Sample sales and advice on revamping your wardrobe

This Yolanda Couture gown is one of several designs featured the Bridal Reflections sample sale, Jan. 2-9. at a sample sale For /shoptalk blog. Credit: handout
Jan. 3
Join Kathryn Hunt, owner and designer of iKat Gear, for a lesson on how to repair, recycle and reinvent those items in your closet, 7 p.m., at Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Rd., Holbrook; 631-588-5024.
Sample sales
Bridal
Designer gowns by Ines Di Santo, Romona Keveza, Eve of Milady, Stephen Yearick and more are 35 to 70 percent off, Jan. 2-9, at Bridal Reflections, 80 Westbury Ave., Carle Place (516-742-7788) and 260 Fifth Ave., Manhattan (212-764-3040). By appointment only.
Jay Godfrey
Take up to 80 percent off women’s dresses and tops, Dec. 27-31, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., at 225 Fifth Ave., between 26th and 27th streets, 212-725-5400.