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    Bloomingdales Friends and Family

    Bloomingdales friends & family sale started today and runs through Sunday, November 13. The markdown is 20% and includes regular and sale priced merchandise. Last week, Bloomies started an extensive first markdown, which was about 40% off. Once you tally the friends and family discount you can save a grand total of about 50%.

    You can use this link or the code FREESHIP11 to shop online. The only women’s clothing brands that are excluded from the sale are: Agent Provocateur, Moncler, Chanel, Ralph Lauren Collection and Marc Jacobs Collection. The bag and shoe restrictions are much more extensive and include all the usual suspects ranging from Chanel to Prada.

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    Chanel Pricing: Up, Down or Unchanged

    We have heard several rumors and fielded many email about a November Chanel price hike. We called around to the department stores and got the usual mixed messages. (Pushy sales people always like pushing a sale based on a foreboding price hike.)

    This time we reached out to the big guns for official comment because even a 10% price hike can be several hundred dollars. So the official word is …drum roll please…

    “Chanel has no plans to increase prices for the time being, even if we regularly adjust our prices in line with changes in styles, production costs, materials and volatile exchange rates, similarly to other top luxury brands.”

    After breathing a sigh of relief we have to float a question to our readers: What do you think is meant by adjusting prices similarly to other top luxury brands? We have our theories but would love to hear what you have to say.

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    Housing Works Fashion for Action

    Readers always ask us to post about vintage finds but the nature of the business is that there is never enough inventory of the good stuff. By the time a post would go live the item it could be gone –most likely by us. The Housing Works Fashion for Action event is an exception.

    Housing Works, which has a mission to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS, hosts this annual event where dozens of high end brands donate their overstock inventory for a major, all-out discount, shopping event. This year, Thom Browne and Co-Chairs Patricia Clarkson, Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti, and Rachel Roy will be kicking off the fundraiser with a VIP shopping preview and cocktail party at the Altman Building in Chelsea.

    Guests can shop from over 150 brands, which will all be discounted 50% to 70% off retail. We got a sneak peak of what’s in store and know that your mouth will be salivating as much as ours. The Christian Dior Panarea Bag, which retails for $1450 will be priced at just $695, a $528 Marc Jacobs Sweater coat will be priced at $250 and $1900 Brooks Brother’s suit will be $800.

    Of course you can wait until November 17th to shop the pubic sale for free but the VIP tickets will assure you get to take home the more popular items. Cocktails, shopping and a good cause? That’s what we call a trifecta!

    Fashion for Action 2011 Opening Night Reception
    Date: Wednesday, November 16 2011
    Time: 6 pm to 9 pm; VIPs arrive at 5:30 pm for preview shopping
    Place: The Altman Building 135 West 18th Street, (between 6th and 7th avenues)
    Price: Tickets start at $150 click here to purchase.

    Fashion for Action 2011 Three-Day Designer Sale
    Date: November 17 through November 19, 2011
    Time: 11 am to 7 pm
    Place: The Altman Building 135 West 18th Street, (between 6th and 7th avenues)
    Price: Sale is FREE and open to the public

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    Saks Private Night

    Saks Fifth Avenue’s “Private Night” is the unofficial start to sale season. The department store’s best customers are invited to shop the discounts before the store officially goes on sale. Unlike friends and family and other prior promotions, this sale includes priemier brands. (We’re talking many thrid floor designers.) This year, the private sale will occur on Wednesday, November 9th and discount will be 40% off.

    Pre-sale for Private Night is already under way. We are told that the official winter markdown will begin in a few weeks. (Can you believe it’s already that time of year?) We expect that the sale for shoes will start a bit later but it may not hurt to get down to Saks and work on putting your favorite items aside.

    Contact: Marie Jose 212-940-2536 (3rd Floor Premier Designers)

    Photo: Jil Sander sweater $1475

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    The IT-it: Deborah Lippman Sparkle

    If we had to pick one stand out trend for this season it would have to be sparkle. It’s impossible to avoid but so much fun to love. There are an abundance of sparkles to choose: shoes, dresses, tops, jackets and our favorite– sparkle polish.

    Picking the way that you’re going to shine is a personal option but the sparkle in Deborah Lippman’s Happy Birthday polish makes us giddy.

    We paired our Happy Birthday sparkle over a hot pink cream polish and it was a show stopper. One friend remarked, “What’s going on on your nails?” No response was necessary after closer observation. It was obvious that it was a party.

    If Happy Birthday is too wild of a party we would suggest Lady Sings the Blues, which is blue polish with blue glitter or Bad Romance, which is purple with purple glitter. Both are a little less flashy.

    Two manicure suggestions, if you will: A good base coat makes you manicure last significantly longer . and quick dry is a must. We swear by Debroah Lippman’s because we haven’t had a smudged nail since we started using it months ago.

    Deborah Lippman Happy Birthday ($18)

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    D&G One Day Sale

    This weekend D&G is hosting a one day sale where all fall and winter merchandise will be 40% off. The sale is only taking place at the five D&G boutiques in Saturday, so we suggest planning your trip to Soho.

    We suggest stocking up on Dolce basics, since this will be the brand’s last winter collection. For example, this black negligee-type dress is a brand basic. Or check out 3/4 length red stretch satin skirt. And don’t even get us started with the kid’s collection. Mini is always too hard to resist.

    D&G One Day Sale
    40% Off
    434 West Broadway
    212-965-8000

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    Rag & Bone Friends and Family

    New York’s favorite upscale hipster brand, Rag & Bone, is hosting an online friends and family sale on select times. The discount is 30% off and the sale runs through Friday. You can use the code RGBNFF30 at checkout to activate the discount.

    We quickly browsed through the selection and fell in love with the bright color zipper jeans ($198 pre-discount) and this cobalt blue cap sleeve dress is a real eye catcher ($395 pre-discount).

    Just be careful, add to the bag gets addictive.

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    Gucci Online Sale

    Forget about a snow storm or holiday spirit, there’s nothing like a good sale to get you shopping. If it’s Gucci you’re looking for, we have the link for you.

    Gucci is hosting an online only sale where select bags and wallets are about 30% off. You can shop the private online sale with this link. We found a 1973 tote that’s $1189 from $1700, a Boston bag is $1300 from $1850 and a horse bit wallet is $329 from $465.

    The sale ends and the link goes dead on November 16. Our trusty in-store sales person says that’s about when the Gucci pre-sale should officially begin. We’ll be sure to keep you posted about that too.

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