February 20, 2011
Spring Forward with Housing Works' Preview Sales: February 26-March 22
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 3 MIN.
NEW YORK (NY) - Last autumn, fashion designers contributed more than a million dollars' worth of brand-new merchandise to Housing Works for the annual Fashion for Action Gala Benefit - and the clothes were flying off the racks in one of the more phenomenal sales of the year. Now it's time for Spring Forward: Housing Works' semi-annual Spring Preview sales.
Housing Works has re-stocked their shops with top-quality spring merchandise for a fraction of the retail price. So go ahead - Spring Forward with fashion, furniture, and artwork finds at the Housing Works semi-annual Spring Preview sales event
All Housing Works Thrift Shops profits benefit their lifesaving services, such as housing, meals, and medical care, for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.
Founded in 1990, Housing Works is New York City's largest community-based nonprofit AIDS organization.
This year, you can enjoy eleven preview sales including their newest shop on the Upper West Side, West End.
Plus, their online preview at Shophousingworks.com offers an additional chance to save right from your computer!
Spring 2011 featured goodies include:
Marni sandals : Retail: $800 HW: $200
Miu Miu wedges : Retail: $520 HW: $100
Marc Jacobs bag : Retail: $1100 HW: $225
Anya Hindmarch bag : Retail: $445 HW: $175
Burberry trench : Retail: $1200 HW: $150
Vivienne Tam Dress: Retail: $350 HW: $125
Asian Chest of Drawers One of a Kind HW: $500
COST OF ENTRY: Entry to each sale is $10 at the door; however, entry to all sales is free for Housing Works members. Join today, or become a member at a Housing Works Thrift Shop location the same day on which that location is holding a preview and still get in free!
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WHEN AND WHERE:
Soho, 130 Crosby St.
Saturday, February 26, 5pm to 8pm
Upper East, 202 East 77th St.
Tuesday, March 1, 5pm to 8pm
Chelsea, 143 West 17th St.
Thursday, March 3, 5pm to 8pm
Yorkville, 1730 2nd Ave.
Saturday, March 5, 10am to 6pm
Tribeca, 119 Chambers St.
Tuesday, March 8, 5pm to 8pm
Upper West, 306 Columbus Ave.
Thursday, March 10, 5pm to 8pm
West Village, 245 West 10th St.
Saturday, March 12, 10am to 6pm
Hell's Kitchen, 730-732 9th ave.
Tuesday, March 15, 5-8pm
Shophousingworks.com Online Preview
Thursday, March 17, NOON
Gramercy, Thursday, 157 East 23rd St.
Thursday, March 17, 5pm to 8pm
Brooklyn, 122 Montague St.
Saturday, March 19, 10am to 7pm
West End, 2569 Broadway
Tuesday, March 22, 5pm to 8pm
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LINK: Housing Works Annual Spring Preview Sales
Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
