Hermes Sample Sale: The damage

Saturday March 27, 2010

Recap

6:30AM - Depart from South Station.  Zombie mode.

10:30AM - Arrive at 34th and 8th.  

10:30AM-11AM - Gather sustenance and head towards the sample sale (No time to waste!)

11:00am - 11:45am???  Not sure.  Maybe 30 people in line ahead of us.  It didn't move steadily since groups in multiples of 5 were let in as they monitored customers who had finished and left. Not a bad wait at all.  However, by the time we got in, there was a huge line behind us, not quite to the end of the block though.

11:45am - 3pm - Oh sadness! The Garden Party bags sold out and there were no more belts with the giant H logo. (Plain leather belts marked down to around $500.  How much would the logo belt have cost??)

 
Deals:
70% off bags and shoes (Huge range, best deal % wise)
50% off ties (Regular Price $196)
40% off scarves (Regular Price $375) and jewelry (Earrings Regular Price: $325)

I should mention that perfume was a great deal.  $25 for a bottle that's usually $100.  I saw many women buying these in multiples (limit 5).  I assume they were going to sell them for a profit, because the perfume and cologne reeked to be quite honest.  Like spraying skunk juice on yourself.

Clothing - Didn't even see my size.  Doubt I could afford it anyways.  Let's not waste time here
Shoes - Weird women's footwear was left, but lots of interesting oxfords (men's) still available

*They continually put out new merchandise as the hot sellers were being snatched up.  Big plus, but that was the reason why we stayed for 3 whole hours

Very happy to find these orange/gold studs to match the Silky Pop bag (picture above).  At first I was not very impressed by the pop bag, but the quality was superb and some of the prints were just amazing.  If you love the scarves, you'll love the convenient pop bag just as much.  It zips up into what appears to be a medium sized wallet.

My favorite purchase was the yellow scarf. I just love the colors and the size of it.  It's big enough to be creative with how you want to wear it.

Tie for my lovey.  It was easy to pick one out for him, all I had to do was find the best looking one with the most character and voila, matches my lovey.

Other notes:
3pm to 6:30pm: Agnes B, Bendl's, Bergdorf (just the Paul & Joe cosmetic counter), St. Marks Place to stock up on Japanese snackies and magazines, Pinkberry (Mango yogurt with mochi, strawberry,and mango fruit)

10:15pm:  Arrive at home safe and sound.  Ah, so fulfilled...