The Top Ten New Stores and Pop-Up Shops of Fashion's Night Out

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You are now allowed to hyperventilate. The program of Fashion's Night Out events has been released, and the list of participating stores goes on and on. To help you decide your itinerary for the evening of September 8, we've pulled together a series of Top Ten lists. The first was The Top Ten Musical Performances; now we're moving on to The Top Ten Store Openings—pop-up shops included.

Some stores prepare for Fashion's Night Out by hiring a bartender and tossing together a press release; others sweat over the details like it's their wedding day. But nobody puts more effort into planning for the evening that the brave souls who create entirely new retail environments, conjuring up shopping spaces where none existed before. Below are ten of the best new places to shop on FNO.

10. Piero Guidi
Sometimes known as "the Coach of Italy," this leather goods store carries brightly colored bags, some with a signature circus print. If the overall vibe is playful, though, the approach to the opening party is totally serious: The invitation seems to be approximately a centimeter thick. 430 West Broadway, 6pm.

9. Weberbilt
Bruce Weber is the photographer behind years of muscly Abercrombie & Fitch ad campaigns, but he also designs underwear on the side. For FNO, he'll be transforming the Standard Hotel Biergarten into a pop-up selling Weberbilt undies and t-shirts. Look out for music, drinks, and—says the press release—"surprises" during the one-night-only event. 848 Washington Street, 6pm.

8. Caravan's Store in the Sky
High above the Garment District at the Sky Room lounge, Caravan Stylist Studio will spend FNO promoting local manufacturing with the help of Magnum ice cream. It's not a bad pairing: The Made in Midtown campaign gets to draw attention to its important but relatively unsexy cause, and Magnum gets to add to its fashion credibility. There's a lot going on here. The pop-up will sell clothes from Boy Meets Girl and Alice & Trixie, scarves by Ann Yee, and totes by Yeohlee, but it also features a performance by RyeRye and the launch of Caravan's "Demeter" fragrance. 330 West 40th Street, 8pm.

7. Artists & Fleas
Williamsburg weekend marketplace Artists & Fleas has teamed up with Dusty Rose Vintage to put together not one, not two, but over thirty pop-ups from young indie designers. They've also planned all sorts of activities to go along with the buying: Photo contests, stylist events, you name it. 70 N. 7th Street, Brooklyn, 6pm.

6. With & Wessel
Founded by a married couple who want to make classic Norwegian layering a little more chic, With & Wessel (pronounced "Vitt and Vessel") is quietly opening next week in Nolita. Check out the very ballet-school lookbook online, and drop by the Elizabeth Street space for Scandinavian snacks and drinks to celebrate the soft launch on FNO. 247 Elizabeth Street, 6pm.

5. Alexander Berardi
This will be designer Berardi's first boutique, but nobody can accuse him of getting off to a slow start in the world of retail—he's all of 25. We haven't heard full opening details yet, but there's been talk of a surprise window display that could be the sleeper hit of FNO Soho. 174 Prince Street.

4. Tory Burch
Delayed by Irene but undaunted, the flagship for the preppy powerhouse will open with a party on FNO. Spend $100 or more, and you'll get a limited-edition tote. Spend $250 or more, and a Vogue editor will style you for a shoot with fashion photographer Beau Grealy. If you look really good, you might even end up on the Tory Blog. 797 Madison Avenue, 6pm.

3. Surface to Air
This French import takes the androgynous chic of a boutique like Oak and spices it up with a dash of the "We're a shop, but we're also a creative consultancy" schtick of a storefront like Partners & Spade. In other words, it's cooler than a clothing store has any right to be. The first New York outpost opens on FNO with cocktails, gifts for early arrivals, and the screening of a Kid Cudi video directed by the company's CEO. 27 Mercer Street, 7pm.

2. Missoni for Target
The Bryant Park pop-up selling the hotly anticipated collaboration will remain open for two days after FNO, but expect all the good stuff to sell out fast. If you're excited about the collection, make this your first stop of the night, and get there as early as possible—there will be lines. 1095 Sixth Avenue, 6pm.

1. Nicola Formichetti
BOFFO's Building Fashion Design Competition has tapped Thierry Mugler designer and Lady Gaga confidante Formichetti for this exercise in pure glittery insanity. Along with architects Mark Foster Gage and Marc Clemenceau Bailly, he's put together a space that looks (per the Cut) "like the shattered entrails of a disco ball" and sells Mugler pieces along with special one-off items. Tattooed model It Boy Rick Genest might be performing—if we're very lucky, so will Gaga herself. 57 Walker Street, no start time listed.