Come sale away: Big designers, small prices

Sales make me crazy. If I enter a store and see a rack of clearance clothes, my palms get moist and I feel my heart go thump-thump. If a salesgirl should try to waylay me en route to the rack, I will hip-check her like a hockey player.

You get it, right?

The beauty of shopping online sales is that you needn't push or pounce. NeimanMarcus.com is currently holding a major sale and I scoured the e-racks for you. Here are the best three items on sale right now. Run, Forrest, run!

First, this gold brocade skirt from See by Chloe is the perfect dress-up piece to be paired with a fitted black turtleneck and tights or a white blouse. The box pleat and button with banded waist make for just the right amount of accent. This is a classic skirt that will never go out of style and works for any age -- add black tights if you're not loving your knees. Best of all, it's on sale for $120, reduced from $420.

These adorable ballerina flats by Tapeet in green satin make me giddy. The simple style compliments the look-at-me color. I see myself -- as Audrey Hepburn -- capering about in black capri pants and a black, short-sleeve turtleneck. At $81, down from $325, I could wear these out in one season and be satisfied.

Finally, this bag by Be&D piques my interest because of its rich, almond shade and the intricate gold hardware. It's like a hippie with a high-paying job -- bohemian and somehow, business-like at the same time. I also dig the long strap. There's craftsmanship here in the Irma handbag and the price of $313 (down from $895) makes it a great gift. When was the last time you saw a foxy, designer purse for less than a cool grand?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Photo credits: women fighting, Jupiter Images; all others, NeimanMarcus.com

Comments

[Susan]

$120 for a skirt and $313 for a purse?! The good news is you will *never* have to fight me over your choices in the "discount" racks!

[Vivian]

What has happened to the LA Times? While individuals have the right to blog all the junk they want, and this certainly belongs in the trash can, a venerable news source like the Times should adhere to higher standards. War? Racial tensions? Imperial presidency? Genocide in Africa? Gang problems? Runaway consumption? Nothing better to write about?

[Maryel]

Be frugal...shop at Goodwill and Salvation Army.

[Claudia]

I'd like to know why, when I click on a link supposedly to a blog about something meaningful, I'm taken to an article about Neiman Marcus and NO reference to the link I clicked on. I don't appreciate the waste of my time.

[Mary Petty]

The no money down was a ruse to get money out of the banks the employees fraudulently qualified house maids to buy half million dollar houses. The rich would buy homes for a small amount then resell them at exorbitant prices and put their profit in some off shore account. This will bankrupt the original lender, when the loan defaults. The money lost was the savings of the public. I’m old enough to remember the last mass robbery of the U S banking system. The irony is; the banks don't loose a dime it is just the depositors funds that are lost. so why should the lenders care. The employees were helping pull off this scam and what will they get, yep you are right, they will loose their jobs, because they were doing other’s dirty work. I noticed that one large lender recently sold their enormous portfolio to China, and now it is gong into the pits. And all of their employees are walking the streets looking for work. I’ll bet that China will have something to say about that. This could have been avoided if the lender’s employees would have just said
”I don’t care to”. They might have lost their job for a while, but the organization and the job would still be there. . Now the organization is gone and the possibility if its return is unlikely for many years, if at all.