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Decades Two Shoe Sale

I woke up bright and early today, for a Saturday at least, to make it to the Decades Two shoe sale. I arrived at the Melrose Avenue store at 8:45am and the line had already wrapped around the block on Harper Avenue. That meant about 150 people ahead of me. The doors opened on the dot at 9am but I didn’t get inside the store until around 9:45am due to store capacity limits.

I went straight to the shelf marked 5-5 1/2 which, as expected, had slim pickings. I didn’t see the reported new Manolos and Louboutins but there were several boxes of new shoes from Stella McCartney, Alaia, Givenchy, Balenciaga and more that I forget because none of them were in my size. My poor size five feet! If I recall correctly, there were a lot of size 9-10 shoes but don’t trust me on this because I was busy scoping out the deals for myself. Shoes on consignment were in the $90 and up range depending on the condition. Brand new shoes in boxes were around 60-70% off retail.
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