Archive for August, 2011

/ August 30, 2011 4:47 pm

The London Accessory Sale – Up to 80% off YSL, Dior, Vivienne Westwood & More

The Music Rooms in Mayfair will be holding another sample sale in the coming weeks, this time from the lovely people at The London Accessory Sale. On the 9th and 10th of September, The London Accessory Sale will be launching its new sales event, ‘London Designer Sale Ltd‘. Join the mailing list to get a members pass for the first [...]

/ August 25, 2011 2:28 pm

Sample Sales Tips

The NY Times recently published a short guide to sample sales, and the rules you should follow to make sure its a good one! Everyone knows sample sales can be a bit crazy so read the article, and follow the rules (especially rules 1-3). Read more for commentary and advice on my personal experiences of sample sales!

/ August 23, 2011 3:30 pm

90% off Vivienne Westwood, Luella, Burberry at Sample Hunters Designer Sale

A week and bit after The Boutique Sale finishes at The Old Truman Brewery, another amazing sample sale pops up. This time around the guys at Sample Hunters will be taking over the space with rails full of items up to 90% off from the likes of Vivienne Westwood, French Connection, Joseph, Burberry and many  more. The entrance fee is [...]

/ August 22, 2011 4:05 pm

90% off Marc by Marc Jacobs, Acne, McQ at Boutique Sale Pop-up Store

Boutique Sale, the quarterly pop up sale store, is back once again for 5 days only at The Truman Brewery! With rails of designer items up to 90% off from the likes of Marc by Marc Jacobs, Acne, 3.1 Philip Lim, Jeffrey Monteiro, Antipodium, as well as shoes and accessories, this is one sale you really shouldn’t miss out on. The [...]

/ August 22, 2011 9:08 am

Store Focus: Blitz – London’s First Vintage Department Store

Blitz - London’s first ever vintage department store – recently opened its doors to the public in the East End.  We went to visit the store just before it opened for business to check out this amazing space. Situated just off Brick Lane on Hanbury Street;  an area known worldwide to be full of vintage stores and stalls, you will be silly to [...]

/ August 10, 2011 10:54 am

Original Penguin Sample Sale

With all this London Riot chaos happening at the moment, especially in our local area and by our workplace, it makes its really difficult to not be caught up in everything and forget about normality. But, as Londoners we must remember to stand up against a small minority of people causing this mayhem, and refrain from letting it affect our [...]

/ August 8, 2011 4:31 pm

Flash Sample Sale – Commercial Street

We do love finding a good ol’ sample sale at Geocast HQ, and we love sharing it with you more! There is a designer secret summer sale happening on Commercial street up until the 14th August. Brands included in the sale are Acne, McQ by McQueen, See by Chloe, 3.1 by Phillip Lim, Burberry, Halston Heritage, Vivienne Westwood and DKNY. [...]

/ August 8, 2011 1:29 pm

Shoparazzi App Update Version 1.1

SHOPARAZZI version 1.1 is now live! We just released the newest version of SHOPARAZZI.  Version 1.1 contains lots of improvements:  Much more stable (fewer crashes) A new category displayed on the app for sample sales.  People seem to love these so our editors are finding lots of them and putting them on the app for you! Displays a multi-icon for [...]

/ August 4, 2011 10:34 am

Paper Dress Collection Catwalk Launch Party

Our favourite neighbouring vintage store, Paper Dress Vintage, are hosting a launch party tonight to showcase their Paper Dress Collection tonight! Check out the collection here, we are loving Grace, the 40′s Jacket. The event will be taking place in store from 7pm – 11.30pm on Curtain Road. You can find directions to the store through our Shoparazzi app, download the free [...]

/ August 2, 2011 10:29 am

Shoparazzi Twitter Competition Time

To mark the launch of the Shoparazzi app (and because we are so lovely), we are going to run a series of competitions for you to win vouchers from various retail stores! Yes, all for you you lucky bunch. It will be dead easy to enter and will be through our Twitter and Facebook pages. We were thinking Topshop, Urban [...]

/ August 1, 2011 3:18 pm

Store Focus: Topshop Clearance Store

To be honest, I almost forgot this store even existed until Abi mentioned it the other day. It is in the middle of no where – unless you live close to north west London – and it is a small store in a shopping centre nobody has ever heard of: The Broadwalk Centre anyone? But this is what makes the [...]