Tipster Review: Kooba Handbag Sample Sale

Kooba Jacinda Shoulder Satchel

News from the Kooba handbag sample sale from a Sample Sally reader.  The tipster who stopped in at lunchtime today emailed me her review:

I took a quick trip there and beat the lunch and the crazy crowd that attacked the Cynthia Steffe sample sale.  Overall the sale is pretty [...]

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Loro Piana Offers Deals on its Luxury Cashmere Clothing

 

An old friend of the Little Mister got me an invitation to Loro Piana’s Saturday preview sale.  But I ended up at the Olde Good Things enormous antiques warehouse in Scranton, PA (don’t ask) instead.  Monday I managed to stop by the sale in Midtown.  There wasn’t much of a crowd [...]

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VIDEO: Fall into Spring…

One of my favorite labels, Falls, is having a sample sale this week.  You may have read some of the reviews I’ve done of their previous sample sales.  The designing duo:  Philip Leeming and Leong Ong will be offering some great deals on their spring 2010 collection.  I went to their trunk show [...]

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Marni Outlet Opens at Woodbury Commons

When I read fashion columnist Lynn Yaeger’s humorous article for the NYT’s travel blog about her trip to Orlando, Florida to shop at the Marni outlet, I couldn’t believe the Italian label would open an outlet there first before New York.  If Yaeger waited a few months, she wouldn’t have had to travel thousands [...]

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More Than Just Denim at Rock & Republic

A small turnout for the Rock & Republic sample sale at the Metropolitan Pavilion on 18th Street. There was no crushing line.  Just a short one that took practically no time.  After a few busy sample sales this week, this one was a relief.  The savings:  50 to 80 percent off the original price.  [...]

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Calm After the Storm: Zac Posen For Target Pop-Up

If you missed the Zac Posen for Target launch party at the Hotel New Yorker, you’re not too late to score on a collab piece.  But that depends on what you’re looking for.  I popped in this morning around 9am and the place was weirdly quiet – just a handful of shoppers and greeters [...]

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French-inspired Pieces at the Eryn brinié Spring Sale

After reading the horror stories about today’s Cynthia Steffe sample sale from Racked and Guerilla Shopper, I’m glad I didn’t venture into that madness.  On Wednesday, I did stumble on a much more civilized sale at the Eryn brinié flagship store in Soho where you’ll get at least 40 percent off spring items.  This [...]

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This Just In: Hugo Boss Sample Sale

Word from a Sample Sally spy who tells us that there is a Hugo Boss sample sale taking place at the label’s Chelsea showroom…I didn’t get a lot of details.  But I did confirm from the showroom that the sale is taking place until this Friday.  Here’s what our tipster reported:

More men’s than [...]

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VIDEO: Score on Samples Galore at Julie Haus

I had already planned to check out New York based designer Julie Haus’ sample sale in the Garment District this week.  But after a Sample Sally reader’s glowing report and Racked’s favorable write-up, I thought I’d better make a beeline for the sale before all the bargains were gone.

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Fans of Elie Tahari Turn out for 1st Day of the Sample Sale

At 930am, a line formed outside the Elie Tahari sample sale near Bryant Park.  The label’s fans had turned out on the first day of the sale.  Women waited patiently to see what kind of deals were inside. The sale is offering up to 80 percent off original prices.  I did a quick sweep [...]

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