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    Pop-Up Stores

    The asymmetrical trend that’s dominating Spring 2009 fashion week has nothing on the pop-up store. This week one can shop the shows and then bounce to Target Bullseye Bodegas, which carries products from their designer collaboration connections.  Then Gap and Parisian favorite Colette have come together to offer a variety of limited-edition merchandise.  

    To celebrate fashion week, Racked.com reports, OAK has added designers who created limited-edition pieces evoking the idea of bondage and kink. (Woo-hoo, but I’ve never even been to OAK.) 
    Then Comme des Garçons and Louis Vuitton are opening a store together for three months starting in September, where they’ll offer six bags designed by Rei Kawakubo in Vuitton’s signature monogram pattern. (Opps, that’s only in Tokyo. But you get the picture.)

    Having a hard time digesting it all? Here’s a handy info sheet to make sure you don’t miss out on any of these now-they’re-here-now-they’re-not stores.
    September 12 to September 15 from 10am to 10pm daily
    Midown: 101 57th Street at 6th Ave
    Union Square: 813 Broadway between 11th and 12th Ave
    SoHo: 489 Broome Street b/w Wooster and W. Broadway
    East Village: 325 Bowery at 2nd St.
    September 6th to October 12th from 10am to 9pm Mon-Sat and 11am to 7pm on Sun.
    Midtown: 5th Ave and 54th Street (adjacent to Gap’s flagship store)

    OAK
    24 Bond St.
    12pm-4pm
    Monday September 8th

    The after party will be thrown at:
    The Eagle
    554 W. 28th St. at 11th Ave.
    10 p.m.-12 p.m. cocktails by Belvedere
    Music by DFA’s Justin Miller & Runaway (Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault)
    RSVP: deeper@oaknyc.com
    Dover Street Market in Aoyama Tokyo
    The bags will only be available upon order, which is only to be placed at the “Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons store”. No telephone or Internet orders will be taken. In return, customers will receive a certificate inside a special card holder in Louis Vuitton’s traditional natural leather, embossed with the Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons signature. Only several months later (6 to 9 months!) will their bag be delivered to their chosen Louis Vuitton store. — Talk about not fronting inventory!
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    Free YSL Tote Bags

    Early last week, news emerged that Yves Saint Laurent will be handing out thousands of free bags come Saturday, Sept. 6. However, all the information seemed to be confusing and vague. Calls to their PR office were not helpful either. Rest asured folks, if YSL is giving out anything for free I am gong to get the information.

    Thanks to YSL deep throat, I got undisclosed details to help you (and me) get a free tote bag. So, limited edition cotton totes bags, designed by Stefano Pilati, are being given away  with a “Manifesto.” The “Manifesto” is a newspaper-style catalogue containing information about the collection .

    Well, more than 5,000 of these catalogues and totes will be distributed for FREE throughout Paris, New York, London, Milan, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The big question is when and where. Apparently, one of the secret locations is infront of the uptown YSL store (855 Madison Avenue) from 1:45pm to 3:45pm. I imagine you would probably luck out at the 57th Street location too, however I could not confirm more information.

    I can’t imagine what these bags will fetch on Ebay. Good luck and please pick up an extra bag for me. I’ll sadly be out of town for the weekend.

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    YSL Friends & Family Blah Blah

    Earlier this week. New York Magazine, had a bit about a Yves Saint Laurent friends and family sale. I couldn’t believe that my YSL sources let me down.

    So in a total panic I called this morning and got the full story. Turns out that the sale, like every other sale at Metropolitan Pavilion, is a close-out sale. A “jobber,” as the industry likes to call those who buy close-outs, purchased the old OUTLET stock and is hocking it at the Pavilion. YSL deep throat tells me that most of the merchandise is from Fall/Winter 2006 and some Summer 2006. He said if you were at the outlets in the past two years you saw it for less money and already passed it up.

    Those of you who need to get their hands on pseudo-vintage YSL can hustle down to the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W. 18th St. at 6th Ave). The sale runs Wed. 10/10 ( 8am to 6pm), Thurs., 10/11 (8am to 6pm) and Fri., 10/12 (8am to 1pm).

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    Fall 2008 Predictions

    As the unofficial end of summer approaches I thought it would be apropos to run a few Fall predictions. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Labor Day weekend. You deserve it!

      Fall 2008 predictions:

    • Lace will be out of style by Halloween.
    • We will learn the real identity of Gossip Girl and the show will spin into oblivion.
    • Cynthia will spend another season searching Barneys for high wasted jeans in a size 36. They DON’T exist. Go to Chico’s!
    • Trance will become a roady for the Jonas Brothers.
    • Lovely lavender will dominate the Avenue.
    • The new Bouley will be the most applauded restaurant in town and the toughest reservation. Start calling now!
    • The mid-calf skirt and long suit jacket will never grow wings– well, not on the East Coast.
    • Kenley will win project runway.
    • The fashion week party thrown by Calvin Klein on the High Line will overshadow all the shows.

    Our tans will fade but the memory of Summer 2008 will always remain.

    xoxo

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    Rogan for Target 75% Off

    It’s a little known fact that Target aggressively marks down merchandise to move them out quickly. Part of the reason why Target is such a wonder company is because it’s amazing inventory turnover –a financial measure of how quickly goods move through the company. It’s the envy of most retailers at 8.7 times a year. Saks, on the other hand, has a annual inventory turnover of 3.86 times. (And you thought that this site was just about shallow sales crap.)

    So when the fashion in-crowed was fighting over $16.99 Rogan tees at Barneys, Target savvy shoppers were keeping an open eye. Today the same Rogan shirt is $4.24 at Target.com.

    I’m telling you first hand that this tube top dress was a steal at $40 but it’s impossible not to buy a second for less than $10. The problem is that the store has turned over the inventory to the new collection, Richard Chai, but the goods still can be found on the site. So if you ever feel like you missed a great item– remember that that it’s probably on Target.com. Oh yeah, shipping is usually free and if you like you can return it to any Target store.

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    Intermix Warehouse Sale

    Just incase you didn’t think the Barneys Warehouse Sale was bad enough, the Intermix warehouse sale starts tomorrow. The sale used to be held downstairs at their 18th street location but has moved on to a bigger (better is questionable) space at the shrine of all sample sales: Metropolitan Pavilion (10 West 19th Street, near 6th ave).

    The offer is “70% off of killer brands, such as Chloe, Matthew Williamson, Yigal Azrouel, denim galore, and Kors shoes.” The sale runs from 8/26 until 8/28, 9am until 8pm. For more information call 212-741-5075.

    Everyone I know is out of town (present company included) but if you’re planning on hanging around NYU this might be worth a browse before heading over to City Bakery. I say you’re money is better spent on a $4 cookie. But see for yourself.

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    The Same Game: Miu Miu Pumps

    I mentioned in prior posts about how overplayed Barney’s Warehouse Sale can be. I have to admit — no I didn’t treck to the co-op store– I did start polking around online. I have to say that there are some really good deals on the site. However, sizes are starting to become limited. In honor of the great BWS I thought we should play the Same Game.

    Here we have a very classic pair of Miu Miu pumps, which were part of the Spring/Summer 2008 collection. The great thing about these shoes are that they are simply classic and can be worn in any season at almost any time.

    So lets play the Same Game.
    These Miu Miu black patent leather pumps started off at $420:

    Saks.com: $251.90 (plus a $25 gift card. Today only.)
    Bluefly: $336
    Barneys.com: $210

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    eBay Hide & Chic

    This isn’t a sale but more of a crazy marketing ploy by eBay. The Hide and Chic “promotion” is eBay randomly posting high-end designer goods like, Christian Louboutin shoes, Tom Ford sunglasses and men’s Air Jordens for just $1. So what you have to do is search for the $1 goods and be the first to “buy it now” for just $1.

    It seems as if this designer hide-and-seek game is catching on and is all the talk at Nello’s as women chat about frantically spending hours hitting the F5 (refresh) button on their computer. I overheard one woman at lunch saying, “I just have it sorted by price (lowest first) … everything is working fine except that I can’t hit the stupid Buy it Now button fast enough!”

    I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out how all of this works and another 30 seconds searching for Jimmy Choo shoes, resorting and pressing refresh. Bottom line, if it’s too much work– It’s just not my thing. The “promotion” started August 18th and goes until Friday. If you catch yourself watching the clock Friday afternoon this might be good enough way to pass the time. Hell $1 Louboutins are as good as free Louboutins.

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