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• Quite fittingly in this election season, Kiosk's latest selection of products come from America. Come see the debut of "America Installment #1" today from 6-9pm, then go watch the VP debates.
• Blackbird, Lambs Ear, Impulse and other Seattle boutiques will be taking part in a warehouse sale this Saturday, October 4th at the Nordic Heritage Museum in North Ballard.
• Spend $350 and use code "100GIFT" at Jake today until 3pm CST for a $100 gift card as well as free shipping on your order. Update: This offer has been extended to Sunday, 3pm CST.
• Use code "fall08" at Language for 20% off site wide.

• Project No 8 in New York is having its semi-annual sample sale today through Saturday. Visit 215 Centre Street, 2nd Floor today from 5-9, Friday from 12-7 and Saturday from 12-7 for 40-90% off spring items from A Détacher, Anuschka Hoevener, Bless, Boudicca, Christian Wijnants, Hope, Loeffler Randall, Kostas Murkudis, Martin Margiela, Marimekko, Repetto, Salvor, Schiesser, Stephan Schneider, Sunshine & Shadow, Tom Scott and more.
• Visit Oak's Bond Street location in New York September 8-11 to buy limited edition designs from some of Oak's favorite designers focusing on the bondage theme. (A New York way of celebrating the opening of a Bond Street store you see.)
• In God We Trust, originally of Brooklyn, opened its second location in Manhattan on 152 Ludlow Street. The opening party is today from 6-9pm.
• Welcome Hunters in LA is celebrating its one year anniversary with a party Saturday from 6-11pm
• La Rousse in Seattle is closing its physical shop in about a month, but a has a great clearance sale going in the meantime. 30-80% off.

Seattle's La Rousse will be closing its brick and mortar shop on September 30th, while continuing to maintain its online shop and blog. In the meantime, the shop is offering 20% off Fall 2008 merchandise, and 50-90% off past seasons' items.

• Tres Bien in Malmo and online has 30-50% off Spring merchandise.
• Vamp in LA starts its Spring/Summer sale Saturday, July 5th.
• Creatures of Comfort in LA and online has up to 70% off Spring/Summer styles.
• Project No. 8 in New York now has up to 50% off its Spring clothing and accessories.
• Get an extra 20% off sale items at Jake now through Sunday by using code "20offsale".
• Take an additional 15% off sale items at Language with code "July4th".
• La Rousse in Seattle and online has 40% off Spring styles.

• All sale items at Jake are now 60% off.
• Save 20% in store and online at Jumelle's Summer solstice sale June 19th-22nd.
• Use code "POINTFOUR" for a special 40% off presale at Oki-Ni.
• Harputs Market in San Francisco is hosting a BBQ this Saturday June 21st from 1-5 to kick off its spring sale. Get 20% off the entire store that day, and 30-40% select designers during the sale.
• Ashtray has taken 30-50% off its spring merch. Combine that with their free worldwide shipping and the fact that they exclude VAT from non-EU orders and that's one heck of a deal.
• Auto in New York is having an early summer sale with 20-40% off select merchandise.
• Use coupon code "shoptheworld" to save 25% through June 28th at Language's new global shopping site.
• Get 30% off spring merchandise at Impulse in Seattle and online.
• A.P.C.'s sale starts today through July 22nd, with 40-50% the Spring/Summer collection.

• Scout in Los Angeles has 40-60% off men's and women's clothing and accessories this weekend, June 13-15. Also, a sample sale has Grey Ant and Society for Rational Dress clothing at 50% off.
• Creatures of Comfort in Los Angeles and online is offering 40% spring clothing and accessories.
• Get and extra 20% off sale items at Jake through Friday 6/13 using code "extra20".
• Use code "FUNINTHESUN" for 20% off shoes and accessories at Ped through June 20th.
• South Willard in Los Angeles and online has men's clothing and accessories 40% off.[/link]
• Use code "relief" (as in recession relief) at Sotto for 25% off until June 15th.
• Impulse in Seattle starts its bi-annual clearance sale on Saturday June 14th, offering 30-60% spring merchandise.

• Opening Ceremony in New York and LA is taking 30-60% off select Spring/Summer items.
• Bblessing in New York and online has all Spring/Summer items at 25% off.
• Project No. 8 in New York is taking 25% off its Spring/Summer clothing and shoes.
• Kirna Zabete in New York has started its Spring sale.
• Most Spring/Summer collections at Seven in New York and online are 25-35% off.
• Atsui in Seattle starts its one year anniversary sale on June 7th.

• The winter sale at La Rousse in Seattle is ongoing with savings of up to 70%.
• Nana in Washington DC is taking 50% everything in the store tonight only from 5-8pm.
• Jake in Chicago and online has made its final markdowns on fall/winter inventory. 70% off and there are still a good number of pieces left.
• Oak is having its first ever sample sale. Fall overstock from Oak's shop, spring samples from the Oak line, as well as pieces from Harmon, Neal Sperling and Hyden Yoo will be on sale January 18-20 from 11am-8pm at 28 Bond Street in Manhattan.

• Oak in Brooklyn and online is having its biannual 30/40/50 sale. Items will be marked 30% off, later 40%, and later still 50% until it's all gone.
• Bird in Brooklyn and online is taking 25-50% its winter merchandise.
• All shoes and accessories at Vamp Shoes in LA are marked down. Frye boots are 30% off.
• Winter clothing and accessories at Impulse in Seattle are marked down 30-50%.
• Lotus Bleu in San Francisco has all store merchandise 15% off through the month of January.
• Language in Chicago and online has its fall/winter women's clothing and accessories 30-75% off.
• Travessia in New York has its fall/winter merchandise up to 50% off.
• Kiki de Montparnasse in New York and online has select lingerie and accessories 50-75% off.
• Satine in LA and online has fall/winter merch. up to 70% off.
• Atsui Tokyo in Seattle is taking 20-50% off fall/winter clothing and accessories.
• Kicks in LA is having its semi-annual clearance sale January 11-13. The entire store will be 50-70% off.
• Sodafine in Brooklyn and online has a bunch of winter items, including Coclico and Chie Mihara shoes, at 20+% off.

We were rather excited to see Atsui Tokyo pop up in our suggestions box--it's an idea long overdue. You see, do any amount of wandering around Japanese online boutiques and you're bound to run into any number of cool Japanese clothing labels that have exactly zero exposure in the US--until now at least. Names like Filly O' Lynx, ManOfMoods, Balcony & Bed and Citrus Notes reveal a facet of Japanese fashion different from the expensive, avant-garde and often challenging designs of Comme, Yohji and Issei. Atsui gets these fun, fashionable lines and finally makes them available for American consumers.

We've been getting some fantastic shop suggestions lately. Here are some highlights.

We don't need any more convincing. Vancouver is one stylish town. At this point, Jonathan + Olivia is just padding the ballot box. With labels like Surface to Air, Herchcovitch, United Bamboo and Opening Ceremony, the men's and women's boutique reminds us of Blackbird and Impulse in Seattle combined.

Speaking of Seattle, Lambs Ear Shoes has quickly established itself as one of the Emerald City's best women's shoe stores. The modern, minimal space is nice but the selection of shoes from Marcello Toshi, Devotte and Chie Mihara is even nicer.

One suggestion at a time, we're also expanding our Barcelona guide. With edgy and/or avant-garde labels like Berhard Willhelm, Bless and Petar Petrov, Doshaburi is a shop after our own hearts.

Impulse in Seattle starts its spring sale on Saturday, June 23. All spring merchandise will be marked down 30%.

We take a week off and everyone decides to have a sale.

• Oak in NYC and online has started its semi-annual 304050 sale (first 30% off, then 40, then 50 until it's all gone).
• Seven in New York and online is having its summer sale. Everything is 25-35% off.
• Harputs Market in San Francisco has 35% off all men's clothing and Martin Margiela shoes and 25% off all women's clothing.
• Satine in LA and online has started it's spring sale (50% off all spring/summer merch.).
• Luisa via Roma has 50% off Spring/Summer merchandise.
• Urchin in Seattle is celebrating its 2nd anniversary with a little party on Saturday, June 16th from 7pm-10pm.

• I Heart in New York starts its spring sale today. Get 25-50% off 3.1 by Phillip Lim, Sonia Rykiel, Catherine Holstein, Tsumori Chisato, Cacharel, Lover, Rachel Comey, Sunshine & Shadow, United Bamboo, Spring & Clifton and more.
• La Rousse in Seattle begins its spring sale today as well. Get 30-50% Charlotte Ronson, Eros, Karen Walker, Anna Sui and more. Sale ends July 1st.

• Blackbird in Seattle has started its Spring markdowns. 30% off A.P.C., 20% off Corpus, 20% off Nudie, 20% off Nom de Guerre.
• Impulse has Acne denim and clothing 20% off through the month of May.