Barneys New York Warehouse Sale Los Angeles August 7-17, 2008
The Barneys Warehouse Sale in Los Angeles begins on Thursday, August 7 and will run through Sunday, August 17 and will be held at its regular digs at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. I just got my postcard in the mail yesterday and did a crappy job of taking a photo of it (I couldn’t use my scanner).
Some naysayers may say “Why go to the warehouse sale when you can go to Barneys and find the same stuff at the same prices, have real dressing rooms and attentive staff”? This is true to a point. If you check out the sales page at Barneys.com, those are the items and prices that you’ll find at the sale. But, since the warehouse sale stock is consolidated from all Barneys New York and Barneys Coop stores and brought to Los Angeles and New York for the warehouse sale, there will be more sizes and selection to choose from. And as the warehouse sale progresses, the discounts get better.
At the last sale, I got this black Giorgio Armani jacket for $125. It was part of suit that originally retailed for $2895. It was marked down to $1159, then $500 because the matching trousers were missing. The jacket was an “as is” blue tagged item that was marked an additional 75% off. There was nothing wrong with the jacket. Only the pants were missing. And it fits me perfectly! I also got Louboutins and Lanvin ballet flats at 80% off or roughly $100+ each. There were also tons of gorgeous Lanvin dresses at 90% off. Of course, I got these towards the end of the sale so most likely, I won’t be going until the last three days of the sale. Who’s going?
Details on the sale in Los Angeles after the jump. New York dates are from August 14-September 1.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Hi,
You mentioned that the discounts get better as the sale goes on. Do you have a suggestion on the best day to go?
Thanks!
Michelle
August 4th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Do the discounts get better with each day? so if I go fri instead of thurs. would the discount be larger, or do u mean only the last two or three days, the discount gets better?
August 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
hi michelle – my suggestion is to go on the first few days of the sale for better selection (although they say the restock throughout the sale) and the last few days for better prices. in my experience, prices were discounted an additional 40%-50% the day before the sale ended.
chris – i’ve only been to the warehouse sale 3x and i believe the discounts are slashed on the last few days only, though i’m not 100% sure when the further discounts start. friday would be a good bet. i’m going on saturday (8/16).
August 7th, 2008 at 6:22 am
The prices only get reduced in the final three days. The date is not consistently set. Sometimes it’s the last two days…to be sure I would suggest going on the second to last or the last day of the sale. One year they abandoned the practice and prices were the same even on the final day. However, I think they learned a lesson and had a lot of remaining merchandise that they had to re-pack and move again so the next sale saw a return to the final stretch discount.
August 7th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Do you guys know if they accept Barneys gift cards at the sale?
August 7th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Thanks Lisa! I agree about going on the 2nd to the last day of the sale.
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