The Choosy Beggar

Over the next few weeks, if you pass by the above Paragon window along Broadway just above Union Square, you’d be advised to keep walking. Weak deals. Weaker selection.

The Marmot outerwear at 40% is okay, but hardly the best the sportswear brand has to offer

The Prana gear is foul, and we wouldn’t consider it at 100% off

We love Canada Goose, but 10% off serious outerwear in mid-February is a joke

Paragon Sports – 867 Broadway between 17th & 18th – 212-255-8036 – Map

It’s gonna be a hot one in the old town, tonight… or 12 noon, when Band of Outsiders goes on sale at Gilt.com. HERE‘s your invite to the members-only shopping site.

Comfortable, masculine, military-inspired, street-inspired, mixed & matched, tailored American sportswear… Public School.

… a.k.a., 88-Keys, a.k.a., a True Obsessive.

We should have done this yesterday, but it’s still worth noting all the deals surrounding the IF Boutique sample sale, going on through Saturday. Just down the street on Grand, find 50% off all F/W gear at Hickey (even though they vowed to shut the sale down two weeks ago.) And just across the street from Hickey, find 50% “final reductions” on some very nice Ted Baker gear, including two- and three-piece suits. And, finally, just a few blocks north on Wooster between Spring & Prince, the Patagonia sale is a must.

… oh, and we almost forgot about Buckler at 75% off right across the street.

Hickey – 96 Grand St between Mercer & Greene – 212-219-0230 – Map
Ted Baker – 107 Grand St at Mercer – 212-343-8989 – Map
IF Boutique – 94 Grand St between Mercer & Greene – 212-334-4964 – 11am-7pm daily – Map
Patagonia – 101 Wooster St between Spring & Prince – 212-343-1776 – Map
Buckler – 93 Grand St between Greene & Mercer – 212-925-1711 – Map