Get your beach bum over to the Vilebrequin sample sale where you will find swimwear, cover-ups, shorts, tees, polos, button down shirts, hats and beach bags for women, men, boys and girls. Prices are up to 80% head this way for details.
Through Sunday, November 15
Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat& Sun 10am-6pm
401 Seventh Ave @33rd St. (Penn Plaza Pavilion)
With temperatures as warm as they have been it’s hard to believe it’s November. Intellectually, we all know that this temporary warm spell won’t last. Before you know it, Thanksgiving Day floats will sweep their way up the Upper West Side and temperatures will slide South.
Now is the perfect time to prepare for the inevitable. This week, Andrew Marc is hosting its annual sample sale. The sale features deep discounts on men’s, women’s and girl’s, leather, fur, wool,
down and rain outerwear and apparel. (Girl’s sizes range from 7/8 to 16.)
The sale started Saturday and features savings up to 80% off retail prices. We spotted an Andrew Marc Italian wool coat with removable rabbit fur vest for $299 from $1,195, an asymmetrical leather moto crop
jacket with diamond quilted sleeves is $349 from $995, a down jacket with detachable coyote fur trimmed hood is $199 from $410, and a wide selection of dresses are priced at $39 from up to $288.
The sale runs through Sunday but we suggest attending soon. Like the Thanksgiving parade, this annual sample sale is a tradition in New York and the best merchandise tends to go quickly.
Andrew Marc Sample Sale
Through Sunday, November 15
Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat& Sun 10am-6pm
401 Seventh Ave @33rd St. (Penn Plaza Pavilion)
Update: We are told that the sample sale is not this week. Dates have not been confirmed but we anticipate sometime in December. We apologize for any inconvenience.
When is Monday not a bummer? When you have an invite to the Christian Louboutin sample sale!! That’s right, the sale that everyone loves to hate starts this week. The security is tight and there’s a clear mean-girls hierarchy to who gets invited to shop first.
The most important Louboutin insiders, glossy magazine editors and celebrities, are known to be invited to begin shopping on the first day. The sale extends all week as the invited guest list expands to allow general press and “friends and family.”
Most shoe styles range in price from $300 to $500. There is always a very limited assortment of men’s sneakers and shoes, which range $300 to $400 depending on the detail. During the last sale our VIP snoops reported that most shoppers were buying in bulk — meaning that most shoppers ended up with at least ten pairs of shoes each. You can click here to see the inside scoop from last year’s sample sale.
If you’re considering door-busting this sale, we suggest that you use your best technique starting Wednesday. Be forewarned, at the last sale, there were several layers of security and we received many reports of people getting turned away after waiting on line for a ridiculous amount of time.
Follow along on Instagram and Twitter to get up-to-the minute updates.
Christian Louboutin Sample Sale
Invitation only
307 West 38th Street (bet. 8th & 9th Ave.)
Like the Thanksgiving parade, the Andrew Marc annual sample sale is a tradition in New York and the best merchandise tends to go quickly. Don’t be left out in the cold this Winter. Head this way to read all the details.
Through Sunday, November 15
Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat& Sun 10am-6pm
401 Seventh Ave @33rd St. (Penn Plaza Pavilion)
The Bloomingdales friends and family sale began today online. Shoppers can save 25% with the code HOLIDAY. Those looking for an in-store experience can pre-sale now or begin shopping on Tuesday.
The designer exclusion list is extensive– especially if you are looking for early holiday sales. The discounts can’t be applied to brands like, Ferragamo, Armani Collezioni, Dolce & Gabbana or Moschino. Take note, that this discount can be stacked onto already reduced merchandise. The friends and family sale ends online and in stores on Sunday, November 16th. There’s also free shipping on all orders.
If the deals from Bloomingdales aren’t impressing you, we suggest you begin poking around the Saks Fifth Avenue website. Right now, a large assortment of merchandise is discounted 40%. A sweater from Markus Lupfer is $267 from $445, a pleated skirt from Cushnie Et Ochs is $450 from $750 and a Yigal Azrouel turtleneck is $210 from $350.
The Saks sale only runs through Monday. The next big promotion will likely be the pre-sale for Black Friday, which will include all of our favorite designers.
It’s Friday again! Don’t be sad if you missed Manolo Blahnik’s surprise sample sale or didn’t find anything left from H&M x Balmain. There are lots of other great places to shop and things to buy. Below is a small list of our weekend shopping picks:
Derek Lam Sample Sale
We hear there is still a great selection of merchandise at the Derek Lam sample sale. You can head this way to read about what we found when the sale opened. As predicted, there was a huge price cut. Right now, everything at the sale is an extra 40% off!
Until Sunday, November 8
Fri & Sat 10am—8pm, Sun 10am—4pm
151 Wooster Street
Gap Friends & Family
There is hardly a time when you don’t need to stock up on inexpensive basics. Now would be especially opportune considering that the Gap is hosting a friends and family sale where all merchandise is discounted 40% off. The promotion runs through Sunday. Use the code WOW at checkout. Black Friday is usually a few hours of 50% off but shopping now is much more civilized.
STAFF USA
You have through Saturday to snag this season’s fashion from Maison Margiela, MM6 Maison
Margiela and Dsquared2. An MM6 Maison Margiela red coat is $402 from $965 and a men’s Maison Margiela black and white sleeveless sweater is $317 from $795. Prices aren’t as discounted as we usually like but styles are current. It also never hurts to kindly ask if there is incentive for “bulk purchases.”
Through Saturday, November 7th
Fri 10am—7pm, Sat 12pm—5pm
220 W 19th St btwn 7th & 8th, 10th floor
Sephora Friends & Family
Sephora’s “VIB shoppers” (read: big spenders) can save 20% off at Sephora from Friday through Monday using the code ROUGE20 at checkout. Who can’t use a new BeautyBlender? Just for kicks try one of those ridiculously priced Christian Louboutin lipsticks or something more reasonable in a matte. Makeup Forever for sensitive eyes is really the best way to remove mascara. If you’re not a Sephora VIB just go into the store and ask a sales person for “assistance.” Otherwise you can wait until next week when the discount becomes available to more shoppers.
Just because temperatures have dipped, it doesn’t mean that the sun has completely disappeared. Wearing sunglasses throughout Fall and Winter not only protect your peepers from the sun’s bright rays but they also look hot.
We can always depend on Dior sunglasses to keep us looking stylish 365-days a year. This year the Dior So Real was the style of the season. The geometric browline and mirrored frames have become a street-style sensation. It’s believed that the craze started with RiRi and quickly spread to fashion editors and style influencers. A season later, the So Real is just as covetable as when it debuted.
Another Dior frame that we love is the Metal Butterfly, which has a colored browline that resembles a butterfly. The Dior Mohotani is perhaps the perfect exagerated cat-eye and the Chicago 2 Strass is the quintessential aviator.
What’s best is that Nordstrom always offers free shipping and free returns. We only wish that navigating all the other aspects of Winter were so easy.
Just when we thought we ran of out luck on snagging $100 Manolos, we get the best news of the day.
