You can shop Friday through Sunday, from noon to 7pm daily at:

35 Grand Street, between Wythe St and Kent Ave.

If you have no idea where this is, call them at 347.381.3193 for help.

The clothes and accessories will be up to 70% off, and they're accepting all major credit cards.

Now whether it's acceptable to go to your fifth sale this month alone is another question.

This really isn't how you sell clothes...

Yigal Azrouel's bi-annual sample sale starts this Wednesday.

You can get -

1. Up to 80% off on current merchandise

2. Gowns for $400 or under (usually around $2,000 or under)

Also,

3. In honor of the brand's tenth anniversary, they're offering one-of-a-kind samples from the Yigal archives

Pertinent information:

Wednesday and Thursday, 9am to 7pm. Friday, 9am to 3pm; at the Yigal Azrouel showroom, 225 West 39th St, 7th floor, 212.302.1194, cash and credit.

We suggest browsing in advance, because it's just going to be that kind of day.

We each went with one specific item in mind but walked away with three or four. Among the racks of surprisingly very cute, organic cotton clothes we learned the following:

1. The Voguettes aren't interested in Target clothes - even if they're in Barneys - and instead headed straight for the surrounding racks of Philip Lim and Mayle.

2. Jessica Szohr, aka Vanessa, is not only a huge fan of Rogan - she walked away with armfuls of tops and brightly colored swimsuits - but also the most beautiful Gossip Girl cast member we've seen in person. (Actually, we've met everyone but Leighton and yes Jessica even beats Chuck and this is huge for us).

3. We own something from every single Go International collection and Rogan's is far and away the best quality. Whether it's because the fabric's organic or because it was literally two years in the making, we're not sure, but we do know it managed to hold it's own among the regular Rogan clothes and every other lust worthy piece of clothing on the 7th floor.

4. When Rogan says eco-friendly, he means eco-friendly - all purchases were packaged in the organic cotton tote to the left.

5. While shopping, we got a message from a tipster that he overheard a girl at the register say, "My ass cheeks are totally going to falling out the bottom of these but, whatever, I'm not going to wear them to work" - she was buying the leopard print shorts.

And that's how you know just how awesome the clothes are.

The line launches for the public today - so get up there!

There's a Derek Lam sample sale today, at 601 W. 26th St (the Chelsea Art Galleries) on the 17th floor.

But we kind of wish she'd e-mailed us about it yesterday, since she added that that's when she saw "the lovely Caroline Trentini browsing the clothes."

Sigh.

Exactly what Gossip Girl wouldn't do.

But thank you for the info anyway! Maybe we'll sneak over on our way to Barneys later...

We found this Chihuly-like ring at Papabubble, a teeny-tiny candy store on the edge of Little Italy.

The artsy lollipops drew us in - but once inside we couldn't take our eyes off the two girls rolling the hot candy into long tubes before slicing them into miniature bites.

Aside from old fashioned candy rectangles, they make the most colorful, yes, delicious, looking rings you've ever seen. We're not sure how to wear it - a napkin would be necessary - but we think it'd make the perfect BBQ accessory.

Watch out Ring Pop, you've got some stylish competition.

Thanks to some people diligently documenting her choice of footwear for her recent public appearances, Selfridges is happy to report a 35% rise in sales of sky-high heels since Gwyneth's made walking in 7-inch platforms look like a daily treat.

Particularly popular have been the Alexander McQueens, at left.

We think the higher-the-better look has been happening for a while (New York's Fashion Week saw many girls in super minis and super heels teetering between shows, trying to act like the pain's fun, not foul) but we're just kind of happy and tickled that everybody's partaking in the look.

Next stop: Platforms and super wide trousers. It's like Supersize Me but for fashion, right?

The beloved annual spread is half swimsuit catalogue for women, half eye candy for men. (Yes, apparently over 28 million women read "the Academy Awards" of swim wear fashion.)

In this edition, Heidi wears a suit by Red Carter, and now the label's profits are up 60% from this time last year and they've already sold 400 of the $137 bikini Heidi wears.

When we saw Heidi posing with Will Ferrell, all we could think was, wait, Heidi Klum's a model? While the fashion industry devotes its love to the Tanyas, Natalias and Jourdans of its world, everyone else has made Heidi Klum the face of fashion.

Us Weekly just named her Style Icon of the Year and now even Bloomberg's reporting on the fact that whatever you put on her body will sell out in minutes.

Is it just us, or was her faux Van Cleef clover jewelry enough to discredit her style icon status?

I ignored it and shoved my cell back in my pocket.

At 1:07, she texted: "Just let us know you're ok! It's not like you to be late and not call"

So finally I had to admit where I was. I tapped out: "Hey. Sorry. Cheap Monday sample sale! 5 minutes, i swear! It was a fashion emergency."

I felt terribly guilty, shaking as I handed the checkout person my money, and yet I was filled with the same jittery excitement I always get when I see slashed prices and fitting rooms made from bed sheets.

The stats: Cheap Mondays for 20 bucks (they even have the really exciting pair flecked with dots, and the turquoise ones that look like Ksubis), Rogues Gallery T’s for $15, Vena Cava blouses for $100. Too good to miss. They had every size, even though this is the last day, and random boxes of clothes marked $10.

There was even Shipley and Halmos stuff, but it was all pretty expensive. And the women's Vena Cava was golden, as was all the Wayne (especially this white dress splattered with black that is totally giving us Cynthia Vincent for less).

Seriously, go.

495 Broadway, near Broome

This may be my last post for a while. Natalie is really concerned. She’s sending me to rehab, though secretly I think she's really hoping I’ll run into an Olsen.

--BRETT KANE

Witness the latest proof:

A slew of new boutiques from Intermix set to open in Orlando and Charlotte - cosmopolitan, sure, but hardly places where one immediately thinks "fashion" - in fact, in both cases, our first thought is "air conditioning."

So what can we learn from this?

That because of the internet and fashion's pervasive "reality" on TV, more Americans in cities without visible fashion industries are getting obsessed with labels?

Sure.

That if you're visiting cousins in Winter Park, you can now snag a Chloe bag out of boredom?

Definitely.

But also this: That despite the "crashing" economy, women are still really excited to shop. This is especially odd considering a full tank of gas now costs the name as a Marc dress, but it's definitely something to notice.

Buy them at Barneys on May 1 (New York) or May 7 (Los Angeles).

Bring them to Mr. Louboutin himself.

Give him a Sharpie.

Voila!

You've just stamped a pair of Louboutins with the undisputed seal of fashion approval.

The signings go from 3 pm - 7 pm, and bring your book / Blackberry / travel-sized game of Scrabble, because you know there's going to be a big line.

The author says, "Shopping has long been viewed as something that offers comfort in times of need, loneliness, boredom or inebriation, and now the door is open 24/7." She'd rather spend obscene amounts of money on Net-a-Porter than in Harvey Nichols and even admits to buying a few outrageous pieces after a night of heavy drinking.

Natalie sympathizes. She loves to shop online - she's bought clothes, shoes, bags and even, wait for it, bras. She credits some of it to the fact that she often buys the same brands so she always knows her size - she also knows the difference between buying a bag (safe) versus buying a dress (risky) over the internet - and that Nordstrom has the best return policy ever.

But I'm so baffled by the entire concept. How in the world do you know how something fits/feels/hangs without trying it on?

When I shop, I have to take every size - yes, small, medium and large - into the dressing room to see which fits best. I own jeans in sizes 28 through 31, dresses range from a 4 to an 8 and that's even from the same brand! I can't be bothered with ordering something, waiting for it, and possibly hating it and having to go through the trouble of sending it back.

Not to mention the fact that I have little self control and once I open the floodgates of online shopping, it's only a matter of time before I stumble home at 3 am and buy the shoes to the left with little or no thought of the consequences.

If you shop online, how do you do it? And do you still go to real stores like Natalie, or do all your purchases get made in cyberspace?