Denied!

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A high-level Racked informant tells us that she was turned away from the fabulous Zac Posen friends-and-family sale this morning. Commenters are saying they encountered the same problem. The most frustrating part? All the reports of being shot down come after this assessment from a reader: "I'm a regular on the sample sale scene and I must say, Zac Posen was hands down one of the best sales I've ever been to. They had to practically carry me out on a stretcher. I would've bought the entire place." [Previously]