Gilt City Warehouse Sale

I was really excited to go and there really wasn’t anything I really loved. I wanted to buy shoes and they had a very limited selection. My next go to was purses, I didn’t like anything there either. I ended up just buying bed sheets. I had to get something after paying $ 20 to get in. Between the $ 20+ gas, it wasn’t worth it for me.

Save your money! At least for a guy they didn’t have really good deals. It seems like they are selling the inventory they can’t sell, odd sizes or that is damaged at this sale. I went on the opening night and was one of the first 50 people in very slim pickings. It’s a hit and miss experience.

Gilt Warehouse sale’s selection was slim and you’ll need to know what you want before you enter in order to be efficient for this sale. Pick a category and beeline towards there before all the goodies are gone.
Here are the categories:
Shoes (boots to open toe heel; some flats were available)
Baby Clothes
Women’s Clothing (skirt, tops, sweaters, pants, shorts, and limited formal wear)
Men’s Clothing
Home Goods (Candles included)
Only two dressing rooms were available; one male and one female. Yes, you’ll have to change in front of others, but don’t fret, everyone is too busy trying on everything else to pay attention to you.
Besides the shopping, some vendors were giving out drinks and snacks. At the end, we also got a some Vaseline’s Spray lotion and Pop Chips before exiting.
Gilt City takes all sort of credit cards, but keep in mind that the transaction goes through New York, which might alert your card. It happened to me!
Overall, I wouldn’t pay to come shop at Gilt Warehouse because of the selections. Since there were drinks, snacks, and swag up for grabs, I’m bumping my rating to 4-​stars.
Tip for next year: Get there early since the line starts forming an hour before the door opens, eek!
Happy Shopping!

I’m a regular gilt shopper, I love warehouse sales and I was not a huge fan of this. Parking was not great.
The event itself was 4 stars, lots of free stuff: wine, popchips, spray lotion, water, etc. While most would be super happy, I came with a credit card and was on a mission to shop! I left with a couple of good finds, but it was ridiculously hard to find them.
I think that they can improve on this event and would be happy to attend another one. Staff was nice all around and that helps. I do love that people come dressed up for this… while I was there to shop, so I had easy to remove shoes, clothes, etc.

A fun experience especially when there is wine involved. My advice is to go straight for the shoes especially if you wear a smaller shoe size. I scored in the shoe department but didn’t find anything in women’s clothing. The aisles were small with the amount of people they let in. There were a lot of dresses and tops in all different sizes and brands. I was definitely expecting more merchandise… but maybe I’m just slow because I saw women with huge piles of clothing! The dressing room is a free for all, so remember to dress accordingly. Also, watch out for the special colored stickers on the price tag for additional percentage off… I didn’t know this until I got to the register… I would have probably bought more!
Thanks to Katie B. and Unilocal for always hooking it up!

Imagine a shop where there is an air of pretentiousness, and exclusivity, but clothing the likes of which you would find in a Marshalls/​TJ Maxx/​Ross for the price of items in a Nordstrom that’s what the Gilt City Warehouse Sale was like. Luckily, they had wine, although the bartenders were snooty, but a drink definitely helped to make the experience tolerable. As a plus most of the employees working the floor were very nice, although the clientele were much less so. Very rude folks seem to flock to these sorts of exclusive shopping events. «Yuck» was my overall impression of the evening.
Despite my immediate distaste for this, I tried to filter through the clothing racks, but many of the items were stained, or ripped, and generally of poor quality. Plus they were overpriced to boot. The shoes were better in quality, but still overpriced. Especially when you can find like items in Marshalls, and TJ Maxx for less.
Order online and avoid the hassle, crowds, and ‘tude. Or just go elsewhere. That’s my vote.

I have ordered stuff on Gilt and have not been disappointed. But man this sale just did that. Overall, this sale needed better organization, selections, and consistent stock like they do at sample sales in NY. I only left with a backpack-​$ 5 and popchips. On the bright side, I basically bought something more useful and lasting than a box of chicken nugget for the same price. YAY!
I must have not arrived early enough after being just only 5 minutes late (literally, all good stuff are gone) or this sale was just a really tough hunt for men’s. Another way to say, I didn’t find anything. It was in a cool studio/​warehouse located on Sunset Blvd but curse that $ 20 parking, it’s always going to suck. Shoes were sad and the racks were bad. Clothes were few a bit destroyed.
I think the big highlight really was meeting some fellow Unilocal elite members. It was a good opportunity to see the Unilocal community out here. This is my first of any Unilocal event in LA. Very friendly hi to all and it was cool hanging out! :) 2-​stars to the sale but 5-​stars for the impression of Unilocalers.

I think I had better luck at the sale tonight than some of the other Unilocalers. I actually had a great time and would definitely go back next year to look for some steals! I also got lucky with the meter spot on Sunset. If I purchased a ticket and paid for parking, however, I think I would be disappointed in the selection. There was a lot less merchandise than I was expecting. I am wondering if they stock items for Saturday after Friday’s sale — I can’t imagine that that is all the stock they had to sell.
First of all, everything was well laid out and there was still a lot of room to shop. There were free popchips, bottled water, and wine! Even just exploring this with friends would be really fun. I spent a solid two hours looking through items to find some steals (but I do love doing that!). I walked away with a set of queen size bed sheets for $ 39 (retail $ 125), amazing pair of Matt Bernson booties for $ 45 (retail prob $ 199), Ballasox flats for $ 6.30!!! (Retail for $ 29 on the gilt website), some baby gifts (from their very small baby section), and last but not least, a Red Valentino lace dress for $ 55!!! Retail value of the dress is at least $ 600! I did also find an amazing pair of Kate Spade pumps that were priced at $ 120 but were missing two of the rhinestones that were on the accent piece. I brought them to the register to see if they would give me a reasonable discount and they would not mark them down any further. Although $ 120 is a big discount on Kate Spade shoes, it is still way too much to spend on obviously broken shoes. This is definitely one of those places where you have to give everything a good once-​over before purchasing to make sure there are no damages in your non-​returnable items!
So, overall, I am really happy with the purchases I made. If I have the opportunity to go back next year, I surely will! I think the really were some good finds mixed in, but only with some real deep-​sea searching. My advice to anyone going tomorrow is to start with the shoe section to get the best picks since there are not many options but some real winners in there.
Happy shopping!

Lemme start off by saying that the parking sucked arse! It was my first time attending a gilt warehouse sale event and I drove around the block a couple times before finally giving up and just paid $ 20 for parking in this lot a couple blocks down. I talked to some people at the event who were able to find street parking nearby though so maybe it was just my luck heh.
I got to the line at around 6:45pm for the media preview event and my spot in line was not bad at all! Suddenly though, the line exponentially increased and a lot more peeps came.
The actual entering was easy– you’re immediately given a shopping bag and sent on your adventure. The first room was just shoes bags some bedding stuff (pretty weak if you ask me), I’m a shoe size of about 5 – 5.5 so there was just a small section.
The clothes were in a whole nother building, and although it was nice that there were lots of xs/​s the selection wasn’t all that great. Lots of clothes broken, obvious flaws, wrinkly. Not worth the trouble IMO.
Don’t get me wrong, I bought 5 lovely dresses and couple pairs of shoes which I absolutely love, but the trouble espesh in parking was NOT worth it. Is it a fun event? Yes, the music made it a party with endless free water, drinks, pop chips and it would be fun to casually stroll through but not worth the trouble of me paying for parking and then hauling my bags two blocks. The free makeup application made me look like a clown -.-. It could just be that the person didn’t know how to do Asian makeup haha.
Thanks Unilocal for the tix! It was a fun and interesting experience worth doing at least once. If the parking situation was better id give a higher rating.

Honestly very slim pickins if you are here just to shop. They had some wedding dresses and some gowns but the price wasn’t so great compared to the website prices if you would have bought from Gilt.
Not too much super high end stuff. I’d say mid tier brands like Seychelles and saw some casedi shoes. My win was a pair of corso como boots for $ 30! The clothing racks weren’t too plentiful. The lights were burning hot! I found some sweaters and jackets but I feel like you could have purchased online and would have been same price without people touching it all over.
They had a very small kids section maybe 5 racks and two tables. Men’s, women’s and shoes and accessories. Saw a missoni scarf but everything else was blah. To compare this is similar to going to a Nordstroms rack or off the 5^th, some good items here and there, lots of filler. At least at those places parking is usually free and you don’t have to pay to browse. Thanks to Unilocal for the invite and the experience! I would probably do another sale but maybe not if admission is this price.
The drinks, chips and samples were great and seating was ample and there was space to breathe in the main room. I would come to this event to hang out and browse and have a good time. Shopping should be secondary, due to brands being not super exciting.
Check for rips or tears before purchasing!
Parking is horrendous! I parked at the la fitness lot for $ 10 :-(

Ugh totally not worth it!!! I genuinely hope you did not pay to get into this event. As Unilocal Elite I was able to enjoy free entry to the media portion. It was pretty disappointing. I got in within the first 10 minutes and found a gorgeous pair of red ferragamo flats. BUT they were two left pairs!!! I told someone and they said «oops sorry» and that was the end of it. Every section was small to begin stuff so got very bare very quickly, the shelves turned sad. I enjoyed two glasses of wine from dark horse, that was nice to numb the disappointment and ended up leaving within 30 minutes with a pair of Seychelles boots, nothing phenomenal just out of necessity because my recent pair fell apart. It was originally 190 discounted to 75. Not worth it to go back.

Eh. Can’t complain about the Gilt City Warehouse Sale mostly because it is what it is. They state they have high end designer brands and they do. But at the condition of the products offered, I feel like you’re better off with using their site. But it was nice to experience first hand and get a feel for what it was like. :)
Thanks Katie B. and Unilocal!:))