It's that time of the year where everything is on sale, begging you to drop whatever cash you have on a bunch of stuff you probably don't need or maybe won't even wear but all of a sudden seems appealing because it's dirt cheap. Or relatively cheap. Take the Barneys Warehouse Sale going on in Chelsea right now: sure it may seem enticing, all of Barneys' sale items crammed into one spot on 17th Street, but honestly, the deals aren't even worth it until the last few days, and by then everything is picked over or ruined from the mongrel hordes who rip, tear, and leave foundation smears on white dresses. So gross. Just thinking about the uncouth behavior there makes me so angry. But really, is $300 a bargain for a dress, any dress? And yeah, $250 is a lot cheaper than $1,200 for a pair of boots but if you are broke, $250 equals a hell of a lot in your day-to-day life. And for the dudes the sale is even more of a bummer, you'd be hard-up to find anything under a size L or XL, and a sparkly decal tee or embesllished jeans aren't a deal at any price.
Sample sales can be just as harried and competitive as warehouse sales but often times sport equally good or better details minus the make-up and deodorant stains. Case-in-point is the Sophomore sample sale at Circa Now that starts tomorrow.
It's not Dries Van Noten but it's something that a lot of people like and even better, a lot of people can afford. For those unfamiliar with the line it's an achingly cool downtown New York label that has the Virgins and every downtown pseudo-celeb in their lookbook, something that frankly turns me off to it. In fact so many things about the line make me want to talk shit about it, but the clothes are too cute for that, and plus they have some non-embarassing menswear, which is a rarity. It's designed by Chrissie Miller who is of course pretty and skinny and probably has a way easier life than I do (or at least her at-home photographs on Refinery29 would lead me to believe that). But the clothes don't suck--especially when they are cheap. I'm talking $20 cheap.
BEVERLY HAMES
hey! unless i'm sorely mistaken that's from the same photo shoot where they flashed the highway from the bridge. right? right???
Posted by: axis | 26/08/2009 at 23:00
I believe that was from her pre-Scientology days. The other chick has a better ass anyways.
Posted by: @axis | 26/08/2009 at 23:06
no way I tried going to a sample sale and almost got trampled by a group of 90 pound girls. never again. fashion girls are crazy
Posted by: heyday | 26/08/2009 at 23:06
$2o cheap, eh? I may just check it out then
Posted by: hardy | 26/08/2009 at 23:09
Damm im trying to mary a sophomore
Posted by: ali baba | 26/08/2009 at 23:38
hey you needed those ann d boots. no lie.
Posted by: sam | 26/08/2009 at 23:44
what does menstrual blood have to do w/ a sophomore?
Posted by: charlie evans | 27/08/2009 at 01:57
oy, Like, if I started a fashion line, I would base it on the lower east side art scene, my biggest influences being queen and dahvid bowie. Would like like a cup af tay? Mi accent tends to fade in an out, you see I'm from EEiiiingland, via Yonkers.
Posted by: Lady GaGa | 27/08/2009 at 02:03
Is there already a Photoshop filter to make digital photos look like 35mm fuck ups? If not it can't be long.
Posted by: QueenBee | 27/08/2009 at 15:33
the intro to three's company right there on the bottom pic lol.
Posted by: Halcyon | 27/08/2009 at 16:36
i would buy one 1200 dollar item over ten 120 dollar items any day.
and i would certainly do the same over six hundred 20 dollar items.
i don't care what anyone will try and say to make me feel like i am stupid for paying such high prices for clothes because honestly there is a big difference between a pair of 30 dollar solid blue jeans and a pair of 300 dollar solid blue jeans. and there is certainly a great disparity between a suit from target and a suit by yohji yamamoto.
i might have maxed out my first credit card on one purchase, but now i have a suit that is perfect. i feel like most people don't understand that.
basically, shit looks nicer the more you pay for it. it is a fact of life. thinking you have a nice pair of pants from your local mall, regardless of whether you have a nordstrom, or bloomingdales or whatever, is like thinking a cadillac is a nice car until you see a maybach.
but finding nice men's clothes seems like such a different scene from finding nice women's clothes, so i can't speak for anyone.
also, that brand's stuff seems alright.
Posted by: zippers | 31/08/2009 at 07:33