.
Additional details, including a list of participants, will be announced this summer.
Colleen Jurkiewicz is a Milwaukee native with a degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and she loves having a job where she learns something new about the Cream City every day. Her previous incarnations have included stints as a waitress, a barista, a writing tutor, a medical transcriptionist, a freelance journalist, and now this lovely gig at the best online magazine in Milwaukee.
