LF Semi-Annual sale this weekend
This is a view of the Soho store on Spring St. There is also one on 5th Ave. (between 19th and 20th) as well as stores in Southampton, White Plains, Greenwich, Westport, Boston, Miami, LA (where they originated so there are 5 of them), Santa Barbara, SF, and Dallas.
It’s one of my favorite stores, because there is such an eclectic mix of clothes, shoes, and accessories that you can find, but it is overpriced most of the year. In August and February each year, they hold a big sale where everything is 60% off. On Monday, I received an invitation to their private sale on Friday. How this works is that the customers who have spent the most money at LF since the previous sale are invited to shop Thursday evening. Then tomorrow, the stores will remain closed to the public and will let the next group of best customers in starting in the morning, and then they will close between 1-2pm to put things in order. At 2pm, they will invite the last group of select customers to shop. During the private sale, everyone receives an additional 10% off on top of the 60% off.
On Saturday, the 60% off sale will open to the public, and it will be madness. Go in the morning when the stores open, and try to go in with an idea of what you want to buy if you’ve shopped recently or if you’ve checked out their lookbook on their website (LF Stores). After a few weeks, they will begin to mark down items significantly, such as tops, jeans, and dresses (woven tops: $24, jeans: $28, dresses $24). Then shoe prices will drop to about $24 and boot prices to about $34. Stores will continue the sale through March; they will get Spring merchandise in sometime mid-March, but there will be a section of the store with leftover sale items, and they usually finish up at the end of March when any leftovers are sent to the warehouse in LA, which will hold a big 2-day warehouse sale at the beginning of summer.
