Before delving into the scene of Fashion’s Night Out last night, we couldn’t resist visiting our friends at IFDA first to see what was happening at their New Member Social Mixer.

IFDA President Elect, Su Hilty, and IFDA Secretary, Susan Slotkis, greeting new members at the door

TOTO graciously hosted the event at their state-of-the-art showroom in SoHo that features water-saving toilets, faucets and showers that are both smartly engineered and luxuriously designed.

Chris Ehlers from Toto

My personal favorite is the high-tech Washlet, which has automatic controls, massage features, heated seats – it’s no wonder The Economist affectionately refers to it as “the Lamborghini of lavatories”.

According to the Japanese company, if a household replaces its old 5.5-gallon per flush toilets with their 1.28-gallon per flush HETS, it will save close to 1,295 gallons of water in just three weeks. It’s truly green design for the unintentional conservationist.