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For the next “few weeks,” Odin‘s hosting another clearance sale at Den, featuring labels like You Must Create, Trovata and Comme. Here’s what the event looked like last time around.

Monday through next Sunday, 5/17, Fred Perry‘s hosting a sample sale featuring clothing, accessories, and shoes, along with the Fred Perry by Raf Simons line. What we found at Perry’s last sample sale might give you a good idea of what to expect. Cash only.

Fred Perry Sale – 547 W 27th St between 10th & 11th – 3rd fl – 212-736-3030 – Mon-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat-Sun 12pm-5pm – Map

Our favorite bits from WSJ. magazine’s look at the state of luxury retail (featuring our favorite sample sale site, Gilt.com, which is apparently about to launch a new site “focusing on shoppers who spend $75 to $300 per item.”) :

• “The flight to quality that so many luxury-goods experts confidently predicted at the start of the global meltdown has not materialized.”
• “Shoppers now view 70 percent off as a great sale, versus the 40-to-50-percent discounts of the past.”
• “Despite the fact that traditional brick-and-mortar retailing is taking a beating, the concept might not be dead–although the idea of paying full price could well be.”
• What next for retail? “Designer shopping online, discounted online luxury sample sales and discount designer malls.”
• “The (fashion) industry could be forced to become much less trend-driven.”
• “Analysts see one irrefutable trend emerging: The notion of luxury has been eroded.”
• The story even predicts the emergence of an “Amazon.com of fashion.”

Through Thursday, get to Diesel HQ for 50% off Dsquared2 and Martin Margiela. Prices are as follows:

• Jackets: $200 to $800
• Pants: $100 to $300
• Shirts: $100 to $200

**Update: For the last day of the sale, a tipster brings word that all prices have dropped an additional 30%**

Diesel HQ – 220 W 19th St between 7th & 8th – 11 fl – 10am-7pm daily – 646-613-8457 – Map