Welcome to The Shop Crawl, the weekly post where I provide you with a listing of sales for the week. The crawl covers retail, warehouse, and sample sales.

Sketchers Shoe Clearance - April 1 - 6. 1590 Matheson Blvd. Unit 12, Mississauga.

Sunglass Safari Warehouse Sale - April 2 - 20. 2601 Matheson Blvd. E. Unit #3, Mississauga.

Da Zone April Fools Day Sale - April 2 - 6. 468 Queen Street West and 946 Edgeley Blvd, Vaughan.

Apostrophe Outlet Sale - April 10 -13. 2616 Sheridan Garden Drive, Oakville.

French Connection Warehouse Sale - March 28 - April 6. 230 North Queen Street, Etobicoke.

Toronto Potters Spring Show and Sale - April 10 - 12. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Ct.

Merch sample sale, April 4 - 6. 176 John St, Suite 501.

Welcome to The Shop Crawl, the weekly post where I provide you with a listing of sales for the week. The crawl covers retail, warehouse, and sample sales.

Slavin Agency Spring Sample Sale - March 29 - 30. 80 Wingold Ave.

Curvaceous consignments Make Room for Spring sale - 'til March 29. 66 Commercial Ave, Ajax.

Eddie Bauer Spring Sale - March 24 - 30. 201 Aviva Park Dr, Vaughan.

Tom's Place International Center Spring Warehouse Sale - March 26 - 30. International Centre, Hall 6, 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga.

Linda Lundström Liquidation - On now. Bayview Village Mall or 136 Cumberland St or 255 Wicksteed Ave.

The Olde Hide House Liquidation - On now. 49 Eastern Avenue, Acton or 522 King Street West or 57 Northview Blvd, Vaughan.

30% off at Costa Blanca and Urban Behaviour on March 22. All Locations.

Sketchers Shoe Clearance - April 1 - 6. 1590 Matheson Blvd. Unit 12, Mississauga.

Lola & gig Showroom Shopping Weekend - March 29 - 30. 92A Carrier Drive, Etobicoke.

Jeanne Lottie Spring Sample Sale - March 27 - 30. Downtown: Jeanne Lottie Boutique, 106 Yorkville Ave from March 27 - 28 only. Uptown: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ellesmere room, Main floor - 7095 Woodbine Avenue, Markham. March 29 - 30.

Sunglass Safari Warehouse Sale - April 2 - 20. 2601 Matheson Blvd. E. Unit #3, Mississauga.

Spearmint Pelican Sample Sale - March 27 - 28. 51 Jefferson Avenue Unit 201.

Welcome to Fashion Bites, a weekly round-up of fashion news in Toronto.

Rags and Mags is a fictional account of a jet-setting fashion journalist Lucinda McRuvy and designer Max Velosse working in the all too real world of the Toronto fashion scene. They've even managed to show up elsewhere online. The faux My Style and 24 hours with introductions are brilliant.

Bloggers were press-worthy during fashion week thanks to Eye Weekly and Media in Canada.

Welcome to The Shop Crawl, the weekly post where I provide you with a listing of sales for the week. The crawl covers retail, warehouse, and sample sales.

Arthur Mendonca Stock & Sample Sale - March 26 - 27. 219 dufferin street, suite 112C (south entrance)

Curvaceous consignments Make Room for Spring sale - Till March 29. 66 Commercial Ave., Ajax

Eddie Bauer Spring Sale - March 24 - 30. 201 Aviva Park Dr., Vaughan

One of a Kind Show Spring 2008 - March 20 - 24. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place
Toronto

Tom's Place International Center Spring Warehouse Sale - March 26 - 30. International Centre, Hall 6, 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga

Linda Lundström Liquidation - On Now. Bayview Village Mall or 136 Cumberland St or 255 Wicksteed Ave.

The Olde Hide House Liquidation - On Now. 49 Eastern Avenue, Acton or 522 King Street West or 57 Northview Blvd, Vaughan

30% off at Costa Blanca and Urban Behaviour on March 22. All Locations

Day 2 started with me checking out some of the coverage of recent shows. I think the people I talked to about Biddell's show yesterday weren't sitting close enough. Shoddy construction was the topic and the fact that he flipped everyone the bird at the end wasn't taken well. That's right; the newbie designer decides to tell the audience, "Fuck You". Who the hell does that? And don't you need to be the next incarnation of Cristobal Balenciaga to get away with that kind of behaviour? One particularly scathing review made me laugh out loud.

Well it's fashion week once again. The tents at Nathan's Philip's Square are up and there are a lot more video screens giving passerbys a glimpse at the shows. This year they've decided to replace one of the tent's walls with glass. Looking out from the inside, I can't help but feel like a zoo animal. I hope it's exciting people.

This season feels a little abrupt. For Spring 2008 (back in September) I was in New York, which was a great lead up to L'Oreal Fashion Week. This season, I didn't do New York and so I don't feel as prepared. I remember at this point last season I had all my outfits picked out (yes, I'm crazy) where here I am, this season, flying by the seat of my pants with only one outfit planned. I also decided not to spend any vacation time on fashion week this season and I'm a little disappointed that I'm missing some great shows during the day while I'm holding down things on the job front.