Staying warm and stylish is never easy when it’s this cold. When temperatures drop there is no better way to keep warm than a luxurious fur.
Just in time for the cold snap, Annabelle is hosting what’s sure to be an amazing sample sale of high-quality fur coats, vests, jackets, and accessories for women and children. We are told that prices will be well under wholesale. Expect to find discounts ranging from 50% to 80% off retail.
The sale will include fur-lined parkas priced starting at just $400, vest and down parkas will be priced from $200. Down jackets start at just $60 and coats are $250. You’ll also want to stock up on cold winter accessories, like trapper hats and knit hats with fur pom-poms that are priced at $25 and up. (Seems like a perfect holiday gift!)
Once you’re geared-up and looking great, it won’t matter even if it’s cold, cold, freezing.
Annabelle Sample Sale
Wednesday, November 14 through Friday, November 16
10am-6pm
247 West 30th St, 2nd Floor
It’s still 60-degrees outside but Thanksgiving is just over a week away. That means that presales and first markdowns are imminent.
Barneys shoppers will be able to begin to pre-sale this week. The sale becomes official and opens to the public on November 21. The discount is 40% across on clothing and shoes. Designer bags are reduced by 30%. Besides the outstanding selection, the 40% discount on shoes makes Barneys the best department store to shop for holiday deals.
Among the reduced items is a large assortment of Valentino, Balenciaga, Manolo Blahnik, and Dries von Noten. There is also a variety of Saint Laurent, Givenchy, and Prada shoes. Christian Louboutin and Chanel always go on sale a few weeks later than the first batch. You can scroll above to see some of the styles included in the markdown.
Moving down to the handbags there is a large-ish variety of Saint Laurent bags, a healthy assortment of Valentino mini Rockstuds and, of course, lots of Balenciaga. Remember the discount on bags at Barneys is just 30%, which is just about the same as what other stores will be offering. Use this pre-sale period to really find identify the exact bag style and color you want.
We suggest you grab what you can during presale or have your trigger finger ready for online shopping on November 21. There will be another wave of markdown merchandise after Thanksgiving and second markdown beings the day after Christmas.
Global Fashions, which is the official luxury distributor for several Italian designer brands including couture items, will be hosting its first sample sale entirely dedicated to men’s Italian designer fashion. If you’ve been following last week’s women’s sale, you can easily imagine the gorgeous men’s merchandise that will be available for a deep discount.
Expect to find more than 300 pairs of men’s designer sneakers, that’s in addition to a wide selection of dress shoes, loafers, and boots. The 2-day sale will include a great selection of bags, backpacks, jewelry, winter accessories, sportswear, formalwear, athleisure and more. Shoes and accessories will be discounted 70% and all clothing will be 75% off.
Global Fashion’s Mens Designer Sale
Wednesday, November 14 through Thursday, November 15
9am-7pm daily
49 West 38th Street
Singles Day is the Chinese version of an anti-Valentines day. Really, what’s there not to love? Celebrating social freedom and shopping!
We.Are.In!
The shopping-focused day first started in 1993, by a group of Chinese college students, to celebrate the state of being single. The date November 11 (or 11/11) was chosen because of the ones– obviously. Elevens, according to numerology, is a “master number” which signifies intuition, insight, and enlightenment. As a matter of fact, there is a great app called Breathe 11:11 that alerts you twice a day to take a deep breath to allow free-flow of energy.
We’ve started to think of Singles Day as ‘Treat Yourself Day.’ After all, we’ve never turned down an occasion to shop and buy something nice. So in light of this day of spiritual consumership, we’ve picked out a few key gifts that we wouldn’t mind indulging.
The Global Fashions sample sale ends Thursday. Now is the time to go if you’ve been procrastinating or if you are still lusting after an item you put down.
The final sale day features new arrivals from Stuart Weitzman and lots of extra discounts. Right now shoppers can save 75% off of all shoes, bags, and accessories. All Stuart Weitzman remains discounted at 70% off but there are lots of amazing classic boot styles. You can click here to see pictures we took at the sale this afternoon.
We spotted several size options for classic Stuart Weitzman boots. You can see pictures here. Rockstuds are mostly sold out but we found some other great options that you can look at here too. We loved a pair of classic loafers that had studs along the sole and there are so many tall boots it’s hard to choose. There are only one or two sizes for each style, which makes finding the right shoe even luckier. You really can’t go wrong with any of these options at a 75% off discount.
The sale ends at 6pm on Thursday. There will be no further markdowns or restocks. We suggest you go to the sale first thing in the morning for the best selection. Men who have been following along should stay tuned. Global Fashions has some big surprises for the guys coming next week.
Global Fashions Sample Sale
Through Thursday, November 8
9am-6pm daily
49 West 38th Street
We are barely done with the first week of November but Saks Fifth Avenue is starting off the holiday shopping season on the right note. Today, we stumbled upon the department store’s ‘Sneak Peek’ sale, which offers customers up to 40% off many designer shoes, bags and clothing.
The main floor of Saks is undergoing a huge renovation and only the south entrance is open. The handbag ’boutiques,’ normally found at the front of the store, have been moved to the back–where fine jewelry used to reside. Near Gucci you will see a table of JW Anderson bags discounted 40%. The online selection is even better. An Anya Hindmarch handbag is discounted to $837 from $1400, a Mark Cross box bag is reduced to $1317 from $2200 and a leather envelop bag from The Row is $1275 from $2550.
The discount signs get taken down on Thursday and everything goes back to full price. Presale for Black Friday should begin next week and the big sales should be starting the week of November 20. See ya then!
One might imagine that a jewelry exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art would consist of imagery of tools, materials and an in-depth look at the process of jewelry making. Jewelry: The Body Transformed, does none of that. Instead, the exhibit is focused on how jewelry cuts across time and space and how it truly makes us feel.
Necklace with diamonds and pearls, Dreicer & Co 1868
The fact is that jewelry has power and it has transformed its subjects for centuries. Today, at a press preview of the exhibit’s opening, Melanie Holcomb, Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters explained, “It does something for us and two us.” Jewelry is transformative and tells the story of divine aspirations.
The exhibit is broken into five segments: The Divine Body examines one of the earliest conceptions of jewelry—its link to immortality, The Regal Body focuses on the use of jewelry throughout history to assert rank and status, The Transcendent Body explores how jewelry is used to traverse the temporal and spiritual realms, The Alluring Body looks at how jewelry engenders desire, and The Resplendent Body calls out the connection of material and technique for the purpose of ostentation.
“Jewelry is one of the oldest modes of creative expression—predating even cave painting by tens of thousands of years—and the urge to adorn ourselves is now nearly universal,” commented Max Hollein, Director of The Met. “This exhibition will examine the practice of creating and wearing jewelry through The Met’s global collection, revealing the many layers of significance imbued in this deeply meaningful form of art.”
Visitors will find some 230 objects drawn almost exclusively from The Met collection. A dazzling array of headdresses and ear ornaments, brooches and belts, necklaces and rings created between 2600 B.C.E. The exhibit opens to the public on November 12 and will run through February 24.
It’s almost time for the season’s first round of markdowns. Before we get started, however, Neiman Marcus is hosting a clearance sale where discount merchandise is reduced an extra 30% off. That brings the total markdown near 85% off on some items. This is the highest reductions you will see before the merchandise is sent to the outlets.
This extra 30% off clearance sale only runs through Monday. The next big markdown will occur on Black Friday when designer merchandise takes gets its first price cut but the discounts are only up to 40% off. This is the perfect time to buy high-quality timeless items for a fraction of their retail prices.
Sizing is spotty on most clearance items. We would suggest sorting by size to avoid unnecessary disappointment. At this discount rate, it’s tempting to fantasize that an item will fit when it’s completely the wrong size. Don’t do it!
