J. Crew sample sale and more fashion events this week on Long Island, in NYC
Mieka hosts a Stephen Yearick cocktail dresses and gowns trunk show with the designer, Dec. 4-7 in Woodbury. Credit: Stephen Yearick
Dec. 2
DRESS FOR SUCCESS is accepting gently used women's professional shoes to help disadvantaged women returning to the workforce. Drop off times and locations are: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Farmingville (Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, 631-451-9127); noon-4 p.m. Richmond Hill, Queens (114-14 Jamaica Ave., 718-805-2488); and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in Manhattan (32 E. 31st St., 646-233-4954). The top 10 individual donors worldwide get a free pair of limited holiday-edition Raegan heels from Fergie Footwear; purchase a pair through Dec. 31 and 100 percent of the proceeds goes to Dress for Success.
SAKS FIFTH AVENUE hosts the Akris Punto 2015 cruise collection trunk show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station; 631-350-1100.
Dec. 4
BLOOMINGDALE'S offers free gift wrapping of any C by Bloomingdale's Cashmere purchase, noon-4 p.m. at Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station (631-425-6700) and 1-4 p.m. at Roosevelt Field (516-873-2700).
Dec. 4-7
MIEKA is hosting a Stephen Yearick trunk show of cocktail dresses and gowns, with the designer, at Woodbury Village, 7937 Jericho Tpke. in Woodbury; 516-367- 8755. Store hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Discounts offered on show orders.
Dec. 6
MIRACLE ON MADISON AVENUE: Shop at participating retailers along Madison Avenue between 57th and 86th streets in Manhattan from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 20 percent of sales goes to the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's pediatric initiatives. For a list of participating stores, go to madisonavenuebid.org.
BLOOMINGDALE'S launches the new Alex and Ani shop, noon-3 p.m., featuring the holiday jewelry collection and the exclusive Charity by Design Little Brown Bear charm (20 percent of the charm's purchase price to benefit the Child Mind Institute) at Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station (631-425-6700) and at Roosevelt Field (516-873-2700). Then, noon-4 p.m. at Walt Whitman Shops, get a complimentary, customized airbrushing on your new Ugg women's shoe purchase; 631-425-6878. And, from 1 to 5p.m. at Roosevelt Field, stop by the holiday dress party for refreshments and a view of the '70s-inspired pieces; 516-873-2700.
SAMPLE SALES
AUTUMN CASHMERE: Fall 2014 cashmere, cashmere blends and cotton pieces for women, men and children are 50 to 75 percent off, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Dec. 1-5 and Dec. 8-12, at 231 W. 39th St., Manhattan; 212-398-2244.
J. CREW: Women's, children's and men's fall and holiday collections are up to 60 percent off retail, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 2-6 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 7, at 260 Fifth Ave., Manhattan (the men's sale is at 225 Fifth Ave., Manhattan); 212-725-5400.
