Rafe Sample Sale
2I just came from the Rafe sample sale. Rafe is a designer from the Phillippines whose shoes and handbags have been featured in Vogue and toted by celebs like Jessica Alba. The sample sale was a one day only event and was held at 85 5th Avenue. I arrived about an hour before the end of the sale. The handbags were cute but were selling at around $100 each–kinda out of my price range. The shoes sold for $50, and $25–by the time I got there, the selection of shoes for $25 was small, and even smaller was the selection of shoes in my size (I wear a 6.5). I found it irksome that they didn’t list the shoe sizes in US sizes. I sheepishly asked a fellow shopper who said, “Oh, just drop the three, and that’s the US size”. In the end I found a cute pair of shoes that are both fun and office friendly, and bought another of the same pair to give as a Christmas gift. (I had to talk myself out of a pair of coral colored D’Orsay style pumps. They were adorable but I knew I would never wear them, and even though they were only $25, to spend money on something you’ll never wear is like dropping it down the gutter.) I can only imagine that the selection was better earlier in the day. I put myself on a mailing list, so when future Rafe sample sales are announced, you’ll hear about it here!
After the sale I popped in at the holiday market at Union Square since it was on the way home. I noticed many stalls were the same as I had seen the day before at Fetes de Noel in Bryant Park–so you don’t need to make a trip to each. However, there seem to be more stalls at Union Square, and I did find the gift I was looking for. And now I’m at home waiting for my Chinese food to arrive…hello what is taking so long? I’m starving!
This just in from good people at Rafe:
“good news – there are two days left for the sale (today and Friday 10-7) 85 5th Ave Fl 12 (at 16th) and stock is being replenished daily – all hanbags and shoes are from the Rafe’ New York collections (not Rafe for Target) – unlike many “sample sales” we are actually selling one of a kind samples along with some overstock from Fall collection”
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Posted by Mirela Gluck at 07:09 PM
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December 5, 2007 @ 7:49 pm
http://canitellyou.rafe.com/ , the “Excerpts from the highly accessorized world of designer Rafe Totengco” had this to say about his association with Target:
“Can I tell you… about Rafe For Target? Seems my limited edition collaboration with the mass retailer has made a lot of news, and I just wanted to chime in about it.
Doing this limited, capsule collection wasn’t a quick decision on my part, but I have to say that the current climate of high end designers doing similar lines for mass retailers definitely helped me decide to do it. Karl Lagerfeld for H&M comes to mind first, but so many highly respected names have done it as well: Victor & Rolf and Stella McCartney have done it for H&M too, and Uniqlo is coming up with a few formidable designers for its upcoming season. Even in the Target stable, we have Paul & Joe, Behnaz Sarafpour, Luella Bartley, Tara Jarmon, Isaac Mizrahi, Thomas O’brien, and Tord Boontje, a prestigious group I am proud to be part of.
Being a younger brand, I saw this as an opportunity to bring my design aesthetic to a larger audience. And Target’s brand image is something I’ve always admired, because they’ve done such a tremendous job with their marketing and advertising. I remember back in the late 90s when we first started calling them Tar-jay, a reference to the high-style imagery that they produced and have maintained since. So I knew I was in good hands”.
December 6, 2007 @ 7:42 am
good news – there are two days left for the sale (today and Friday 10-7) 85 5th Ave Fl 12 (at 16th) and stock is being replenished daily – all hanbags and shoes are friom the Rafe’ New York collections (not Rafe for Target) – unlike many “sample sales” we are actually selling one of a kind samples along with some overstock from Fall collection