Mark your calenders! The Tory Burch sample sale is coming soon! The sale will feature spring/summer merchandise, ready-to-wear, bags and footwear.
When: June 12-16; Tues – Fri 11:00AM-7:00PM, Sat. 11:00AM-4PM
Where: Clothingline, 261 W. 36th St. (b/w 7th & 8th Aves)
Karl Lagerfeld has teamed up with I LOVE DUST, a London-based design boutique by releasing a limited edition capsule collection of four t-shirts available starting next Thursday, May 31st at the Karl Lagerfeld’s pop-up shop on Bleecker Street and online at Karl.com. Each design is totally Daphne Guinness, I mean Karl Lagerfeld inspired as one shirt features Karl’s favorite accessory; a leather glove. Another shirt boasts a typographic portrait of Karl with some of his outlandish quotes.
Head to Karl.com (after May 31) to purchase or visit 375 Bleecker Street.
My Met. My Style.
Clothes don’t make a woman but they can add a certain something. Clothes can add femininity as they hug our curves and thankfully, they can mask insecurities with the right fit. They can add texture to our already fabulous selves. Schiaparelli and Prada’s designs prove that women do not have to be limited to a certain look. We can be soft, girly, strong, and any variation of chic. We can be all of that.
The Met’s Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations
On View: May 10–August 19, 2012
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
New York, NY 10028
Pat Field is moving!
But fear not my downtown darlings she is just moving her Bowery boutique two stores down. And to make the move a hella lot easier, she is hosting a moving sale at the Bleecker Street INA. The sale will include items from Pat’s personal wardrobe and clothing from Sex & the City.
Who: Patricia Field
What: She’s moving her boutique two stores down and like a true fashionista with way too many clothes, she is hosting a moving sale featuring items from her own wardrobe and projects like Sex & the City.
When: For one night only. Next week Wednesday, May 30, 2012. 11am—10pm.
Where: INA, 15 Bleecker Street. (212-228-8511)
April showers has totally brought may flowers in the form of cutesy playsuits, dresses, jeans, skirts and jackets.
Above:
John Zack -Sunflower Stripe Long Sleeve Dress
Étoile Isabel Marant- Jim printed cotton and silk-blend playsuit
French Connection-Floral Print Jacket
Nasty Gal x MINKPINK -Suzie Floral Skirt
Citizens of Humanity- Mandy floral-print high-rise skinny jeans
I thought Betsey was doing so great. She had her own cupcakes by Baked by Melissa during NY Fashion Week and then she released her own nailpolish at Sephora in March and just last year, she debuted her new fragrance, Too Too. But apparently, ongoing business troubles over the last couple of years has brought the veteran designer to a liquidation of her business and left her trademarks in the hands of Steve Madden.
All of Betsey Johnson’s NYC stores will close and tomorrow (Friday) through Monday, her company will be holding a special Liquidation Sample Sale at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in Times Square. Which will probably include whatever apparel and accessories are left in Johnson’s warehouses at up to 80% off.
Betsey Johnson Liquidation Sample Sale
10 AM to 9 PM, Friday, May 18th – Sunday the 21st
Millennium Broadway Hotel, 6th floor
145 West 44th Street between Broadway & Sixth Avenue, Times Square
Spotted on High Snobette, Inés Figaredo‘s bags combine art, quirky style and humor. Via HighSnobette.
Yesterday, I attended the Manolo Blahnik sample sale and although I scored a great pair of heels, the sale left a bad taste in my mouth. It might have been because I was all sampled sale out (I covered the Be&D sale and the Monica Botkier sale this week) or because upon waiting for the sale to start, I was grouped with the Maire Antioniettes of sample sales. I didn’t get the VIP press invite so I knew I had to get there early to be apart of the first group when they opened the sale to the public. So yes, I traveled from BK to get to the Upper East Side by 6:00am. I was exhausted and it was too early to hear the annoying chatter about the hierarchy of sample sales.
A certain group of ladies were sucking the fun right out of the sale by one, being annoyingly self-righteous and two, acting as if they held stock in Manolos.One VIP took it upon herself to start making a list of those who arrived to the sale, this is before the Manolo staff even set up their efficient system. When shoppers arrived she would tell them to sign the list, she even stated that everyone should sit in the order that they arrived.
Another shopper who had to move because she wasn’t sitting in the correct order and I shared a glance that suggested, who died and made her the chief of order at a sample sale? The same VIP finds herself a friend and they went on to engage in probably one of the snootiest conversations I have ever overheard. Self- righteous number one and self -righteous number two, just went on and on about their disappointment in the sale leaking to the public and how they hate when other fashionistas try to swindle their way into sample sales, all typical sample sale behavior.
They were speaking as if non-press or non-VIPs weren’t worthy of attending the sale. Here I am, not a press or VIP listening and thinking to myself is this how the women of the press and editors of fashion publications really think? That the same women they are writing for aren’t even allowed to partake in a sale? It’s bad enough that some designers don’t like certain people wearing their clothing, but here, we have women who are seemingly “setting the trends” for the masses expressing their disdain about the “masses” being allowed at various sample sales. F.Y.I. It’s always been the masses that have set the trends, i.e. the Youthquake movement where teenagers dominated the fashion and music scene.
These women were acting as if they were entitled to this sale. Ladies: you’re getting discounted past season shoes that come in plastic tubs -get over yourself. We’re all here at the crack of dawn to shuffle through shoes; you are no better than me.
And honestly, stylish Manolos can never substitute a shitty attitude.
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Yesterday afternoon, I stopped by the Monica Botiker sample sale to see which goodies were available cause you know, a fly girl loves a discount.
This sale has something for everyone-it’s like a candy land filled with leather goods! Bags are organized by size, style, and color and a price listing with an accompanied photo are posted throughout the space. Current season items are 50% off and past season styles are 75% off retail prices.
Fly girls- now is the time to grab current season items. There’s the Misha clutch for $150 (originally $345), the Stella tote for $225 (originally $425), the Eden hobo for $295 (originally $545) , the Nicola clutch $ 150 (originally $295) and Phoenix clutch for $ 175 (originally $345).
In the back of the sale, you’ll find one-offs and samples. Bags found here are individually priced and prices started at $50.
There’s a rack filled with both sample and stock shoes, sample shoes started at $35 and stock shoes at $50. Sizes varied.
There were small leather goods found near the cash registers, stock wallets priced at $75, sample wristlets and wallets are priced at $25 to $50.
With good stock to choose from, this sale is worth a visit.
The sale runs through Sunday, May 6th. Sale hours are 11am-8pm Tuesday through Friday and over the weekend, hours are 10am-4pm. Cash and credit accepted.
Botkier Sale
225 Fifth Avenue, New York NY
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The Summer of 69 Collection from NCLA reminds me of Sophia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides and innocent frolicking in the summer sun.
