Oh, Sara.
Doesn't my sample sale schadenfreude just kill you after awhile?
The fact is, living in New York means that I can, on a Tuesday night, decide on a whim to change out of my pyjamas, hop on the subway and go shopping. At a sample sale, no less!
Gen Art Shop NYC
June 19, 2007
Overall Experience: 5/5. The lights, the cameras, the corporate sponsorship - all conspiring to make some young and artful fashionistas very happy on a summer's Tuesday night.
People: Well, the designers or the frenzied hipster maidens (and their obliging boyfriends)? The designers I met were all unfailingly nice and seemed happy and excited to be there. The shoppers were well dressed to a fault. The usual sample sale bonhomie - where garments and opinions are cheerfully swapped between strangers in the changing rooms - was in full effect. Chipper Gen Art photogs and swag booths from the likes of Fiji water and JetBlue didn't hurt the atmosphere, either!
Prices: Without getting insultingly specific, I paid less than $200 for a Grace Sun dress, Plume necklace, and Tucker blouse. I should also divulge that I didn't pay the $15 admission; the girl at the front just waved me in when I said I wanted to buy a ticket at the door. I know it went to a good cause, but, you know - score!
Selection: I recognized a lot of designers there that have been featured in Lucky and Nylon, and some that I had been hankering after after seeing their designs in ... those stores I can't afford. What was even better was that each designer had an array of styles and sizes; it definitely wasn't a pawing through the racks affair.
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