Saturday and Sunday (and today, we're betting), get to The Cast’s sample sale for serious markdowns on the underground boutique’s premium denim, outerwear, hoodies, T's, and scarves. For a bit more insight into the place, read UrbanDaddy’s review.
It's no secret that the consignment business is booming, which has led to the influx of some really nice pieces onto eBay. Ask Andy "senior member" and eBay "power seller" Mack11211 just unloaded some exceptional specimens online, including this brown flannel Paul Stuart jacket, which retails for $1,200. Starting bid: $50. 
... Yoko Devereaux! Friday through Sunday, the Williamsburg boutique is taking up to 85% of F/W merch, and unloading samples for -$100. While not as steep, you can find some of the markdowns online right now. [Racked]
At 12 noon today, Marc by Marc Jacobs goes on sale at Gilt.com. The Beggar has your invite to the members only site HERE.
Through x-mass, Hickey Freeman has deepened it discounts to 50-70% off all fall/winter wear, while its more youthful offshoot Hickey is now taking 65% off everything.
Through the New Year, Salvatore Ferragamo’s flagship on 5th is now marking down F/W clothing and accessories by 35-50%.
We have to take a moment -- in the eye of the storm that is holiday shopping season -- to give it up to the Barneys of vintage clothing, Cheap Jack's! (The Bergdorf's of vintage, if you're wondering, is definitely What Comes Around Goes Around.) But, Jack's, where it's buy-one-get-one-free right now, offers a massive and extremely well ordered array of vintagey F/W staples. 
Cheap Jack’s
- 303 5th Ave
at 31st - 212-995-0403 - Map
It’s a big day at Gilt.com where Black Fleece -- Thom Browne’s collection for Brooks Brothers -- goes on sale at 12 noon. These clothes are -- and we don’t use this word lightly -- divine. HERE's your invite to the members only site.
Want Rag & Bone? The Clothingline sale's got miles of the stuff -- shirts, knit, and JEANS, anyway. (If you're after this season's prized outerwear, however, wait for the sample sale later this month.) Helmut Lang? Tons of it -- outerwear, suits, jacket, shirts, JEANS, everything... and all priced as follows (Oh, and NO LINES) -
Normally $400+, find mountains of R&B knits for -$100 -
At $250 a pop, these Helmut Lang coats are going for a fraction of their retail price -
Rag & Bone / Helmut Lang sample sale - 261 W 36th St between 7th & 8th - 2nd fl - *Tues through Fri* Tues-Thurs 10am-7pm, Wed-Fri 10am-6pm - Map
We just got word of an Engineered Garments sample sale going down today until about 6pm, and perhaps tomorrow. "But, everything is moving along," one staffer tells us.
Tuesday through Friday, Clothingline is hosting a sample sale on Rag & Bone (above) and Helmut Lang (below) F/W ‘08. Expect about 60% off, a big turn out, and prized pieces to go early. Can’t make it? Both labels are having sample sales later this month.
Rag & Bone / Helmut Lang sample sale - 261 W 36th St between 7th & 8th - 2nd fl - Tues-Thurs 10am-7pm, Wed-Fri 10am-6pm - Map
This week only, Ben Sherman’s SoHo boutique is taking an additional 50% off (!) existing sale items. Can’t make it? The store plans to offer various other promotions through the New Year, a clerk tells us.
Get to 3.1 Phillip Lim’s Mercer Street boutique for 40% off the designer’s fall ready-to-wear collection and accessories.
Beginning Monday, Jil Sander boutiques will be taking 40% off “most” men’s wear, shoes, bags, and accessories, one associate just informed us.
Likely through x-mass, high-end Upper East Side haberdashery Peter Elliot is taking 25-50% off most in-store stock. We're talking suits, slacks, men's furnishings... the whole 9. Alas, Elliot's cache of Moncler outerwear is still full price.
Through x-mass, Hickey Freeman is taking 40% off all fall/winter wear, which doesn’t include basics, while its more youthful offshoot Hickey is taking 40% everything except shoes.
Here it is, fellas! Our favorite sale of the season: The Steven Alan sample sale, and it's kicking off Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. Line up early if you're after a particular shirt print, a down parka, or something from Rag & Bone and Simon Miller. Otherwise, through Sunday, find mountains of oxford shirts, pants, outerwear, suits, knits, and shoes.
So, about today's sales, Comme/H&M is INSANITY; the Swiss watch sale is unremarkable; and the Mike & Chris sale might not even exist. The News showroom, meanwhile, is now hosting what might be, dare we say, the perfect little sample sale: Easy access to an expansive loft filled with surprisingly well-made Cheap Monday jeans for $10 (!), and outerwear -- like this cozy grey parka -- for just $100; and -- the real story here -- a nice little selection of Shipley & Halmos F/W priced at wholesale! 
Feast your eyes on two lonely racks of Shipley & Halmos F/W '08 -
We found about 5 of their coveted black leather bombers for $335 -
About 10 grey jackets for $225 is sizes as large as 44 -
Plush grey coats for about $250 -
Thick shawl-collar cardigans for $185 -
Shirts in a nice range of sizes for $85; pants for $100 -
The News sample sale - 495 Broadway at Broome St, 5th fl - Thurs, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm - 212-925-9700 - Map
At 12 noon today, Hickey Freeman goes on sale at Gilt.com. The Beggar has your invite to the member's only site HERE.
