Thanks to Monica de Liz, info@image4success.com (a woman who can get your wardrobe in shape) who e-mailed me about a sample sale on October 19th & 20th by SE CE Apparel who distribute Juicy Couture, Seven Jeans, Eileen Fisher, Vince, Chip & Pepper, Ed Hardy and Cosabella. There will be clothes for the whole family: women, men, kids and acessories. If you don’t make it there on Friday, don’t worry, they will have new stock on Saturday.

Location: 6555 Cote de Liesse (Shipping Entrance)
Hours: Friday (Oct 19) 9 am to 7 pm. Saturday (Oct 20) 10 am to 4 pm
Phone: 514-341-4440

I haven’t been here yet but found out that Canadelle makers of Wonderbra, Dici, and Dici Nova has a clearance sale coming up offering their bras and undies. Sometimes there’s even a few things for the guys. Let me know if you you scored. It will be held Saturday October 20th from 9 a.m. to noon. They usually have these sales during the month of October as profits go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Location: 4405 Metropolitain Blvd. East. Phone: 514-376-6240.

Twice a year, In October and April, the Quebec fashion designers gather together to sell off all of their samples and surplus stock in a sale called “La Grande Braderie de Mode Quebecoise”. Expect to pay 50%-80% off of original prices of these original designs by Rudsak, Muse, Mackage, Report Collection, Bodybag, Tavan & Mitto, TXT Carbon Inc, Marie Sainte-Pierre, Concubine, Iris, Extenso 14+, Envers, MSiamo, Gaudette Design, Eve Gravel, Julie Bou, Bijouterie Marlena”s, Matteo Mio, Myco Anna, Ophelie hats, Aime Com Moi, Marie-Pierre Lafortune, Mestiza, Dino Gaspari, OCollection, Barila, Michel Desjardins, Pepin Design, Nenufar, Saatchi, Diffusion Griff, Ivano Homme, Frett Design, Les Mains Folles, Sylvie Germain, Genevieve Dostaler, France Anctil, Blanc Mouton, Mylene B, Pierre Poisson, Lelievre, Rouzanna Design, Dinh Ba Design. New this time: Annie 50, Colt, Dept, JC Rags, Station 8, Veronique Miljkovitch.

Phone: 514-866-2006 X 300.
Location: March Bonsecours, 350 rue St-Paul E, Old Montreal
Dates: October 18th and 19th 10 am – 9 pm, October 20 and 21 10 am – 5 pm.
Leave your e-mail at www.braderiedemodequebecoise.com to be notified about future sales.

Les Verriers St-Denis at 4326 St. Denis St. corner of Marie Anne is having its first-ever sale on stained glass works of art: windows, lamps (table, ceilings, sconces), doors, murals, etc. It started on October 2nd and goes until the 20th. There are
reductions from 10%-50% on many items. After that they will close for about 3 weeks with plans to re-open in mid-November. They also handle restoration and repairs of tiffany lamps, and other stained glass artworks. Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 12 pm to 5 pm, Thursday and Friday 11 am – 8 pm, Saturday 10 am – 5 pm, Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm www.glassland.com

Linton Furniture for 68 years a fixture on Ogilvy Ave in Parc Extension has moved into a spacious brand new home. Three generations of Montrealers have been saving at least 35% off on furniture here and now you can join them. Look wherever you want for American or Canadian made furniture (American Drew, Hooker, Jaymar, Broyhill, Canadel, Shermag, bermex, Decor-Rest, etc.) and then come here to this catalogue store to buy it using their helpful stable of salesmen. Location; 4646B Ave. du Parc at Ave. Villeneuve. Phone: 514-272-1944 Hours: Mon & Tues 10-6, Thurs & Fri 10-9, Sat 9-5 and Sun by appointment. www.lintonfurniture.com

Dalia has regular clearance sales for their ladies tops and is now having one that includes clothes by Renuar and Katherine Barclay. The special at this particular sale is samples of outerwear by names you know: Liz Claiborne (for men too), Dana Buchman, Joseph Abboud, Laundry and Esprit. Dates: Oct 11 & 12 11am-8pm, Oct 13 9am-2pm, Oct 18 & 19 11am-8pm, Oct 20 9am-2pm. Location: 225 Chabanel, Suite 315.

As regular as the change of seasons, Krickets children’s wear is having their Fall/Winter Sale. Parents with their strollers line up for this one. It will be held on October 15th-19th from 8:30 a.m to 5:30 pm and on Saturday October 20th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. As in all warehouse clearance events all sales are final. Do not expect to be able to exchance or return anything. Taxes are included in the already low low prices. In sizes 3 mos. to 12 years, the brands they will offer are: Krickets Elite and Krickets Regular, Snug as a Bug sleepwear and Sno Bug snowsuits. Location: 333 Chabanel West, Suite 800.

Pity the new kid on the Boul. St. Laurent block. Since the day he opened, the whole street in front of his male jeans store has been broken up, fenced in, and really hard to get to. Give these poor storekeepers a break and go to shop there despite the city’s attempt trying to do them in. Totally cool labels are here for less (they try to keep the lowest prices on the boulevard and are open day and night): Affliction, Libertalia, Colt (Decker) shirts, Jack & Jones, Schott sweater/jackets, 1921 (Japanese denim) and a wall of press on t-shirt possibilities. Address: 3624 Boul. St. Laurent at Prince Arthur. Phone: 514-315-8416. Hours: Sun-Wed 10am – 11pm, Thurs-Sat 10 am to midnight. Other location: Groove, (for females too) 397 Ste. Catherine ouest.

One of the most popular questions I am asked, is where can I sell my old fur coat? My contacts dwindled down to one and then last month when I went to check up on him – he was GONE. I did some sleuthing around and found him in his new location: Roland Fourrures, 9250 Ave. du Parc at Chabanel St., Suite 312. Phone: 514-845-8852. Hours: Monday to Friday 9-5. Psst, this is the new fur manufacturers’ building in the city, if you want to buy a jacket or coat, look in my Smart Shopping Montreal book to see who is open to the public.

I love the concept of wall beds (you may know these as Murphy beds) because you can have a real mattressed bed for your guests instead of a crummy folded sofa-bed, and it takes up so little space. B.O.F.F., which has been manufacturing them since 1986, has the least expensive ones I have come across in Montreal. They can be part of a wall unit in a den, living room, office, basement, etc. or -the newest one – a sofa bed one! If you can imagine a sofa in which the back is built around a tall cupboard (behind it and against the wall), and when you want to use it, you just take off the sofa pillows and pull the bed down over the sofa base. New Location: 1778 boul. Le Corbusier Phone: 450-978-2444 www.boffweb.com