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Malia Mills Sample Sale

16 September 2014

WHAT: Malia Mills Sample Sale

WHY: Update: Malia Mills is not having the sample sale at their studio. It will be an online only sale.

Up to 75% off swimwear at the Malia Mills Sample Sale.

The Sample Sale will continue online for the remainder of the week and weekend.

WHEN: 9/17; W (noon-6)

WHERE: Malia Mills Studio
32 33rd Street – New Location
Unit 13 Floor 5
Brooklyn, NY 11232

SUBMITTED BY: TheStylishCity.com

For the complete list of today’s sales and sample sales check HERE

Perse's following should rejoice at the sound of this sample sale review

20 May 2014

The 260 Sample Sale space should always remain on your radar. From earlier this month’s Rebecca Minkoff and Jonathan Adler sales to this week’s James Perse sample sale, you can always count on 260 Fifth to come correct with the big name sales in a convenient almost midtown location.

Easily accessible by at least 3 train lines, if you timed it right, you could hit the space on a lunch hour with no issue. This week, LA based designer James Perse took over the space, and it was filled top-to-bottom with his socially conscious and high end basics.

Known for their dedication to social responsibility and quality, Perse’s cottons were giving us a very Miyake or Wantabe-fied basics vibe. The color palette of the sale, when approached as a whole, comes off hazy and blurred, with a large percentage of the cotton goods that feel worn in and ready to rock.

No crisp brights here, this is the stop for you if you are an understated beauty who doesn’t need to be loud.

This sale featured a huge amount of stock to be liquidated from at least 3 of Perse’s lines, from the high end ‘Standard’ line to the lower priced ‘Los Angeles’ line, you can find your next favorite tee, fashionable sweats, or our personal favorite, the jersey knit, tee-style midi and maxi dresses.

Tees and tanks came in white, black, soft heather grey, muted reds and blues, as well as the occasional (and probably first to go) tie-dye. We saw a huge variety of hybrid cargo-sweat pants, which are a very hot item this year, with many sizes and even a few runs left of olive green. Perse’s Yosemite line had shorts and sweatshirts for $30 and $50 and looked a bit more sporty than the other more laid back designs. Though the dresses were not crazy cheap at $60, these were the star item to us, with stunningly different takes on simple silhouettes. There were tanks, see thru crew sweaters, and a full on assault of lengths, sizes, and fabrics.

Guests of this sale clearly knew what they were buying, so to avoid long lines and a frenzy, this sale has a 10 item limit in the dressing rooms. We saw tiny undercover millionairesses (they always wear gym clothes to these sales) with huge armfuls of clothes for what we can only imagine everyone they know. A sure indicator of the apparent following of this designer.

Though not cheap, this sale lasts until Friday and is very exceptionally stocked for both men AND women. If you like to spend your dollars on socially sustainable and high fashion basics, this is the most promising sale for you. The normal James Perse retail price is most certainly in another tax bracket than the prices at this event, which makes it an essential stop if you know what you are buying here.

The exceptionally stocked for both men AND women

A huge variety of hybrid cargo-sweat pants

The Yosemite line had shorts and sweatshirts for $30 and $50

WHEN: 5/20 – 5/25; Tue-Th (10-8), F (10-7), Sat (11-7), Sun (11-4)

WHERE: 260 Fifth Avenue
between 28th and 29th Streets
New York, NY 10001
(212-725-5400)

By Danielle Guercio

Influential NYC Blogger of the Day: The Sartorialist

31 October 2013

In the grand scheme of the world’s existence, blogging is still an incredibly new concept. After all, the widely available World Wide Web as we know it only became accessible in the late ’90s, but even then less than half of the United States’ population was using the Internet. It wasn’t until the early 2000 when we first saw people talking online about what they were wearing — and what others were wearing — in any serious way.

These days, though, bloggers are a dime a dozen. Some may argue that’s both good and bad. Good because it gives everyday people an outlet to express themselves and their interests; bad because it’s harder to sift through the mass of bloggers to find quality material.

The Stylish City is going briefly going back in time — before insta-post sites like Tumblr or Instagram — to highlight some of NYC’s most Influential fashion bloggers. This mini series features writers who were ahead, perhaps even pioneers, of the fashion blogging boom. Some of the below have reached levels of fame they seem worthy of. Others we can’t help but ask, “Why are these bloggers so successful?” Either way, they all have something in common: they’ve influenced the fashion world.

For today’s installation, we’re featuring The Sartorialist. Stay tuned for features on Manolo’s Shoe Blog, Bryanboy, Man Repeller and Advanced Style.

The Sartorialist

NY native Scott Schuman became an Internet sensation with his world-famous street fashion blog, “The Sartorialist“, launched eight years ago in the September of 2005.

Schuman had previously worked in fashion sales, but left the job to take care of his daughter. The dad originally set out to meet and take pictures of people he met on the streets of NYC as a hobby, but the blog picked up a lot of steam and catapulted him into a full-time career of style photography. In fact, shortly after the blog’s inception, it began receiving a whopping 3 million hits per month.

Thanks to Shuman, people don’t just look to carefully crafted magazine glossies for their fashion inspiration fix; they look to everyday people who wear clothes in extraordinary ways.

The man credited with pioneering fashion photography in blog form has since inspired myriad street style blogs and visitors continue flocking to his website for both fashion inspiration and pure entertainment.

Where is The Sartorialist today?:

Schuman’s still taking to the streets today, but he’s become quite the world traveler. The Sartorialist now features pictures from all over the world’s hottest fashion capitals. He’s also published a book titled “The Sartorialist: Closer“, which features prominent style authorities and everyday people whose outfits deserve a closer look.

Since he was catapulted to fame, he’s collaborated with myriad fashion campaigns, not limited to DKNY Jeans, Burberry and The Gap. He also does work for Saks Fifth Avenue, Conde Nast and French Vogue.

It should be noted that Garance Dore, Shuman’s girlfriend, is also a pioneer in the burgeoning field of fashion blogging. Like Schuman, Dore photographs street style and the two serve as a sort of power blogger couple.

Why is this blogger successful?

Clearly, Shuman knows how to wield a camera. His camera know-how, paired with his eye for fashion and ability to get strangers to pose for him, makes The Sartorialist an automatic hit. The fact that he’s a pioneer in the world of impromptu “street style” fashion shoots made — and continues to make — his blog a wild success. He’s given a voice, of sorts, to everyday people doing fashion well, and we love that.