Fashion Advice Revenue Factory Warehouse Sales

Dear Budget Fashionista,
I’m just starting to regular sample sales, however the product at lots of the sample sales are not of high quality. What’s the definition of a sample sales? How do they differ at stores such as Barneys or Bendel from purchase events? How should you know after standing in line for a lengthy period, that they will be admitted to the sale? Persons are admitted simultaneously?

Response:

Earnings are overrated! Lately I have seen a trend of confusing the expression sample sale with sale events. A sample purchase is a sale where a designer/design home / shop sells its”sample” merchandise made to promote the designers line in fashion shows, showings to shop buyers, magazines like Vogue, Elle etc.. Traditionally, the sample sales were limited to dimensions 7 and sizes 4-6 in sneakers, which excludes a large number of the population. Discounts can vary from 20% off retail. There is no set rule of who gets in/how many people get in, etc.. It depends on the designer/store having the constraints of the space as well as the sample sale. However many do not let new people in before those in the store depart usually once you can stay as long as you want to. There isn’t way to know that you will get into the sale, unless you’ve got a connection or special pass.

Difference Between Sample Sale and Warehouse Sale

Sales are not the same as significant sale events/warehouse sales. A significant sale event/warehouse sale is when a designer/store sells its overstock and/or leftovers. In the case of a sale occasion, merchandise is priced to move% off retail prices. Sale events that are major have a larger choice of merchandise and sizes. A good example of a sale occasion is that the Barneys Warehouse Sale, Macy Day sales, etc..

I don’t think it’s well worth it to go to a sample sale unless you adore shop or the designer. By way of instance, I moved into the Kate Spade sample sale this past fall in NYC. The entrance line has been wrapped for product you could get at Off 5th Ave-Saks Fifth Ave Outlet every day of the week almost two times round the block. If there is a lineup, head right to the closest Loehmanns, my advice is to go to the sample purchase, Nordstrom Rack, Off 5th Ave, Call Neiman Marcus.