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
The weather is gorgeous and the weekend is in full swing. If you’re still looking for something to get in to, here are five things you must do before Monday.
1. Stop by the Betsey Johnson Liquidation Sample Sale- The mood on the 6th floor of the Millennium Broadway Hotel is somber as the sight of discounted frilly cocktail dresses is a little depressing, yet the hotel maid staff is having a field day at this liquidation sale. The thing about Betsey Johnson is her stuff is cute but if you’re not going to prom, when are you wearing a hot pink tulle dress? Go for the half off jewelry, shoes and winter accessories.
2. If you’re Soho chilling, off the corner of Spring and Broadway you’ll find the Loeffler Randall sample sale. The stock is plentiful and the staff is helpful. Sandals go for $85, while clogs go for $125. The leopard print pumps are $225. They are the most comfortable shoes I’ve tried on in a while. When and Where: The Loeffler Randall showroom at 525 Broadway (corner of Spring in SoHo), 4th floor. Saturday, May 19th, 10:00AM-5:00PM
3. The Gant sample has an additionally 20% off all sample sale prices. When and Where: Saturday, May 19., 10am—5pm. 260 Fifth Ave between 28th and 29th Sts. Link: GANT
4. Think fall at the Theory Women’s sample sale as leather and outerwear are priced at $249 (from $815). When: Saturday and Sunday, 10am—5pm. Theory Women’s -261 W 36th St.
5. Before Monday, score some discounted Cheap Monday denim at The News sale. The News sale includes markdowns on Cheap Monday, Clu, Sacai, R13, Co, White Mountaineering, Folk, Tim Coppens, Rhie, Anniel shoes, and Creative Growth for Everybody. When and Where: Saturday, May 19. 10am—6pm. 495 Broadway between Broome and Spring Street, 5th floor
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
Waking up at 4:00AM after getting two hours of sleep: $10 for Mary Kay concealer to hide dark circles.
Taking the train to the city from Brooklyn at 5:00AM: $2.25.
Engulfing Starbucks coffee and a multi-grain bagel to manage my hunger while waiting in line: $4.00.
Meeting June Ambrose, befriending beauty blogger, Jacqueline of 2 Snaps & A Twist, while shopping along side Amanda Lepore who told me, “if you don’t love it, don’t get it,” then scoring the Christian Louboutin Super Dombasle Cork Platform Sandals= Priceless.
To others-waking up before dawn to be the first in line at the Christian Louboutin sample sale is silly. For fly girls- scoring another pair of Loubies at a discount is priceless.
“Shorty working so hard, she deserves those Louboutins.”
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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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