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A rack of clothing at a New York sample sale

Sample sales

The good sizes go to the front of the line.

Sample sale lines in Soho and Chelsea start hours before doors. A StandIn holds your spot so you walk in with the first wave instead of shopping the wreckage at lunch.

How it works for sales.

You tell us the sale and the doors-open time. Your StandIn lines up early and texts you their position. You swap in before doors. What happens inside is between you and a rack of size 38s.

Honest limits.

Wristband systems, capped lines, and one-in-one-out policies vary by sale. We'll tell you what we know before you book, and if the format makes a StandIn useless, we'll say so instead of taking your money.

What's on the calendar.

We track officially scheduled sales — 260 Sample Sale, Clothingline, and the like — with dates from the organizers' own sites on the lines page, each with its source and when it was last checked.