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Creative Connectivity at Fashion's Night Out William Dobbs at Saks Terry Zmyslo at Saks BY SETH VAUGHAN. PHOTOGRAPHY PRISCILLA DICKSON, ERIN OPPEINHEIM, SETH VAUGHAN. Amy Logan at Chanel Shawn Howell at Saks Michael Martin at Chanel Mary Tran at Chanel Diandra Anwar at Chanel Katie Galliano at Neiman Marcus Teddy Holtz at Saks Joseph West at Saks Elizabeth Suffield at Saks Pamela Perilloux at Neiman Marcus Elina Htun at Neiman Marcus Ariel Mucasey at Saks Lauren Villasana at Neiman Marcus I Louis DiGiacomo at Saks Amee Ly at Chanel Tijuana Harvey at Saks Melissa Fitzgerald at Saks Paulina Padilla at Neiman Marcus Alyson Araque at Saks Bonita Britt at Saks t was all about the pageantry of the posh and the beauty of the banal when the ultimate night of high-low came to the Galleria for Fashion's Night Out, a designated Lindsey Dee Stephanieat September night each year (this year's was September 6), Chanel Von Stein created by Vogue's Anna Wintour, where stores and shoppers at Saks come together in a delirious bout of shopping. At Neiman Marcus, store director Bob Devlin hosted MKG Art's Melissa Grobmyer and Janet Hobby for a Houston Fine Art Fair fête with art installations, a presentation of fall trends and a PA by designer Catherine Deane. And how better to end the evening than toasting gourmet s'mores around couture campfires. Basking in the firelight: Deborah Colton, Jerry Butler, Emmelie Kopp, Lauren Humphrey, Paulina Padilla, Pamela Perilloux, Lauren Villasana, Jerri Moore, Chris Elrod, and Jared Lang. At Saks Fifth Avenue, it was all about AIDS Foundation Houston, where store director Terry Zmyslo welcomed a trifecta of design stars for the occasion: Carr Men's Bob George Carr, whose brand is based on his brother Zack's sketches Devlin at Neiman (Zack served as Calvin Klein's creative director); Le Labo's Fabrice Marcus Penot, who explained the finer points of fragrance; and Theresa Roemer, who signed copies of her new book, Nude: Unveiling Your Inner Beauty and Sensuality, near the fragrance counter. A gathering spot was 12, the new bar on the third floor, where we found Ralph Lauren's Caroline Gray and Baldo LaRussa, in from New York; Saks' Stephanie Von Stein; Shawn Howell of Saks corporate; Alton LaDay; Mark Horn and James Blair; Karina Barbieri; Legacy's Joel Kalmin and Timmy Martinez; GQ's Tracy Eisenman; and Bonita Britt. Elsewhere in the Galleria, Chanel's stylish soirée was awash with French hospitality. Store director Amy Logan charmed guests with a peek at the house's recently debuted book, The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited, which was penned by French fashion persona Carine Roitfeld and Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld. Sinfully chic: Crystal Wilkerson, Amee Ly, Mary Tran, Diandra Anwar, Becca Quisenberry, and Lindsey Dee. Baldo LaRussa at Saks Michael Yafi at Neiman Marcus Jack McWilliams at Saks Lauren Pray at Saks Becca Quisenberry at Chanel Janet Hobby at Neiman Marcus Francesca Pittaluga at Saks Emmelie Kopp at Neiman Marcus Melissa Grobmyer at Neiman Marcus Chris Elrod at Neiman Marcus Jared Lang at Neiman Marcus Angel Delaparte at Saks Melissa Hough at Neiman Marcus Stacey Swift at Neiman Marcus Dale Kiroff at Neiman Marcus Valerie Mattox at Neiman Marcus Wade Wilson at Neiman Marcus Theresa Roemer at Saks Timothy Filtton at Saks Nicolas ChampRoux at Neiman Marcus Jerri Moore at Neiman Marcus George Carr at Saks Tanesha Seafous at Neiman Marcus Stephanie Von Stein at Saks Jamie Rugama at Saks Abigail Diaz at Saks Quintin Conwright at Saks Worthington Hale at Saks Nini Hale at Saks Deborah Colton at Neiman Marcus Catherine Anspon at Neiman Marcus Caroline Tyson at Neiman Marcus