Cooper Design Space

This building has the best collection of contemporary and fast fashion showrooms, so I like to hit their monthly (last Friday of month) sample sales. Take your time and plan it out… I like to start from the top floors and move down, unless I have a specific target.
Unless you work within walking distance to the building, save your sanity and take Lyft or Über for the sample sale. Parking can be murderous around here.
P. S. Bring your own shopping tote to carry all your newly found goodies.
Nearest Metro Station: Red/​Purple/​Blue/​Expo Lines at the 7^th Street Metro Center + Red and Purple Lines at Pershing Square Station

Getting a quick review done and out of the way as I sit waiting, while my girlfriend wanders around Mink Pink’s sample sale.
I walked the hallways and noticed a few haute and trendy brands that some girls would drop to their knees for out of joy and excitement. During the sample sales these places open up their spaces, and it seems there are very nice clothing items at affordable prices.
All I can say is, this place is a fashionistas dream come true. They can shop all they want at a bargain.

The BEST sample sales. SEVEN FOR ALL MANKIND jeans for $ 40. HUDSON jeans for $ 40. And much, much more! You’ll never pay top dollar again after shopping at The Cooper Building on Los Angeles Street in the Fashion District. The best sales are on Fridays. Check the Cooper Building website or Racked LA for the schedule of daily sample sales. The café on the 1^st floor is delicious and healthy. Now you know the LA 411!
One star docked as parking is tough. Safest bet is to pay and park in a parking garage nearby.

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Came here for a Levis Sample sale. I never knew this place existed until I heard about it from the Levis sale. This specific Levis sells made and crafted clothing and I got some cute high waisted shorts for $ 10.
They have a bunch of other stores and showrooms as well. Most of the stores seem pricey so I didn’t shop around that much but I did go into Wildfox. Their original prices are expensive but I want to try and go to one if their sample sales as well that they announce on their facebook. $ 10 dollars to park inside the garage and the cross streets are 9^th and Los Angeles. For some weird reason when we put the address on google maps it took us somewhere to an empty building around 4^th and Los Angeles and we wandered around for a good 15 minutes trying to look for the place. Thank goodness for this Unilocal page leading us to the right direction.

I don’t know how accurate my review will be of the this venue since I came for a special gala, not for a sample sale like everyone else wrote their reviews about. So that’s why this review will be short. However, the «space» itself is fairly big, so I assume that’s why it is often rented out for sales. The venue is old fashioned with elevators up to the 11^th floor. Maybe I’ll swing by next time for a sample sale since I’m a hefty shopper myself!

This space has many great brands. I interned at a showroom earlier this year. Maybe someday I’ll be skinny enough to work at one of the showrooms.

Thrifty fashionistas take note! Last friday of the month at the Cooper Design Space = my favorite day of the month.
Park down the street, you can find lots for as little as $ 7, grab a juice at Pressed in the lobby and get ready to hunt. BRING CASH. Many seasoned shoppers come here every month and holy hell they are feisty.
Brief reviews on some of the sales I’ve been to:
Motel Rocks – always a good bet. Dresses usually $ 20 a pop, and the guys that work in the showroom are the best.
Wildfox – OVERRATED. The sales usually suck, the girls are always fighting over the $ 20 graphic tees and nothing is as cheap as it should be. I almost always pass on their sales.
Levis – wasn’t my thing, selection was way too sparse.
Vanessa Mooney – One of my favorites, I always hit up their showroom. prices on their jewelry will range from $ 5– $ 50 for pieces that cost upwards of $ 200.
Reformation– I’ve only seen them have a sale here once, but damn it was a good one. One can only pray that they’ll have another soon.
Stella 9 – (In the same showroom as Vanessa Mooney) You can find some great deals on their unique bags, but don’t be expecting a total bargain. Their famous weekenders are about $ 100 at their sales.
Monserat De Lucca– Y E S. I went to their sale for the first time this fast Friday and they had a decent selection of jewelry out for – get this– $ 5 a piece. So I had to buy 5 pieces. Sue me, $ 25 for what would have cost $ 350
Theory– A SCARY SCARY place. As much as I wanted to get a pair of slacks at this sale I was actually terrified during it. Women be CRAY, I swear I almost got my head cut off every time I touched a rack.
Lisa Maree– I live for their crotchet bikini and monokinis but I just can’t afford them at full price on my grad school budget. Thank god for these sample sales where I’ve gotten $ 250 bathing suits for as little as TEN DOLLARS (most are about 30 – 40 though)
I’m feeling a bit regretful as I finish this review because I feel like I’m giving away a huge secret… enjoy Unilocalers, I’ll see y’all on the next last Friday :)

Great place for sample sales!
Tip: Bring cash! A lot of places only except cash for these flash sales :)

If you’re at all into fashion, this is your mecca. I’m in love.
I went here for the first time a few months back, for a Wildfox sample sale. This particular sale was huge and had an entire ballroom-​like space devoted to it. I picked up $ 250 gems for a clean 50 bucks and left a very happy girl.
I went to another Wildfox sample sale about a week back, and this one had slim pickings, took place in their much smaller showroom, and was «meh» in terms of pricing, so my friend and I decided to explore the whole building. I’m so glad we did, because we found so many amazing brands having sample sales (One Teaspoon! For Love and Lemons! Motel Rocks!) and left with tons of stuff at great prices. Apparently, they have sample sales every last Friday of the month in all of the brands. The Motel Rocks showroom/​sample sale was particularly awesome (I mean, seriously, crop tops for 5 $?!) and the people were super friendly. The building in itself is sort of like a mall, but only featuring certain designers which I’ve never seen actual stores of (at least not in the United States).
Added bonus: the Pressed Juicery in the lobby. The perfect way to end a shopping trip!

Sample sales at the Cooper building beats the Cal Mart for sure!
I love the set up of the building, it looks clean and the hallways are spacious.
IF you’re here for the sample sale — BE WARNED. TAKE THE STAIRS!
The elevators are packed packed packed! I don’t even know why people bother to wait for them since you are 98% of the time disappointed when the doors FINALLY open and it’s already an overstuffed car :\
Parking is a hassle — you will rarely get lucky enough to find street parking, but then again you don’t want to have to rush back down for the meter. I suggest parking at one of the private lots near the Cal Mart and walk 1 – 2 blocks. OR sometimes the Cal Mart itself has $ 6 parking which isn’t too bad compared to their regular rates!

I recently found out about this place through wildfox. The last friday of each month they have sample sales which is CASH ONLY. Park at a nearby $ 5 lot and get there early! The line will be long. That being said… the wait it not as long, they do keep the line moving at a decent speed and are continuously restocking the sale… i got 3 Baggy Beach Jumpers for $ 150! Score! I will be back every month to satisfy my shopping addiction!

This review is coming from a guest point of view. My friend brought me here for Reformation’s sample sale. It was a rather impressive building with lots of space and clean walls. The only thing I don’t get is why people choose to eat their lunches inside while people are trying on clothes. Anyway, my experience here was mixed. There was a cigarette smell in the lobby upon entering. The juice bar on the lower level is cute and very fitting for this place.

Came here yesterday for the Coeur tradeshow. Even though I’m not in the industry I was able to get in since I’m a USC business student, booyah!
The building is eleven floors, and there is a pressed juicery downstairs, though I must admit I’m not sure if it was permanent or a special pop-​up for the fashionistas.
The elevators are all superr slow, to the point where you get creeped out that it might just stop working.
Floors 2 – 10 are very generic, but the 11^th floor is stunning! The space is huge and the ceilings are very high. This is where the actual tradeshow was and it was great.
The best part was that Deuvo had samples of their pralines and other confectionaries and they were soo delicious. I loved meeting Sheila and Marcus (mother and son of the family business). Everything was so delicious and I would highly recommend trying their desserts out of you have a hankering for southern style pralines or as gifts for the holiday season. Delicious, check then out at

Sample Sale! End of Season Sale! 50%off sale! Clearance Sale! The Fashionista Candyland! Yes! That is how I would describe The Iconic Cooper Building this side of DTLA.
The Showrooms at the Cooper Building are like the fashion they carry, they are stylish, eccentric, trendy and like a human being each has its own individuality, this building showcases all these fashion lines in a well laid-​out structure, spacious and inviting.
For aspiring designers, buyers, merchandisers or just a shopaholic this space is a wealth of ideas and Inspiration enough to make your head-​spin, upcoming fashion and collections before it hits the stores are typically displayed in showroom windows.
Visit the Cooper Design Space Building sometime when you are in DTLA (by 9^th & Los Angeles) you just don’t know what surprise await in every floor…
…SAMPLE SALE!!!

I know the bargain hunters like the Persian mom/​daughter teams that come to the samples sales are gonna hate me for revealing this secret, but if you can’t afford buying clothes on websites like Shopbop and high end boutique stores
(or people that just love a good bargain) come here on the LAST FRIDAY of every month and you will thank me. I have found crazy bargains at these sales like organic cashmere sweaters that retail at Nordstrom for 400 dollars for 50 dollars!
Not all the designers have a sale every last Friday. Go on the Cooper Design Space blog to see who is having a sale that month.
This building has the BEST designers, many are local LA designers. Here is a off the top of my head list:
Anniel
The Lady and the Sailor
Liebeskind Berlin
Society for Rational Dress
Nation LTD
LNA
Theory
Goddis
Wren
Ted Baker
Maison Scotch
Scotch and Soda
Greylin
Bobi
Min Young Lee
Cynthia Vincent (12^th Street)
Odd Molly
Closed
Wildfox
Something Else
Sunner
AG Jeans
Maggie Ward
Robert Rodriquez
Junkfood
Splendid/​Ella Moss
Nightcap
Elizabeth and James
Kenzie
Linea Pelle
Steven Allen
Spun Scarves by Subtle Luxury
Jamison
And occasionally Isabel Marant and Kelly Wearstler will hold a sale here as well.
If you are thirsty, grab a Watermelon Mint Juice from Pressed Juicery as you enter the building.
Take the elevator to the top first, and then take the stairs down. The elevators get CRAZY busy during the sales.
Bring CASH and your nice and clean reusable bags (not the bags that you take to the farmers market that have pieces of old cilantro at the bottom of the bag).
They hold sample sales every Friday between Thanksgiving and Christmas, otherwise it’s the last Friday of the month.
Any questions? Write back to me.
If you have a few hours to spare on sample sale Fridays, also check out the NEW MART building, California Market Center, and the Geary buildings which also have designers holding sample sales. I recommend Mother showroom and Riller & Fount at the New Mart.
Also check out the J Brand Warehouse in Downtown if you have more time to kill. Crazy deals there I tell ya.
I love you Downtown Los Angeles.

I might have been envisioning the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce building from Mad Men while heading over the the Cooper Design Space because it definitely was not what I was expecting upon entrance.
A girlfriend and I attended a pop-​up vintage marketplace event held at the Cooper Design Space a couple weekends ago. Even on a Sunday afternoon, there were a handful of friendly servicemen in the lobby and throughout the building greeting eager shoppers. The elevator dings at the 11^th floor, doors slid open, and our eyes are greeted by a spacious floor room. Industrial ceilings with large pipes ahead, the room was white, bright, and transparent. I really liked how there were large panels of windows surrounding the room, admitting natural light into the event (and a great view of Downtown LA.)
This is a great nook in LA’s Fashion District, hosting various events and sample sales for all of you smart shoppers! I saw a flyer in the elevator listing all upcoming show cases and events from various designers, but can’t remember the details. Do a little research, grab some girlfriends, cash, and have yourself a delight!

I attended The THREADShow here, a fashion event supporting local up and coming designers that was held here on the 11^th Floor. What made the shopping experience great was the large open space that housed us all. This space is breathtaking when you first enter with the sky high windows, allowing a lot of natural light to shine in. You also get a great view of downtown Los Angeles.
The likes of William Rast and other high end brands in the building?! Even if you’re not into fashion, you will be in awe or wish you worked in fashion. The place is inspiring.

Beautiful old building.
Only saw the 11^th floor but in my mind would had made for a beautiful loft apartment.
I love old downtown and the buildings that still remain that. including the elevator. (I Unilocaled when it stopped)

Access to regular sample sales is one of the nicest perks of living in L.A. The Cooper building seems to have sample sales all the time, with quality name-​brand goods going for Forever 21 prices.
Parking is a bit of a bitch, but you can find street parking with a bit of diligence. When lots boast rates of $ 3 or $ 5, be sure to read how many minutes you’re getting for your money. Often it’s around fifteen, so careful.
There are tons of showrooms in the Cooper building on more than ten floors, and many of them have sample sales at the same time. I recently went for an Ella Moss and Splendid warehouse sale and made out like a bandit. I think most of these places take credit, but do bring cash and a bit of willingness to deal with crowds and partial nudity. It’s definitely worthwhile.