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9 ways to save on buying fashionable clothes online

Lucy Zaichkina

stylist, author of the blog "Idealist"

'20.09.2017'

Every time I had to go shopping in the mall or devote time to shopping on the Internet, the very amphibian appeared behind my back, which was responsible for saving the family budget and at the same time did not let me open up as a woman what suits me I scared her with Florida alligators, deliberately went to French restaurants, but she lived condescendingly, when I found something sweet and cheap, and she was strangling me, only my hand was reaching for something more expensive. If she disappeared, then her favorite temporarily replaced her. But, fortunately, my profession assumed valuable knowledge, as it is delicate and diplomatic to take into account the interests of both parties. So I decided to announce those tricks that allowed me to dress in brands with a limited budget than the mass market and save on the purchase of fashionable clothes online.

Photo: idealistka.me

I have a blouse Little Mini Me; skirt of an unknown brand; Coach bag; My-Ki Jewelry brass necklace, Ancient Greek Sandals sandals

How to look for discounts on clothes in fashion stores online

  1. Create wishlist

It was the best way to save money. I added favorite clothes and accessories to my wish list, putting hearts to them if they were too expensive for me. After a while I received a message on Emailthat the price of them fell, and already then made a decision - to take or continue to wait. What I do not advise you to do is to wait for sales, in case the clothes you like were successful in the price / quality ratio - the whole world is watching international retailers, and the valuable finds are quickly bought up.

2. Compare price with other stores.

It was possible to go to such fashion search engines as Polyvore or Lyst and type in the search box the exact name of the desired item of clothing. So you can see that the same blouse or dress in different stores cost differently.

I’m wearing a Little Mini Me blouse (similar here); skirt of an unknown brand (similar, here); bag, Coach; brass necklace, My-Ki Jewelry, sandals, Ancient Greek Sandals

I’m wearing a Little Mini Me blouse (similar here); skirt of an unknown brand (similar, here); bag, Coach; brass necklace, My-Ki Jewelry, sandals, Ancient Greek Sandals

3. Follow stocks in fashion stores online

Many online clothing stores and accessories arrange sales for a few days. Often they are confined to holidays or weekends. The message about the start of the shares often comes in the mail to registered users, but most often people find out about them by chance, looking at the site. Fashion bloggers and stylists receive information a couple of days earlier, and I decided to publish my personal alerts about sales people on Facebook Blog Page (subscribe, and be aware!)

4. Shop online outlet stores (designer outlet)

You can hardly find super-fashionable things in them, but the basic ones regularly came across amazingly beautiful ones! There are quite a few such outlets, but most of the time I used LastCall (Internet Outlet Neiman Marcus), Gilt (discount on it increased for those who had bonuses Bank of America), TJMaxx; Nordstrom Rack (Nordstrom Outlet); Yoox; J.Crew Factory, SaksOFF5thAvenue, TheOutnet (outlet Net-a-Porter), 6pm (shoes and bags) and many others.

Photo: idealistka.me

Not all the images I have time to post to the blog - see other street bows in Instagram Idealistka

5. Track clothes and shoes at a discount after purchase

Sometimes it happened that after I happily wore purchased online clothes, the store in which I bought it announced sale. If this happens within a week after the purchase, you can call the support service and ask to compensate for the difference in price. As a rule, the money was returned within the next week. Conditions for different online retailers are yours, and the 7 days rule, for example, worked on Shopbop.com.

6. Buy branded clothing in a consignment

These are large online stores with worldwide delivery, where designer clothes, shoes, bags and even second-hand paintings are accumulated. It was possible to find something that was never sold with discounts in official stores, such as a bag Chanel. About damage, wear, wear level consignment honestly informed and verified the authenticity of the sample before publication, at the time of communication with the owner. My favorite portal was TheRealReal; followed him Vestiaire Collective, on which it was appropriate to arrange bargaining with the owners.

Photo: idealistka.me

7. Track maximum discounts with Spycob

This system perfectly finds the biggest discounts given in the search for a brand. You can, for example, enter the query “Missoni”And find out that the best offer is espadrilles Missoni, which are sold in Saks for 119 $ dollars instead of 500 $. You can limit the search to a category and set Missoni Bag - then Spycob shows all the bags of this brand at a discount. The site displays sales partners of store partners connected to it, among which were almost all that I used. At the same time, you can create your brand list to find out about the fall in prices for brands of interest.

8. Use personal promotion code

Many online stores offered a 10-15% discount to everyone who subscribed to their newsletter and makes a purchase for the first time. It was convenient to use similar offers if the same thing was sold on different sites, and the savings in the case of an expensive purchase were substantial. Promo code for such promotions sent by mail.

Bag, Coach; glasses, Ray Ban
Photo: idealistka.me

Coach bag; Ray Ban glasses

9. Change the country of purchase

In some international fashion stores online you could change the country of purchase. The difference between European countries and America often surprised! For example, some European brands were sold in the USD zone without a discount, while in Russia or Thailand, or another country, the same things on the same site opened with discounts up to 70%. Often, a change of country led to an increase in the cost of delivery, but in comparison with the discount received, the benefit still remained.

All these simple ways were sometimes combined, and discounts were summed up. I took these 9 steps every time, creating a style for my clients. You could easily get into the seasonal sale on an additional Flash Sale and use the personal code of the first purchase. Until now, I have not been able to figure out what to call with a capacious word a joyful feeling that filled me if cool things came into my hands for reasonable money. But I liked this feeling!

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