HOT HOT HOTTER than HOT - Saks 5th Avenue Sale

[OsSpengler]

Been craving that cashmere coat? How about something from the Michael Kors Winter 03 lineup?

Saksfifthavenue.com right now has having the sale of a lifetime. These make a great gift for yourself, the board of directors, or any corporate clients you may have. Best of all, they won't give your American Express a run for its money.

I picked up a:

• Camel Hair Zip Sweater by Michael Kors for only $559! The wife will love this.

• Canali Cashmere/Silk Sportcoat for $895, marked down from $1,195.00!

• John Varvatos "USA" Patch Jeans for only $129.90, marked down from $185.00! Varvatos NEVER goes on sale, this is amazing.

They also have numerous dress shirts if you're in the market, with prices starting at $62.50. We're talking about Italian craftsmanship, single needlepoint stitching, and Egyptian cotton.

Those shirts should go great with some of the ties on sale, especially the Ermenegildo Zegna Tire Stripe Tie for only $82.90!

Those of you familiar with Saks, Neimans, and Barneys will realize that these stores rarely have markdowns on in-season clothes. Get in on this before it's too late! This is an amazing sale.

 

[Buzzman151]

so nice yet i'm soo poor


nice find though

 

[rhacquer]

Yeah, but will it make my video card faster?

 

[50]

Wow you spend a lot of money on clothes huh? All of my stuff costs like at most 1/10 of those prices

 

[corey76]

Ah, $559 for a sweater, I bought a nice sweater at Foleys a Hilfiger (spelling?) for $30. What about your $560 sweater is better than my $30 sweater? No seriously, I'd like to know. Does the $560 sweater come with a heater inside? It should I found a jacket with a battery powered heater online for $99 (batteries not included). Come to think about it for the price of your $560 sweater I could buy a decent refurbished laptop and a sweater, throw the laptop under my sweater while on and have a nice heated sweater and laptop for the price of your $560 sweater. Or heck I could take that $560 pay a car payment, and still have enough left over for dinner, a nice sweater, and that heated jacket.

But yeah! What a great deal!

 

[sparkyclarky]

I suppose if you have that sort of disposable income then yes, this is a good deal. But even if I would become wealthy some day (unlikely given my current career plans, but you never know) I would still have a hard time spending $600 on a sweater. A suit is a far different matter, but a sweater? That's an awful lot of money for a piece of clothing that you're unlikely to use every day. And the ability to significantly discount the prices on these items tells me one thing - that they're grossly overpriced to begin with. Artificially creating an air of 'eliteness' about a product doesn't sit well with me. If a product is truly hand crafted and assembled out of rare materials (I suppose I'll give the sweater that) it should cost accordingly. But if it easily could be mass produced, I don't want to spend a small fortune on it.

 

[OsSpengler]

Ok, to fend off the critics:

First: you can't put a price on quality. Much of the "inexpensive" clothing on the market (Gap, Polo etc.) is made in south-east Asian sweatshops by child labor. These clothes are completely machine made; of poor fabric; and of inferior construction. They are made for an American market, meaning they are generally two sizes too large, and they have the fit of a paper-bag.

Contrast that with an Italian-made Brioni shirt: hand-sewn, single needlepoint stitching, soft luxurious fabrics, mother-of-pearl buttons, and a form-fitting shape.

Second: price is all relative. I'm amazed that you find these prices so excessive: I have a colleague who spends upwards of $8,000 on bespoke (custom-made) Kiton suits. That I find a tad excessive.

Third: I probably have a NYC-centric view of the fashion world. But so it goes.

edit: Fourth: yes, I agree with the above poster that you're paying for an "eliteness" to an extent. But that is fashion. I'm willing to pay a bit more to wear the cutting edge in the sartorial world. There is an element of exclusivity to fashion; after all, it's not fashionable if everyone else in the world is wearing it. For example, a Gucci sweater may cost $1,800 at the flagship NYC store. This sweater perhaps cost them $50 to make. However, you're buying a position as one of the most fashion-conscious people in the world. Now, I don't buy Gucci because I think it's a rip off, and I think it means "fashion-victim" personified. But brands like Canali, Brioni, Kiton, etc.--all of these brands justify their prices with the quality of their craftsmanship.

Maybe these rules don't apply online, but you're often what you wear.

 

[Goopster]

Thanks for this great great deal. I will drop by on my way home. Do they have a helipad by anychance to park my Helicopter. $559.00 for a camel hair sweater sounds cheap.

 

[50]

Originally posted by: OsSpengler
Ok, to fend off the critics:

First: you can't put a price on quality. Much of the "inexpensive" clothing on the market (Gap, Polo etc.) is made in south-east Asian sweatshops by child labor. These clothes are completely machine made; of poor fabric; and of inferior construction. They are made for an American market, meaning they are generally two sizes too large, and they have the fit of a paper-bag.

Contrast that with an Italian-made Brioni shirt: hand-sewn, single needlepoint stitching, soft luxurious fabrics, mother-of-pearl buttons, and a form-fitting shape.

Second: price is all relative. I'm amazed that you find these prices so excessive: I have a colleague who spends upwards of $8,000 on bespoke (custom-made) Kiton suits. That I find a tad excessive.

Third: I probably have a NYC-centric view of the fashion world. But so it goes.

Maybe these rules don't apply online, but you're often what you wear.

It's people like you who make me sick

 

[WileCoyote]

Wow I'm amazed they actually have this stuff on sale... good find. I jokingly asked the salesman at Neiman Marcus if the Louis Vuitton handbag ($875) I bought for my girlfriend for Christmas ever goes on sale and he looked at me like I was retarded. This kind of stuff is expensive and never goes on sale - once again, thx for the deal.

 

[LordSnailz]

Originally posted by: corey76
Ah, $559 for a sweater, I bought a nice sweater at Foleys a Hilfiger (spelling?) for $30. What about your $560 sweater is better than my $30 sweater? No seriously, I'd like to know. Does the $560 sweater come with a heater inside? It should I found a jacket with a battery powered heater online for $99 (batteries not included). Come to think about it for the price of your $560 sweater I could buy a decent refurbished laptop and a sweater, throw the laptop under my sweater while on and have a nice heated sweater and laptop for the price of your $560 sweater. Or heck I could take that $560 pay a car payment, and still have enough left over for dinner, a nice sweater, and that heated jacket.

But yeah! What a great deal!

no one said that the high price was because it can keep you warmer than your tommy hilfiger sweater? the price is for the brand ..

 

[Kipper]

Thanks...

 

[corey76]

Give me $560 and I'll hand sew you 10 sweaters with the finest cashmere sold. Cause to be honest a sweater is about the easiest thing to sew, and the finest cashmere is only around $20 a sqare yard. A woman's sweater can be easily sewn from 1 yard of fabric, again I don't see how this is a good deal regardless of the materials or the craftmanship.

 

[corey76]

Oh the price is for the brand!!!

Oh that makes sense!

 

[GreenGhost]

Funny, so far. Please continue.

 

[1Cheap2Crazy]

I thought stores had sales because the merchandise isn't moving.
And your friend that pays $8,000 for a suit hopefully pays at least $15,000/month for his mortgage. And if you can afford that please go find a "Bling, Bling" forum.

 

[GreenGhost]

Sure. And we love Hot Deals just for the pleasure of the hunt.

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: 50
It's people like you who make me sick

I'm sure you cause the same reaction for many, while you're bebopping down the street with a gangsta limp in your XXL $30 red/white/blue Hilfiger sweater.

 

[OsSpengler]

I'm not sure how much emphasis should be placed on the brand. Those of you who actually looked at these products instead of impugning them for their price would notice that they are WITHOUT branding.

Unlike Tommy, Polo, etc., which make of the wearer a billboard, the more expensive the product, the more logo-free it is.

There's a certain understated elegance to wearing finely-tailored clothing. This exquisite projection would surely be ruined by conspicuous branding.

And please, consider the maxim of Each to his own. Just as you may impugn fine clothing, many people would consider it ludicrous to spend upwards of $400 for a videocard. At least in this case you're paying for fine craftsmanship.

I think the only thing Saks is lacking is a flame-proof suit for the AT forums!

 

[Ruhnie]

It's all about the price point of diminishing returns. The only argument towards these "fine clothing" that justifies the price is that it is a status symbol, plain and simple. There can be no real logical reason for spending that much on clothing. And surely you didn't expect to find alot of people in this forum who would shop there. We are generally techies who are looking for good deals, not overpriced stuff that's still a rip-off when it's marked down. This has gotta be the funniest thread I've ever read here!

 

[rwbelke]

Nice deal. I just ordered 2 of them, one for me and one for my boss.

 

[corey76]

Ok just for giggles I decided to take a look at this sweater for $560, I thought to myself, self don't you wanna know what a $560 sweater looks like? So I clicked that link, and it turns out it looks almost exactly like this sweater here http://www.gap.com/asp/Product.asp?wdid=103510&wpid=215376 this isn't made from the fabulous camel hair, but it is wool and it looks almost exactly like the $560 sweater in question. So much for fashion! Yes I know that the gap sweater was probably made in a sweat shop, but that just seems fitting for a sweater. Funny the gap sweater is even available in the same sizes, so much for that fashion perfect fit! Oh wow the gap sweater comes in 3 colors too!! All for just $29.00..................

Now about that quality thing, lets say that the Gap sweater is pure dung, which lord knows it may very well be, but even so I'd be willing to be it last through 30 days of usage and 10 washes. That's generally how many times max I'll wear a particular sweater in one winter season. So I think it's safe to assume that said sweater will last 1 winter. So for the price of the $560 sweater I can buy nearly 19 gap sweaters and have some in different color choices. What if I only bought 10 gap sweaters? Well that would leave me plenty of money for that vaccuum clothes sealer that extends the life of your seasonal clothing 5 fold! Uh oh, now I have 10 sweaters in mulitple colors plus a vacuum clothes sealer that will preserve my clothing 5 times longer all for less than your one sweater that may last you 5 years. Lets see lifetime assortment of sweaters or 1 sweater? You make the call.

 

[pprior]

Don't diss the deal with politics please!

(Me, I buy my clothes at the eddie Bauer outlet, and rarely pay more than $10 for any one piece of clothing. I'm clean, neatly dressed, and I spend money on other things. I can afford to buy these clothes, I personally just find it a bit silly, but that's my personal opinion.)

But if someone wants to pay big money on these clothes and this sale saves them some bucks, then just click on past without dissing the deal!

IOW, no thread crapping.

 

[corey76]

Originally posted by: VaG

Originally posted by: 50
It's people like you who make me sick

I'm sure you cause the same reaction for many, while you're bebopping down the street with a gangsta limp in your XXL $30 red/white/blue Hilfiger sweater.

Why would anyone get sick over what someone else is wearing? Especially someone they don't personally know? I find the notion of caring what a complete stranger is wearing to be ludricous if not downright bigotry. Please take your bigotry to another forum, I don't think it's welcome here.

 

[ovenmitt]

My mother (who overspends) often buys me nicer clothes for xmas than I would buy. Like a $150 sweater instead of the $30 I usually spend. And I can tell the difference...nice feel, good lines, fits really well. Similar to how you can sometimes tell the difference between a cheapo suit & a well-made one. I don't know about you, but I think I look better in nice clothes than in crap ones. That still doesn't mean I'm not too cheap to buy anything nice, ofc.

I'm sure that there are some people who would look at the $$ we spend on our computers & say "hey I can send email & surf the web just like you, and I only spent half what you did."

Let's all try to get along in this holiday season. I'll admit that a $500 sweater sale probably doesn't apply to 99% of the people here (including myself), but for the few who put their cash towards high-end sweaters, I guess this is a good deal.

And I enjoy the flamebaiting that I'm guessing this post was.