Gilt Groupe Warehouse Sale: We're Inside!

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OMFG: The legendary Gilt Groupe Warehouse Sale has finally landed in LA. Racked editor Leslie Price is live at Hollywood's Siren Studios, reporting on the madness.

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• Madness
• No one drinking
• No one wants their makeup done
• Snacks to feed the frenzy
• Y-3
• This is so crazy

9:56: First step, collect ticket. Second, check bag.

9:57: This is seriously painless considering most sample sales I have been to. It makes Barneys look like an ordeal.

9:59: One woman said "I am already overwhelmed."

10:00: The DJ is playing that David Guetta song from the Schmidt workout video. He's really pumping up the crowd.

10:05: Designer roll call for women includes Carolina Herrera, Cynthia Rowley, Trina Turk, Current/Elliott, Winter Kate, Matthew Williamson.

10:08: Designer roll call for men includes Paul Smith, Raf Simons, Andrew Butler, Warriors of Radness.

10:10: For men, there's denim by Diesel and Seven For All Mankind and shoes by Hunter Boots, Chronicles of Never, Y-3, Paul Smith and John Varvatos.

10:15: This is so crazy.

10:20 Okay, I'm going to head out. Grabbing a granola bar for the road.
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