Thursday through Sunday, 10/15-10/18, Saks is hosting its early season friends & family sale, which means 25% off most stock. Online, you’ll need to use promotional codes FRIENDS2 or FRIENDS3. In store, just utter the words “friends & family.” Saks Fifth Avenue – 12 E 49th St at 5th – 212-644-1704 – Map

Through Friday, 10/16, get steep discounts on the official uniform of NBA coaches everywhere, Joseph Abboud. We’re talking single suits for $300; three suits for $750; jackets for $175-$300; shirts, pants, ties… Everything except for that championship ring. Joseph Abboud Sample Sale – Soiffer Haskin – 317 W 33rd between 8th & 9th – Tues-Thurs… Read more »

Beginning Monday, get to Yoox.com for one of its “super sales” featuring up to 90% off tons of designer gear. Update: If you had trouble accessing the sale, you weren’t the only one. For whatever reason, readers appear to be having better luck using their iPhones. For the record, we at The Beggar remain less… Read more »

Secret Forts presented by ACL X Cole, Rood & Haan Co. from Michael Williams on Vimeo. We’re happy to report that ACL has gotten into the movie making business with a series of shorts featuring various forms of stylish goodness. First under the spotlight is Secret Forts blogger and aspiring shop owner James Wilson, who… Read more »

Blogger and Style Forum senior member Deveandepot1 has assembled a great list of discount shopping tips, some of which even we’ve never heard. Here’s a sampling: • Check a store’s dressing room racks, stocked with preselected items.• Small- and medium-sized guys shouldn’t hesitate to inspect kids’ sections.• Fossill stores are filled with amazing deals.• If… Read more »