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SSENSE’s Summer Sale Is a Great Way to While Away the Long Weekend

Including kooky home accents, exclusive furniture, and lots of Tekla bedding
Assorted furniture and decor items available at SSENSE against a red background.
Products courtesy of SSENSE; Illustration: Lauren Arzbaecher

Among all the great Memorial Day discounts in the promo-sphere, the SSENSE sale is one that’s worth all the time you’ll spend combing through it. The Canadian retailer is notorious for hosting epic deal bonanzas, but also for the sheer number of picks shoppers have to sift through in SSENSE’s vast catalogue of clothing and home decor. Ahead of the long weekend, they’re back again with a whole new crop of summer deals that extend far beyond the indie clothing upstarts it’s known for to Le Labo candles, Seth Rogen’s ceramics, and Smeg cookware among the site’s well-stocked “Everything Else” section.

Below, we gave you a head start by rounding up some of the most worthwhile deals to secure before someone else does this week, including must-haves for the kitchen, bathroom, and beyond. There’s no promo code necessary, just a healthy appetite for tasty savings (and maybe some storage space for all the goods you’ll be stockpiling).

The Best Deals at the SSENSE Sale:

Beauty Deals

If our latest Scent Week had you thinking about how to surface some new fragrances for the home, we spotted our AAPI Heritage Month guest editor Soft-Geometry in the mix, along with other designer names like Maison Margiela and Le Labo that rarely go on sale. Some of these are “discovery kits,” which means they come with samples so you can test minis before you commit to the full-size, full-price items.

Cotton terrycloth towel featuring check pattern in blue and yellow, and two bars of soap.

Binu Binu Baina Edition Towel & Bar Soap Set

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Soft-Geometry Gola Donut Candle

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Maison Margiela Replica Bubble Bath Eau de Toilette

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Le Labo Candle Discovery Set

Home Accent Deals

SSENSE’s sale section features lots of wacky decor, including funky vases, art piece rugs, and sculptural planters from names like Maison Balzac and Seth Rogen’s Houseplant. At discounts as steep as 50%, it’s easier to rationalize adding even the splurgiest of them to your cart.

Heavyweight cotton canvas plant pot cover in green with two handles.

Satta Plant Pot Cover

Cold Picnic Off-White Sparrows Rug

Cold Picnic Off-White Sparrows Rug

Handcrafted porcelain ashtray with beaded glazed in yellow.

Houseplant 'by Seth' Gloopy Ashtray

Two leaf-shaped placemats with white embroidery.

Maison Balzac Fig Leaf Placemat Set

Kitchen and Tabletop Deals

The tabletop is where SSENSE’s “Everything Else” section really shines. The retailer offers classic (and very giftable) kitchen gadgets and appliances from brands like Smeg and Alessi, but also flatware, fine Italian glassware, and more experimental hand-crafted ceramics—like this colorful pitcher from Henry Holland Studio.

Non-stick cold-forged aluminum frying pan in black with polished stainless steel handle.

Smeg '50s Style Frying Pan

Alessi Silver Port Basket

Alessi Silver Port Basket

Handcrafted glossy ceramic plate in black with hand-painted graphic of a loaf of bread, butter, butter knife, and the words 'Du Pain.'

Harlie Brown Studio 'Du Pain' Plate

Handcrafted glazed ceramic pitcher with neck and handle striped in blue and white.

Henry Holland Studio Stripe Water Jug

Furniture Deals

Covetable clothes and smaller decor pieces are SSENSE’s bread and butter, but the site also sells a few larger furniture pieces from brands like ferm LIVING and Curves by Sean Brown, alongside classics like Herman Miller and Vitra. Not too many of these items are marked down right now, but SSENSE is consistently adding more styles to the sale section.

Lacquered polymer stool in green with zig-zag style silhouette.

Polspotten Green Zig Zag Stool

Sculptural Baltic birchwood plywood chair with melamine finish in white.

Curves by Sean Brown Archway Chair

Stackable powder-coated steel dining chair with stained oak veneer seat and backrest.

Ferm Living Herman Dining Chair

FFF 3D printed stool in black.

Temporary.Company CP 1 Stool

Bedding and Bath Deals

And don’t sleep on the sizable assortment of dreamy bedding and bath sets up for grabs. Tekla is one of the usual suspects here, along with designer towels from Missoni and Baina that have the prescription for your pattern fever.

Organic cotton terrycloth towel striped in pink and red.

Tekla Block Stripes Beach Towel

Assorted set of five GOTS-certified organic cotton terry cloth bath linens in off-white and orange stripes.

Baina Essential Bathroom Set 21 (Set of 5)

Baby pink duvet cover with button closures folded up.

Tekla Sateen Duvet Cover

Rectangular cotton terrycloth bath sheet in blue with jacquard chevron pattern throughout.

Why to Shop the SSENSE Sale During Memorial Day

SSENSE is best known for stocking a highly curated selection of textiles and goods to fill out your closet and home, from luxury brands like Jacquemus, The Row, Comme des Garçons, and Marni to sportswear finds from the likes of Nike, Adidas, and Skims. It’s likely where you scooped up your favorite Vivienne Westwood cardigan (during one of the seasonal sales of course) or where you surface discreet Maison Margiela beauty deals every season.

While it’s an obvious choice to shop for T-shirts, cashmere hoodies, handbags, and your next pair of office-friendly loafers, the retailer’s home section also a features a trove of decor and furniture from local design darlings like Sophie Lou Jacobsen to across-the-pond names like Ferm Living and Tekla. Designer labels abound here as well if Loewe soaps and Missoni prints are more your speed. Suffice it to say that the selection is here to second-to-none, and just the place to fill your cart with all kinds of rarities and covetables across categories.