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Sample Sale Advice/Etiquette

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    MissJulya    10/18/08 Glen Sanders Mansion   Northern New Jersey

    Klenfeld is having a sample sale Tuesday, February 5. I've never been to one and I don't know what to expect. Has anyone been before? When do I show up (doors open at 3, do I get there really early or kinda early?). Is it like the running of the brides or is it more civilized? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

     
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    lina624    08.16.08  

    I've only been to one sample sale and it was by appointment only.

     
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    MissJulya    10/18/08 Glen Sanders Mansion   Northern New Jersey

    The advertisement says no appointment necessary - first come, first served.

     
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    erika426    4/26/08   New Jersey

    I went to that a year ago...

    My mom got there at 5 and was like the 20th person on line...I go there at 5:30 and we were ready to go in. We got assigned a consultant and a dressing room - (Some had to share) she told to go out to the floor where they had about 15 racks of dress the lenght of the floor and it was sorted by price..we picked 5 dresses and went into the dressing room..

    I bought the 5th dress I tried on and tried on 2 more and that was that...

    I paid by credit card and brought my dress hom that day...I think my dress was a total of 60% off the original price.

    Most of the dresses were a size 10 or a street size 6 so I only need mine hemmed...some of the dresses would need a lot of fixing..

     Good Luck! I thought it was worth it...They had so many dresses that I drooled over online and in magazines..

     Oh my dress was Alvina Valenta and I got it for $1300..

     
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    MissBlueBear    March 2008   New York

    If i remember correctly, they give you a number at the door and allot about 15 brides to be in at a time...assign you a attendant that pulls the dresses aside for you and when you're ready to try on they help you with that to.  I don't think there was a time limit.  I do recall them quoting me alterations to be in the $300 range...so that was quite a shocker to me.  They do have a lot of very nice dresses and I unfortunately discovered I was a Size12 (in wedding gowns) at the sale and they only had about a rack of dresses in my size for me to try on...but if you are a size 10 (in wedding gowns) and under, it's definitely worth venturing to!  They also have veils and shoes, and hair accessories available for purchase during their sample sale too.

     
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    nyckim      

    I was thinking of attending this sale as well- I'm a street size 8- I have no idea what 'wedding dress size' that would be.  Is it worth the trip?

     

     

     
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    MissJulya    10/18/08 Glen Sanders Mansion   Northern New Jersey

    I'm a street size 8/10 and have been fitting into 10's and 12's. It depends on the designer.

     
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    JCM9608    September 6, 2008  

    If you are a street size 8 it is worth going to take a poke around.

    Being there 30-40 minutes earlier still wasn't good enough when I went to one. There's a bouncer that lets people in as one comes out. You dress out in the open in front of everyone (so dress accordingly). There are people to answer questions but at the one I went to they didn't assign you anyone or have someone help you get in and out of them. They are there to move dresses around, though, and to put them back.

     

     

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