CEGO Sample Sale

— Tue, 18th May 2010 —

Wednesday and Thursday, 5/19-/5/20, CEGO — maker of what New York Mag called the “best-value custom shirts possible” — is hosting a sample sale featuring shirts, ties, pocket squares, boxers shorts, cuff links, … all at wholesale prices and below.  The deals start at $10.

CEGO Sample Sale – 225 W 35th St btwn 7th & 8th – 10th fl -212-620-4512 / 212-594-0344 – Wed 11am-8pm, Thurs 11am-6pm – Map

Beggar Invitational

— Tue, 18th May 2010 —

Billy Kirk Sample Sale & Bag Givaway

— Mon, 17th May 2010 —

Exciting stuff. Thursday through Saturday, 5/20-5/22, Timothy Heenan Showroom is hosting a sample sale featuring various offerings from Billy Kirk, Chronicles of Never, and Comune.

See Inside The Sale Here

Also, Billy Kirk has graciously offered to give away an olive waxed-cotton & tan leather flight bag (pictured) to one lucky sale visitor.  Like all Kirk products, this bag is a workhorse, and will only acquire more beauty and character with years of wear. Retail price: $300.

To win the bag, simply follow The Beggar on Twitter, and tweet the following message: Enter to win a Billy Kirk flight bag by following @TheChoosyBeggar and RT’ing this message by May 19 http://bit.ly/daNmLP

We’ll randomly choose a winner on May 20.

Timothy Heenan Showroom Sample Sale – 311 Church St btwn Walker & Lispinard – #2A – 646-329-5908 – Thurs-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm – Map

Alert: Steven Alan Online Sample Sale

— Mon, 17th May 2010 —

While you still need a big city zip code to experience the awesome physicality of sample sales, the Web has made their prices — what everyone really cares about — accessible to all. Indeed, StevenAlan.com is hosting a spring sample sale, today and tomorrow, 5/17-5/18, featuring $68 reverse-seam long-sleeve shirts, $54 short-sleeve shirts, $99 navel pants, etc.

For New Yorkers (in the corporeal, geographical sense), Steven Alan’s semiannual sample sale kicks off Thursday, 5/20, at 8am — More details to come…