spotted at the barney's warehouse sale

The problem with having brunch in Chelsea is that it leads you straight to the door of the Barney's Warehouse Sale and leaves you feeling heartbroken for walking away from potential loves of your fashion life. You and I could've had some happy times, Sigerson Morrison wedges. But the $179 it would take to bring you home has already been allotted for sailing in Ibiza.

There were also some very pretty Miu Miu cage heels but thankfully they were not really my size. The $279 I would've spent on them is better used towards my 5-day surf camp in Portugal.

Shopping was so much simpler when all I thought about was ... well shopping. For now, I choose life! But maybe I'll sneak back into the sale towards the end to see if those wedges are still waiting for me ...

If you want to check out the Barney's Warehouse Sale, it runs until September 6, 2010. Get your butt over to 255 West 17th Street (back entrance of the Chelsea Barneys Co-op). See Racked's recount of the experience here.

warehouse sale alert: john varvatos

A little birdie named Sophie told me about an upcoming John Varvatos Warehouse Sale! Prices will be radically slashed, with 90% off on pieces from the 2008-2009 John Varvatos Design Collection and the John Varvatos USA* Collection, full range of sportswear, tailored clothing, suits, trousers, sweaters, knits, dress shirts, soft luxury coats & jackets in leather and cashmere; bags, belts & ties. With Christmas fast approaching, I definitely want to hit the sale up to get a little something for the men in my life. Mika loves John Varvatos, so this would be a great place to get him a lil something.

The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on October 23 and 24. The locations is Metropolitan Pavilion, 4th floor, 123 W. 18th St, New York, NY 10011. Admittance will be by RSVP only, so see the flyer below for more information!

Any Whispers About Wink?

Everyone seems very quiet about the Wink Warehouse Sale, which started yesterday. No reviews. The only thing I found was a tip on Racked about last year's sale, which pretty much said to "spare yourself the subway ride" if you're not in the neighborhood. Hmm. Guess I'm skipping this one, but if you are in the neighborhood, here are the details:

Steal: DVF wrap dress at the Intermix Warehouse Sale

Savings, shmavings. I couldn't stay away from the Intermix Warehouse Sale. I had some time to spare yesterday between leaving work and meeting some girlfriends for dinner so I stopped by the Metropolitan Pavillion and popped my DVF wrapdress cherry by buying this cutie:

This wrap dress is from Diane Von Furstenberg's superhero-inspired cruise collection. It's called the wonder woman wrap dress, and if you look closely you'll see stars and flourishes that'll remind you of the superhero. This dress retails at $385 but I was able to get for—are you ready for this—just $79!!! I was so thrilled. I was not-so-thrilled that I fit into a size 2 perfectly (gasp!) but whatever. (Edit: I just realized, thanks to the Anonymous comment, that this sentence was a douche-y thing to say. Let me clarify that I only feel that a size 2 is not a good size for me because I am very, very, very short girl with small bones. Size 2 is perfect on all non-munchkins not named Celine.) Next week, I resolve to start taking bikram classes to resolve the chunkiness matter. But today, I am just super happy I got this awesome bargain!

Spotted at the Intermix Warehouse Sale: a small boned Asian chick the same size as me walking off with an Hervé Léger. Grrrrr ... I had crazy shopping envy. I only saw one on the rack that looked like a tangle of bandages for about $800 so I guess if I'd seen the dress first I wouldn't have bought it ... or would I? Arrrrrgh. Next Intermix Warehouse Sale, I am so lining up on the first day to get mine!

Intermix Warehouse Sale!

Bleh, I can't go because I went off in the Barney's Warehouse Sale yesterday (I only bought myself a Rag & Bone cape, but got the BF Hogan sneakers, a cashmere shirt and a John Varvatos tee! Men's is so much better than women's *sigh*). But I've heard wonderful tales of Chloe bags and DVF dresses being unearthed at wonderful prices so I hope y'all enjoy!

To Go or Not To Go?