Rebecca Minkoff VIP Sample Sale Night from 4-9 Tonight

Courtesy of the purseblog.com . "Because of her huge PurseForum fan base, Rebecca continues to open up a VIP night for the members." Bring your first aid-kit, if it's half the battle that the Botkier sample sale was last week. Note to men: skip the bars and head to the stylish line of women waiting around the block to snag a boyfriend bag or a morning after.


155 5th Avenue. Good luck and report back!
 
/Nancy B.

Kooba Sample Sale: Oct 28-30

I am not the world's foremost handbag expert, but these bags look super nice and come in great colors and materials. They are not cheap, which is why this sample sale is really worth checking out--

Kooba Sample Sale

Tuesday October 28th – Thursday October 30th
Hours: 10am – 8pm (Closed 2 – 3pm)
141 W. 36th Street
Between Broadway & 7th Ave.

Cash, Visa, MasterCard & Amex Accepted

LeSportcac Sale This Week (April 24)

I don't know if you were like me, but back in the early 80s LeSportsac was IT. For all of you who follow this blog, you know I have an adversarial relationship with the almighty PURSE, but there was nothing quite like the turquoise SportSac I had back in 6th/7th grade. So! This leads me to news about a sale going on now at LeSportsac(s). I may have to check it out, for nostalgia's sake, if nothing else...

One-week sale at all LeSportsac boutiques and lesportsac.com, starting Thursday April 24th, 2008: LeSportsac Madison Avenue, 1065 Madison Avenue; LeSportsac SoHo, 176 Spring Street ; LeSportsac Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Blvd., #750, Los Angeles

Spend $100 and receive 20% off your purchase
Spend $300 and receive 30% off your purchase

(Sale subject to product availability and applies to all merchandise. Promotion can not be combined with another promotion or discount. Maximum discount is 30%. )

Betsey Johnson Wallet at Loehmann's

I suppose in keeping with my "fear" of purses, I have been known to only use tiny wallets that enable me to fit everything I own, so that I can avoid the icky purse. However, I have decided to make some life adjustments and truly act - and maybe even live - as an adult. So I have finally bitten the bullet and accepted an adult-sized wallet that really has compartments for bills, change, credit cards, receipts, etc. Luckily, Betsey Johnson has provided an option helps bring me into the adult wallet world, while still being a bit rock 'n' roll and flirty at the same time (see the leather rose!). A perfect "bridge," you could say.

If you suffer from a similar affliction, just visit your local Loehmann's and pick one up for yourself for about $35. Then put all the money you saved in your new wallet!

Topshop coming to Manhattan

Word in from one of my "stringers-in-the-know" is that UK-based Topshop is coming to Manhattan this year.

I guess I'd describe it as a British H&M. I will do a thorough review when it hits town for y'all. Round 'em up, cowgirls!

Wikipedia describes it as:
Topshop is a chain of clothing stores situated (mostly) throughout the United Kingdom.
Topshop's primary sales come from women's fashion and accessories. Its male-clothing counterpart is called 'Topman'. Topshop offers a range of products including clothing, lingerie, sweets, bracelets, bags, hats, purses, nightwear, swim wear, shoes, jewelery, belts as well as a number of other accessories. Topshop also offers maternity, tall, petite and retro ranges.
The store has a had a number of celebrities and designers designing collections, including Kate Moss, whose collection will be released in April 2007.[1] The appointment of Moss was announced just before the departure of CEO Jane Shepherdson, who was seen as the force behind the revival of the formerly dull brand.
Topshop's flagship store is located in Oxford Street, London. Other flagship stores are located in Nottingham- Victoria, Manchester- Arndale and Glasgow- Buchanan Street Topshop is owned by the Arcadia Group, which owns a number of other retail outlets including Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge, Evans, Wallis and Outfit.
Several branches of Topshop can be found outside the United Kingdom, most notably in Ireland, Gibraltar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. The chain also boasts stores in Croatia, Austria and the United Arab Emirates.

Amazon: Shoes & Handbags

You heard it here second...or third. Straight from The Wall Street Journal:

AMAZON STARTS WEB SITE TO SELL SHOES, HANDBAGS
Amazon.com Inc. introduced a Web site, Endless.com, devoted solely to selling shoes and handbags, a departure for an Internet retailer that spent years building one of the best-known one-stop-shopping destinations. Amazon, of Seattle, said Endless.com represents the first time it has created a new specialty retail site at a Web address different from its flagship Amazon.com address. Steven Goldsmith, an Amazon vice president, said the company created the site in response to requests from customers who were footwear and handbag connoiseurs and wanted a Web site more closely focused on the category. Amazon aims to tap a category that has seen speedy growth, in part via specialty Web retailers such as Zappos.com. Online apparel revenue this year is expected to jump to $11.3 billion from $9.6 billion in 2006, while online footwear sales could rise to $3.5 billion from $2.9 billion Forrester Research estimates.

The "P" Word: PURSE (BCBG & Elliott Lucca)

OK, so now that I have shown myself to be a complete mommy and daddy's girl, without reservation I shall tell you how the 'rents came to my rescue in the arena of PURSES (the word I like the least, James Lipton take note).

For at least two years I have been sporting a free p.o.s. that my dad got at his company convention. It did not inspire...anything...ever. It was kind of funny the first two times I used it, but after two years?

So any of you who have been reading this blog regularly know that I am hangbag-impaired. I hate the words to describe them about as much as I hate them themselves, with the exception of vintage evening bags.

Now that I am all adult and working on recognizing my weaknesses, I realized that I needed external help to raise my handbag IQ. I called on those who brought me into the world, and with the help of Daffy's and zappos.com, they presented me with the pictured bags for Christmas. The black one with the 70's styling is BCBG Max Azria and the tan, au natural one is Elliott Lucca.

The punchline is that I love them both, but have only used the black one once and the tan one never, instead opting to use the $10 maroon one that isn't pictured and is reminiscent of the free p.o.s. instead. This may take some time...

Gravitas.