It was a hit and miss for my first sample sale. I planned out the whole day on Thurs night, since most sales started on Friday. So my plan was, visit the Black Halo sample sale, head over onto 9th street and attend the Nation Ltd sale, then head over to the Bendix building and shop at the Chic Little Devil style house sample sale, and if there was time left over, head over to the Linea Pelle sample sale.
Unfortunately, nothing went as planned. With almost all the sale closing at 5 and not being able to leave the house until 2ish plus the hideous LA traffic, everything was becoming rushed. So, we got to the Black Halo Sample Sale site sometime around 3:30 and we didn't even park to get down. The place looked like it was at empty site with doors closed and a yellow paper stuck onto the door. With no one seemingly walking around the site, we decided not to even bother to go down and check it out. So we sailed off to our next stop, Nation Ltd.
We managed to find a parking spot right in front of the building only to find out there is no parking after 4pm. With money in the meter and about 6 minutes left before 4, we rushed into the building and managed to find the room with sample sales. There were $5~$20 items, mostly just t-shirts or jersey material pieces. With nothing we wanted, we managed to leave the parking spot about 4:01.
A short trip later, we arrived at the Chic Little Devil Sample Sale. The clothes were separated into two rooms, with racks of clothes arranged by the names of different designers. We spend a good amount of time there looking through the clothes, jewelry, bags, and shoes. The girls said to ignore the prices on the tags and ask them for the discounted price ranging from $5 to more, depending on the designer. I picked out about 10 pieces of clothing, tried them on, and asked the girls there for the price. With no income available, I wasn't planning on spending too much on each piece. So in the end, I ended up with three items without the one plaid button up shirt I actually wanted. :( (it was $50). All three of items I got ranged from $5~$10 .
So, all in all, I would say it was a hit and miss. With the first two miss and the last one a success :)
My tip for new sample sale shoppers:
1. Plan out your day with different sample sales so you'll have back up!
2. Map out the order of where you're going with Google Maps
3. Unless you love and is familiar with the brand, otherwise, shop at show rooms with different variety of brands of clothing so you'll have more choices.
(100% Cashmere $10)
(Augustine $5)(Front)
(back)
(Karen Zambos $5)
After we came out of Chic Little Devils, we saw these rings for $1! O.O I did not hesitate on getting more than one, now we just have to wait and see how long they'll last! :D
