tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post7921633550041752491..comments2023-05-25T10:32:52.611-04:00Comments on Mizhattan - Sensible living with style: *SAMPLE SALE* Weaving through BottegaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-29339857427013733262014-08-01T13:46:56.722-04:002014-08-01T13:46:56.722-04:00http://www.bottegaveneta.com/us/women/onlineboutiq...http://www.bottegaveneta.com/us/women/onlineboutique/shoes/flatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-52743139879708355712014-07-31T19:28:53.357-04:002014-07-31T19:28:53.357-04:00The sale is over but in case anyone is interested ...The sale is over but in case anyone is interested here is my recap.<br /><br />Prices for select items were slashed mid afternoon. There were special racks of $25 jeans, basic pants, and skirts. All bug jewelry was $25 as well, while coral and cube necklaces were $50. iPhone cases were $15 but only in brown and for older generation hardware. One guy bought about 8-10 that were left. There were no belts left and one very sad looking scarf that no one wanted. Men's pants got marked down to $100 and that was the only discount I remember from menswear section. There was still a decent amount of RTW racks, shame they weren't discounted further.<br /><br />I got some jewelry and a few basics for myself and family, can't beat $25 for made in Italy. I left at 5:30 and would assume there were no further discounts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-61899345829085449822014-07-31T19:09:28.455-04:002014-07-31T19:09:28.455-04:00Ugh, thank God I did not waste time traveling ther...Ugh, thank God I did not waste time traveling there today. Thanks for letting us know.Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-15146589277645590682014-07-31T19:07:32.454-04:002014-07-31T19:07:32.454-04:00Great post. I was not there at the time, but it se...Great post. I was not there at the time, but it seems like a lot of people got upset about the wallet incident. Would have been nice to get a wallet. :(Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-87901731817230776922014-07-31T18:52:43.548-04:002014-07-31T18:52:43.548-04:00This is rather detailed comment and you seem to kn...This is rather detailed comment and you seem to know the ins and outs of sites like Mizhattan and Racked and sample sales in general. Curious to know if OP works for Bottega or is VIP. Would like to hear more of your expertise and background. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-22260865609795224952014-07-31T18:41:23.232-04:002014-07-31T18:41:23.232-04:00My pleasure. I'm a long time reader and have a...My pleasure. I'm a long time reader and have attended this sale a number of times in the past. Managed to snag a few nice jewelry pieces for myself and a beautiful Intrecciato tie tack for a dear friend. Stellar prices for BW sterling. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-83550290892787659392014-07-31T18:37:41.592-04:002014-07-31T18:37:41.592-04:00Accidentally posted this post in the wrong place, ...Accidentally posted this post in the wrong place, but adding it here since this is where the main discussion of this sale is:<br /><br />Never seen Bottega's sale this busy or strict. Last year, they were more lax on the bag limit (2 per person, 2 SLGs). Prices better as well. They seem to have increased on strictness because of the publicity. I highly appreciate you putting up the info for the public, Miz, but I think next year it might be better until Bottega officially lets the public know about the sale. The sale got so much press this year, so they anticipated a huge turnout (which happened), thus the strict limit. This sale traditionally doesn't have a large stock, thus the quieter announcements. Only making the suggestion because the news appears to have broken on this site. Racked then reposted, not even bothering to honor Bottega's request to redact the info (thank you, Miz, for doing so), and then the domino effect. I think most people would benefit from a quieter release. Last year's sale had no lines on the first public day, and I walked away with 2 bags, including one classic Bottega woven bag. There was also plenty of leftover wovens, lower prices, and TONS of woven wallets. This happened at 4pm. This year, the sale sold out of bags and wallets within 20 minutes of the opening. <br /><br />And yes, wallets reappeared this year on Wednesday, only to be hoarded by the 5 team Korean women that came for VIP 20 minutes before the public sale opened (Not being racist. I speak Korean so that's how I knew). One was the mother of a worker so she got an invite, but she then brought her 4 friends. As the posters mentioned above, they checked out, checked in their bags at coat check, and then went back to buy more wallets and bags. I definitely understand you want to bring more people to help maximize your purchase amount, but checking out and then coming back in 2 minutes later to buy more, totally not cool. The security and staff saw this and allowed them to do this. On top of all things, the wallets seemed to be held for these 5 women, because they were not there for VIP the day before as Miz reported. They were the highly in demand long bifolds in limited edition colors. The one I remembered most was the red long bifold and it was priced at $200. Hoping Bottega sees this post and takes proper action against the worker who invited them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-19407971767640288342014-07-31T17:54:24.317-04:002014-07-31T17:54:24.317-04:00I for one did not think Alexandria's comment w...I for one did not think Alexandria's comment was racist at all and I'm Asian - but did find the hoarding comment a little. <br /><br />I understand the upset when its one of those sales where a person - which many have to always point out its an Asian - is buying dozens of the same items to resell - <br /><br />though its not only Asians - I've seen Russians at the YSL sale buy 200 pairs of shoes at once and at the Gucci watch sale buy 200 watches all for resell - but never hear any complaints about the Russian resellers - but this was not a resellers sale - the reason people did not get bags was not that the bags were being hoarded by people who brought it all but for the fact that there just was not enough bags to go around for all the people who showed up. With the limited handbag stock - even with the limit 1 per a person - even for VIP's. For those who really wanted a bag - you had to have showed up early. This is just basic sample sale rules. You can't show up later then others and expect to get a shot at something that was limited to begin with. <br /><br />High end sample sales tend to have a lot of Asians attend - just as there are tons of other people - the Proenza sale 2 weeks ago had only 3 Asians out of the first 30 ppl on line behind me were all white ladies. Do I then come out and say - the Proenza sale had 90% of Caucasian people this morning. If your too busy looking at the people around you and not hunting for the things you want then your not in the zone. I don’t even factor in who’s in a sale with me because once I’m in a sale - I’m too busy shopping. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-18717215541318159062014-07-31T17:22:26.183-04:002014-07-31T17:22:26.183-04:00Alex's post was very helpful and gave us great...Alex's post was very helpful and gave us great insight. Thanks Alex! But I have to agree, pointing out that the line was 80% Asian didn't really add anything to the article and a bit why is she including this; thus, I can see how someone can take offense in that. You should have just omitted that fact and just kept the anecdote about the group of rich Asian women who were hoarding all the bags and stuff ( which shopping wise was very useful information). Otherwise, it was a really good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-82746422287474422932014-07-31T16:53:30.445-04:002014-07-31T16:53:30.445-04:00Was part of the first group in today - these were ...Was part of the first group in today - these were the discounts at opening.<br /><br />Jean - $50<br />Pants - $50<br />Shorts - $50<br />Belts - $50<br />Necklaces - $100<br />Bracelets - $50<br /><br />After about 30 mins - the scarves were discounted to $25<br /><br />Mens were very picked over but had a rack of each jeans, button down shirts, suits<br /><br />these were the same discounts when I left at 11:30<br /><br />Don't know what happened later though. <br /><br />Hope some got a few great deals!<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-84726881951580559882014-07-31T12:53:53.328-04:002014-07-31T12:53:53.328-04:00anything left for men?anything left for men?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-60964505132031042302014-07-31T11:17:40.082-04:002014-07-31T11:17:40.082-04:00Thank you for letting us know!!Thank you for letting us know!!Mizhattanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537288664155398873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-7644787448922277842014-07-31T11:15:11.528-04:002014-07-31T11:15:11.528-04:00I really appreciate your insight! Thank you for le...I really appreciate your insight! Thank you for letting us know jeans were further discounted.Mizhattanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537288664155398873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-32635430582547229712014-07-31T11:03:17.909-04:002014-07-31T11:03:17.909-04:00I went this morning. I quickly checked out the men...I went this morning. I quickly checked out the mens section. There were 2 pairs of shoes and one pair of slippers. (not marked down from yesterday) There were 2 racks of clothing, a couple of nice lightweight sweaters and a rack of pants. Sorry I didn't get a look at prices but I did notice that they had markdowns on a couple of things (I think it was pants - not sure) . I hope this helps. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-75238663380507555322014-07-31T10:59:58.583-04:002014-07-31T10:59:58.583-04:00My friend was there when they opened this morning....My friend was there when they opened this morning. The line was about 5min long and no discounts on clothes but necklaces are now $100 instead of $125. Not worth going unless they slash prices like last year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-27438208134468703342014-07-31T10:57:45.185-04:002014-07-31T10:57:45.185-04:00I went this morning at 9:30. No line. The place wa...I went this morning at 9:30. No line. The place was pretty empty.<br />No bags, No wallets, No belts.<br />Prices were slashed only on Jeans - now $50 and one rack of black & grey light wool pants ($50 from $100). The only other markdowns were shorts ($50) and belts - but it doesn't matter as there were no shorts or belts. No more swimwear left. I do have to say that the jeans are worth it if you are looking for a dark rinse that can be dressed up (I'm wearing them at work now with heels and a blaser & they look great )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-87180812212394371252014-07-31T10:42:15.558-04:002014-07-31T10:42:15.558-04:00I'm curious if the line is still down the bloc...I'm curious if the line is still down the block today. If you're there, please comment.Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-79688199644739236562014-07-31T10:29:07.626-04:002014-07-31T10:29:07.626-04:00has anyone gone this morning? Did anyone notice if...has anyone gone this morning? Did anyone notice if there Is there any men's items left?<br /><br />Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-29852274843894534932014-07-31T09:15:52.632-04:002014-07-31T09:15:52.632-04:00Yes, I will definitely let you know if/when additi...Yes, I will definitely let you know if/when additional markdowns take effect.Mizhattanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537288664155398873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-70590347208144106242014-07-31T09:14:25.811-04:002014-07-31T09:14:25.811-04:00Thank you for commenting! Yes, all the decent hand...Thank you for commenting! Yes, all the decent handbags were unfortunately taken on Tuesday. Were you still able to grab a few deals on belts and jewelry?Mizhattanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537288664155398873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-43579829386606280632014-07-31T09:10:49.930-04:002014-07-31T09:10:49.930-04:00Hi! I do believe there will be price reductions on...Hi! I do believe there will be price reductions on the meager inventory that's still left over. Good catch on the hesitancy. Also, you are right that $3,200 is rather a hefty sum to pay for a bag that wasn't in great condition. Good thing you passed on it. Thank you for your comment and I sincerely appreciate that you take the time to drop by regularly and read what I have to write. Mizhattanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537288664155398873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-82804121115163955322014-07-31T07:07:56.795-04:002014-07-31T07:07:56.795-04:00I agree with everyone above - sale is pretty picke...I agree with everyone above - sale is pretty picked over. Last year they did reduce prices the last day in the afternoon. I'm assuming they'll do the same today. As far as the staff saying no - they have no idea. I asked 3 different people what sizes 40 was & no one knew. One said I should google it. I'm sure Miz will let us know as soon as she hears. <br />One quick note on the 2 posters above regarding the "Asian" comment - I did not read OP as racist it was merely a statement of fact. Sample sales tend to have a high Asian population - who gives a shit - we're all there for the same reason - we want to shop !!! End of conversation.<br />Thanks Miz , we love this place !!!,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-45386480557720882082014-07-31T00:48:14.286-04:002014-07-31T00:48:14.286-04:00Many thanks to Miz for the responsible and accurat...Many thanks to Miz for the responsible and accurate reporting. Most of the posters have it right. Lots of the same leftover merch as last year. Many bags were off (damaged, less than flattering colors etc.) and small leather goods didn't fit current tech models. Missing much of the ready to wear I was hoping for. However, there was a solid collection of belts and some good deals on jewelry. Some fantastic statement pieces @ 90%+ off retail and some lovely classic men's sterling pieces @ $50.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-63317220717225615662014-07-31T00:37:51.339-04:002014-07-31T00:37:51.339-04:00Hi Miz! I love your site! I check your posts on a ...Hi Miz! I love your site! I check your posts on a regular basis because you are the best out here. Thank you for your postings, we really appreciate it! You always give the fastest and the best detailed reviews of all the events taking place in NY! <br />I was at the BV SS Wednesday afternoon around 4:30 pm and was very disappointed to see what was left over for late comers. I absolutely love BV and I was hoping to score some items today. All I was able to get was a belt for $100.00. I thought that the belts were reasonably priced at $100.00 compared to their original regular price ($500.00+ in retail) selection was limited though. RTW was limited as well. All items were picked on and there was not much left on the racks for me to even try on. When I asked a sales lady about further reductions she said "no". My guess is that there will be some price reductions tomorrow; her answer was rather hesitant... <br />The most sought out items, handbags, were practically none existent. I saw 2 small bags on the table and they seemed pretty sad, picked on and almost broken., one of them couldn’t even open smoothly… later on a lady put back a turquoise croc tote back, priced at $3200.00. This one bag was the only decent handbag left to grab… I thought 3200.00 was a bit high for its condition. It was not broken but it looked tired and saggy. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331955872193893361.post-42450947145128538832014-07-30T23:42:38.820-04:002014-07-30T23:42:38.820-04:00Lol, I didn't think Alexandra's comment wa...Lol, I didn't think Alexandra's comment was racist at all. Anyone who goes to these sales knows that 80% of the people there are Asian and hoard a lot of the stuff. That's not racist, it's a fact. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com