Cheap Gear Rundown
Pistolier Gear: Barking Irons Sale & Party
6-9pm tonight at 161 Bowery 4th Fl, near Broome
Up to 60% off Barking's gangs-of-New York-inspired thermals, tees, hoodies, and polos, plus 25% off new fall gear and rings/bracelets/pendants. Party-wise, there's free dark & stormies and music from "an old-timey band" (Jefferson Stagecoach?).
Check out the gear at BarkingIrons.com
Dastardly Gear: Nicholas K
Thru Sun at 27 W 27th St, near Broadway
60-70% off slim cut denim, hoodies, bombers, and shirts from Nicholas K. All the gear is vaguely menacing, perfect to offset your hand-clapping glee at finding such a great sample sale.
Peep the flier
Masterless Gear: Rogan Sample Sale
Thru Mon at 91 Franklin St, at Church
Up to 80% off sweaters, tees, and slacks from Ronan Gregory's almost-eponymous line ("Ronan" would've flooded the store with samurai incensed at not finding the latest in metal tennis skirts).
Check out the gear at RoganNYC.com
Dirty Gear: Slate NYC Holiday Special
Deal valid thru December
Sign up for one of this launderer's monthly packages, and they'll give one of your ranker friends a free month of clean clothes and dry cleaning -- the sartorial equivalent of gifting $199-$489 worth of breath mints.
Info/Sign-up at SlateNYC.com
Not Generic Gear: Generra Sample Sale
Dec 5-7 and 10-14 at 275 W 39th St 5th Fl, between 7th and 8th
50-70% off black cashmere zip front hoodies, French-terry sweatshirts, cotton tees, and outerwear from Generra, the company that pioneered Hypercolor (the new stuff also changes color, when splashed with ram's blood).
More info on the flier
Plus-Size Crotch Gear: James Jeans
Tue-Fri at 500 Greenwich St #202, near Canal
Around $100 off James Jeans, which are dry-aged in the Mojave Desert and boast two extra inches of denim in the crotch -- ostensibly to prevent bunching, though everyone knows your FUPA's as big as a sand dune.
More info on the flier
Charity Gear: Needs for Sale
Ongoing at NeedsForSale.com
The charitably focused offshoot of WantsForSale, Need's artists create paintings of necessary goods (kitchen sink, winter coat, can-o-beans, etc) and sell them at the cost of the physical object, with 100% of the proceeds going to non-profits. Plans for a painting called "Bottled Water" were scuttled when Nino cut the bottom out of the market.
Buy paintings at NeedsForSale.com
