Other Hot Sales

3 Orange Doors Sidewalk Sale
When: July 10–12, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Details: Owner Gail Paraskevas wants to celebrate Antiques Roadshow being in town—but since so many didn’t get tickets, she wants to celebrate in the store! Many items are up to fifty percent off. If you haven’t stopped by this quaint gift haven off of Fitchrona Road, take a ride off of the beaten path and check it out. It’s a little country, a little bit city.
More info: 848-3336. 2789 Fitchrona Rd.

Unearthed Sale
When: July 11–12, 12–6 p.m.
Details: Save twenty percent storewide when you visit the store or order online. Check out the store for items so new owner Heidi Anderson hasn’t even posted them on the website yet.
More info: 441-1993. http://unearthedgallery.com

Atticus Summer Shindig
When: Through July 18
Details: Get up to seventy percent off all apparel and accessories (apothecary not included). With niche brands like Acne, Current/Elliott, Charlotte Ronson, LNA and Relwen, Atticus has got one-of-a-kind, chic looks that are perfect from day to night. Right now I’m loving owner Kristin Wild's dresses and she’s got a well-edited selection of Acne denim. Get it while it’s hot! (Shown above is Current/Elliott's "Heart Dress". Photo courtesy of Atticus.)
More info: 18 N. Carroll St. 204-9001. Atticusshop.com

I will not be posting next week (July 16) as I'll be out of the office. See you the week after!

To the Max

This weekend is Maxwell Street Days, Madison’s biggest shopping sale. Sidewalk sales will prevail as shoppers can pick and choose what items strike their fancy. Whether it’s a quirky, cool gift from Pop Deluxe, a slick T-shirt from Jazzman or a bejeweled something from Art Gecko, savings are to be had.

Bop started up the party by having a “preview sale” Thursday for mailing list customers. From what I understand bop’s sale can get pretty crowded and intense: Madison Magazine intern (and big shopper) Andrea told me the store had bins of jeans marked at sixty dollars on Thursday, along with lots of other markdowns on designers like Diane von Furstenberg and Marc Jacobs. I think I’m going to have to make a stop; hey, in the current economic climate you can’t beat sixty dollars for high-end jeans!

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art museum store is having its sale indoors during Maxwell Street Days. Posters will be five and ten dollars each, along with sales on items like jewelry, toys, books and more.

Fanny Garver Gallery will be offering fifty percent off select items, which will include: art glass, jewelry, pictures and more.

Photos: Top two, Little Luxuries, bottom two, Pop Delxue

Other participants:
Fashion: Citrine, Goodwill Industries, The Peacock, Sassafras, Karen & Co., Jazzman, Lands’ End Not Quite Perfect Store, Mango Boutique, Sacred Feather, Steve & Barry’s, Sedona, Tiger Lily, Wintersilks and Urban Outfitters
Shoes: Madison Sole, Jack’s Shoes
Sporting Goods: Fontana Sport Specialties, Sports World, Yellow Jersey
Arts, Gifts, Jewelry: Anthology, Art Gecko, Capitol Kids, B-Side Compact Discs, The Fanny Garver Gallery, Little Luxuries, The Pipefitter, Pop Deluxe, Poster Master, Shangri-La Collections, Sunshine Daydream, Tellus Mater, Tropic Jewel
Health and Beauty: Community Pharmacy, The Soap Opera
Books: A Room of One’s Own, Mimosa Books & Gifts, Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, Shakti
visitdowntownmadison.com
MMoCA, 227 State St., 257-0158. mmoca.org
Fanny Garver Gallery, 230 State St. fannygarvergallery.com
Bop, 222 W. Gorham St. 255-2570. shopbop.com

Max Out at Maxwell

I can’t overlook the biggest sale in Madison happening this weekend: Maxwell Street Days. Stroll into the likes of Little Luxuries, Patricia Shoppe, Urban Outfitters, UP Spatique and Pop Deluxe (those are some of my faves) as well as countless other boutiques to nab deals on clothing, music, housewares, shoes and more.
At Pop Deluxe, sidewalk sale items will be fifteen to eighty percent off throughout the weekend. UP Spatique will have select items on sale too. Patricia Shoppe’s accessories will be on sale: purses will be twenty to thirty percent off, shoes twenty percent off and accessories will go on sale on Friday. Some of these items will be marked down even more—up to fifty percent off!
Little Luxuries will have prices slashed on bamboo bowls, housewares, hair accessories and more. Sale items will be inside and on sidewalk tables.
I also wanted to highlight a great article Colleen Muldowney, one of Madison Magazine’s editorial interns, wrote on retailers preparing for this weekend’s sale. So shop away!
Pop Deluxe, 310 State St., 256-1966. popdeluxe.net
UP Spatique, 619 State St., 256-7777. upspatique.com
Patricia Shoppe, 137 W. Johnson St., 256-1111. patriciashoppe.com
Little Luxuries, 214 State St., 255-7372.

Mmmm ... Shoes

Perhaps because I just entered an Instyle.com contest in which I could possibly win a year’s worth of shoes (or even just a free pair of shoes—they’re giving away one pair per day for a month) I wanted to mention how fabulous DSW is. OK, I realize this store is not a local retailer but their eighty percent off sale is too good to be ignored. Yes, I said eighty percent off.
Lest you think the shoes that are marked eighty percent off are all hideous or from, say, 1990, I will direct you to exhibit A: an adorable pair of metallic silver peep-toe flats I recently purchased at the bargain basement price of $11.99 (DSW doesn’t have pics of their merchandise online otherwise I’d post what they look like ☺). But I saw tons of other cute kicks, like a cool pair of red flats and more, but alas, many were not in my size. So small-footed sisters, get thee to DSW!
DSW, 1700 Deming Way, 831-7766. dswshoes.com

Jean-ius

Context, the hip men’s clothier, has a Summer Jeans Sale going on. Score thirty percent off on select jeans brands like Nudie Jeans and Earnest Sewn.
Context, 113 King St. 250-0113. contextclothing.com

Shopping for a Good Cause

Yes, shopping can benefit others beside yourself—if Fair Indigo has anything to say about it. In July the store is rolling out their “Summer of Love” charity event. In June, shoppers sent in their nominations for their favorite charities. Fair Indigo staff then randomly selected ten charities from the list of nominations, which will each be assigned a “benefit day” in July. That means that twenty-five (!) percent of the sales generated that day will go to the specified charity.
Fair Indigo’s mission is to pay their garment factory workers fair and meaningful wages, so it makes sense that this socially conscious retailer would adopt this idea. Frankly, it’s a novel concept, and something more retailers should look into.
Fair Indigo, Hilldale Mall, in the outdoor shops on Price Place. 661-7662. fairindigo.com