nykeiko shops: Peek inside Alexander Wang's sample sale + price lists [December 2014 NYC Sample Sale]

Alexander Wang 'Parental Advisory' sweater on sale for $400

A peek inside Alexander Wang's sample sale. I got myself two bras from the clearance racks ($10) which are the same ones I got from the last sample sale. One for me and one for my sister who told me if I ever come across them again, to get her more. At $10, I didn't hesitate although I only found one small bra and most were extra small or large.

The crowd at the VIP event was relentless and the go-to section is where the bags are at. Just like always. A rainbow of bright colored Rocco bags line the table and lots of evening clutches were being picked up quickly. I don't really like the Roccos but the lilac bags with rose gold hardware were not too bad. Small leather goods start at $75, $150 for clutches, $250 for small bags, $300 for medium and $350 for large bags.

To take a look at what else was offered and price lists, keep reading!

nykeiko shops: Alexander Wang sample sale IS happening next week! [NYC]

Here's the precious piece of info I got in my mailbox today!

LOCATION: 151 Wooster Street (between W. Houston and Prince Street)

PUBLIC HOURS: Tuesday, December 9 – Saturday, December 13

Tuesday, Dec 9                                  9AM-8PM       Public

Wednesday, Dec 10                           9AM-8PM       Public

Thursday, Dec 11                               9AM-8PM       Public

Friday, Dec 12                                    9AM-8PM       Public                                    

Saturday, Dec 13                                9AM-8PM       Public

AVAILABLE COLLECTIONS

WOMEN’S RTW – Fall 2010 through Spring 2014

MEN’S RTW – Fall 2012 and Fall 2013

HANDBAGS – Fall 2010 through Spring 2014

SLG – Fall 2012 and Spring 2014

WOMEN’S FOOTWEAR – Fall 2010 through Spring 2014

MEN’S FOOTWEAR – Fall 2013 and Spring 2014

WOMEN’S T BY ALEXANDER WANG – Fall 2010 through Spring 2014

MEN’S T BY ALEXANDER WANG – Spring 2014

PRICE REDUCTIONS 

RTW (Mens / Womens) – up to 75%

T BY ALEXANDER WANG (Mens / Womens) – up to 75%

HANDBAGS – up to 65%

FOOTWEAR – up to 75%

nykeiko shops: The Alexander Wang for H&M collab [What went down and my haul]

Alexander Wang for H&M keychain

This morning, I got up at around 5:40 a.m. to leave the door by 6 a.m. With a bit of jetlag left in me, daylight saving and urgency to pee, 5:40 a.m. was not as bad as I thought it would be. Dave does not support my shopping but he came out with me. Not to wait in line though. He insisted on coming out with me so that I would be safe leaving the door in the dark (aw!). It also makes him look really good showing up at work so early in the morning :) I got to H&M (on 86th street) at around 6:40 a.m. and was ready to report for Racked. Here's my line blog bit. The wait compared to last year's Isabel Marant wait, was a piece of cake (actually, last year I actually got a piece of cake!) The rain had today was tolerable. Windy freezing temperature is not. A little before 8 a.m., they started letting the first three groups of 30 inside the store. I was in the third group which is the 8:45-9:00 a.m. time slot. The next 45 minutes was enjoyable. Chatting up with new line friends about what they were going to buy and if the Wang outfit on Rihanna was hot or not.

Since I was there reporting, I might as well shop which is what I did. I finished shopping a bit before 9 a.m., tried on some of the clothes I snatched up like; the strappy yellow sports top (small around the torso, loose where my fake boobs are not present) and the strappy fitted dress (couldn't even pull it pass by hip). I left those behind and checked out with the boxing gloves keychain ($12.95), a water bottle ($12.95) maybe for someone's holiday gift?; a sports bra medium support ($39.95) for a friend in Montreal (She was in line early in the morning too for launch in Montreal but there's only one H&M in the whole city that stocked the collection and hundreds of people already lined up. I offered to pick up her top item because the chance of me getting it was higher.) and the gray cropped scuba sweater ($59.95) that looked ridiculous on me but since it's a highly-coveted item, I snatched it up. It's better to grab it then to regret later. So in all, I basically got nothing worthy! I didn't even miss work for this and actually got to work before most of my coworkers. Win!

More pics after the jump...

nykeiko wears: My two new Alexander Wang pieces

I was in Soho this past weekend running errands (waxing!, returning a GoPro head strap at REI, getting cheap flip flops at Old Navy for our vacay, checking out sales at Scoop...) and since I was just a couple of blocks away from the Alexander Wang sample sale, I decided to pass by to see what final day markdowns were offered. There was actually a line to get in and lots of shoppers inside although nothing like day 1.

The stock had already been depleted big time since markdowns began mid-week but on the last day, almost everything was marked down. Large bags were almost all gone except the strappy beige Ingrids which was $150 instead of $400 (retail $825). Shoes which were marked down to $75 were down to one style left per size.

I went straight for the ready-to-wear. It was pretty difficult to pull a style I liked from the leftovers on the racks. Since the stock plummeted, everyone is kind of trying on the same things so you can decide what you like by seeing what is being tried on. It was then that I saw this girl try on these tapered black pants (Dave calls them Aladdin pants) that I decided I wanted them too. Luckily, she tried them and didn't want them because I couldn't find a similar one on the racks. I grabbed them. They were $60 and I really liked them. They were originally $150 at beginning of the sale and probably retailed at $400-500+. I also wanted a soft T by Alexander Wang bra which were now $15 (were on sale for $35). Oh yea, and that damn T by Alexander Wang dress I got from Scoop was now $50 which bugged me a bit because i paid more for it haha. The only thing that didn't have any reduction seem to be the small clutches which were still going for $250 and didn't have too many takers.

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Yes, I still sample sale shop but where are my posts? [Alexander WangNY sample sale August 2013]

photo of the A. Wang sample sale line taken by me via 

As you may or may not have noticed, I haven't been posting much about sample sales here on my blog. The reason is that I have been covering sample sales for RackedNY and cannot repost on my own blog.

The latest sample sale I attended was the "epic" Alexander Wang sale. On Tuesday morning, when the sale opened to the public, I woke up at wee hours of the morning so I could cover the line situation and then report on the sale once I got inside. Many of my friends knew I'd be going to the sale and promptly asked if I got anything. To their dismay, I did not! The prices were not so great for the garments and the utter chaos to get to the bags (which was the better deals) totally discouraged me. How many more girls will end up wearing the same bag around town I thought and why is the Rocco (heaviest bag ever) oh so popular?

I actually found a T by Alexander Wang dress at the sale I scooped up at a Scoop sale back in January for $84, it was only $60 (reduced some more to $50) at the sale. So some deals are to be had but not super deals. This reminds me, I did not get the chance to wear that dress yet. Uh-oh. I hope Dave doesn't read this :)

Update: I eventually bought something.

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