In 1947, most of the houses were torn down and the larger, long familiar Sample store was built – although pieces of the old homes remained a familiar sight deep in the bowels of the store.

A favorite of stylists, models, and fans of avant-garde couture, this sprawling warehouse space has become known as "the sample sale store" among its coterie of devoted patrons. Former fashion PR ...

“We got everyone in the store by 12:30 p.m. for people that had been waiting an excess of four and a half hours,” he said. Social media helped the sample sale concept — which in the past was ...