Weekend Shopper: We're Off To See the Ruby Slippers at Saks

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Betsey Johnson’s take on Dorothy’s iconic red shoes (left) and Grace Sun’s fuchsia silk capelet is marked down at Ecookie (right).

New Yorkers, check out the Ruby Slipper Collection at Saks Fifth Avenue. Nineteen designers have reinterpreted Dorothy’s sparkly crimson pumps from The Wizard of Oz. Proceeds from the exhibit benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, and perhaps if you click your heels enough times, the exhibit will come to a town near you!

For Angelenos on the prowl for sales, this week is proving to be an end-of-the-season bonanza. Start off at Ecookie Boutique (Venice, California, 310-392-2135; or, shopecookie.com), owned and operated by Elaine Francisco, who’s slashing prices on summer stuff from brands we love like Alice + Olivia and Rachel Pally. On the other side of the Hollywood Hills, Rumor Boutique is offering steep discounts on brands like Walter and Joy Han. (Sherman Oaks, California, 818-981-4762).

Though the Warehouse Sale travels all across the country billing itself as an exclusive “denim sample sale,” this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) the nation’s largest denim sale organizer comes to downtown L.A.’s Convention Center. Stock up on your fall jean supply with brands like True Religion and 7 For All Mankind. More information is available online at www.thewarehousesale.com.

Shoppers from any part of the U.S. can shop for discounted bags by Badgely Mishcka, Botkier and Foley + Corinna at LunaBoston.com, where prices are discounted as much as 60 percent off.

Meanwhile, pages and pages of online fashions are considerably marked down, even up to 50 percent at your favorite mainstream-yet-underground purveyor of flavor, urbanoutfitters.com. Check out basics by BDG and dresses by Betsey Johnson and Ben Sherman.

Nordstrom is having a massive shoe clearance online with deep discounts on shoes by Michael Kors and Steve Madden and more. Who knows, you might find a pair of red slippers for yourself—on sale!