The Choosy Beggar

Want a head start on the mobs sure to swarm Hermès‘ semiannual sample sale later this month? Madison Avenue Spy confirms that all sales stock — at up to 65% off — has been brought to the retailer’s Wall Street stronghold. (Not the Men’s Store, mind you.) Next stop for this stuff is the Metropolitan Pavilion, where it will be made available to press and VIPs on 3/23, and everyone else on 3/24.

Update: Readers are having varying degrees of success at getting store clerks to cough up the sale stock. Consider yourself warned.

Hermès Wall Street – 15 Broad St btwn Wall St & Exchange Pl – 212-785-3030 – Map

Mark your calendars and set your alarms. The Shophound sends word that Uniqlo‘s second and final shipment of +J menswear will go on sale at *8:00 a.m.* Thursday morning, 3/4. If you’re still not familiar, +J is designed by Jil Sander for Uniqlo, and is regarded by many as the most successful collaboration ever between the purveyors of high- and fast-fashion (if you define success as clothes stripped of their high cost, but not their integrity, with regard to quality or vision).

Price list:

• Outerwear: $50 – $150
• Shirts: $40
• Pants: $40-60
• “Cut and sewn”: $10-$50
• Knitwear: $30-$130

Uniqlo – 546 Broadway between Prince & Spring – 917-237-8800 – Map

Sometimes the Web really, really comes through. We’re talkin’ about genuine article Harris Tweed ties for $30 a pop — including shipping and handling costs — directly from the makers themselves. $30! Guys pay upwards of $200 for these things! With deals like these, who needs tax refunds? [Sartorially Inclined]

• Beyond The Rack – Welder watches
• Editors’ Closet – X
• Gilt Man – Band of Outsiders (pictured), Ann Demeulemeester, Ever, Burberry Prorsum, What Goes Around, Puma Black
• Haute Look – X
• Ideeli – X
• Reverse (pass: Reverse) – X
• Row Nine – John Varvatos sunglasses
• Rue La La – Rogan
• The Top Secret – X

We can’t exactly recommend either’s offerings, but you might consider two adjacent store closings — Mardana and Giraudon — just around the corner from Barneys Warehouse Sale.

Mardana – 152 8th Ave btwn 17th & 18th – 212-620-8108 – Map
Giraudon – 152 8th Ave btwn 17th & 18th – 212-633-0999 – ‎Map