The Ultimate Guide To London Sample Sales
If you haven’t been to any sample sales in London and you’re wondering whether they’re worth checking out, let me tell you everything you could want to know about them.
First of all, there are several different kinds of sample sales in London. Sometimes individual designers will hold their own sample sale London. They may want to sell their samples and past seasons’ clothing, and you’ll usually find them heavily discounted. These may be held at their headquarters, their offices, a rented venue or one of their retail shops. Examples of these sample sales in London taking place this month are Fred Perry, La Perla and Georgina Goodman.
Then you have sample sales in London put on by retailers that sell numerous designer brands. At these events, you’ll be able to find designer brands at a fraction of the prices that are sold in stores. If you are familiar with what the retailer stocks, then you will be able to have a good idea of what to expect. Examples include the Flannels London sample sale and the Doors Jas MB sale.
Lastly, you have large shopping events organised by companies and organisations such as the Designer Warehouse Sale and Designer Sales UK. They are typically held in large warehouses around London. The amount of clothing and accessories at these sample sales in London may seem overwhelming at first and you’ll have to be prepared to really go through the racks to find top bargains.
Can you try on clothes at these sample sales in London? Yes you can, but do not expect individual change rooms. Most of the time at a sample sale London, there will just be a changing area that is blocked off by curtains with standing mirrors arranged around the perimeter. But don’t worry, if the sample sale London carries both menswear and womenswear, there will be separate changing areas for men and women. And don’t be shy about stripping down to your knickers, everyone else will be doing the same and too busy trying on their designer clothes to notice you. Here is a tip: sometimes people leave behind clothes they don’t want in the change rooms. These are fair game to the rest of the people in the room!
Queues, queues and more queues! Popular sample sales in London will require you to queue to get into the sale; you will also need to queue for the change room and probably queue to pay. I once had to queue for half an hour just to get into a sale. I then queued for 20 minutes to get into the change room, and then queue another 15 minutes to pay. So depending on which sample sales in London you go to, you may not be able to make it there and back during your lunch break.
Make sure to enjoy yourself and don’t buy something you don’t even like that much just because you feel like you have to get something at a sample sale London. Because you don’t, and there will always be more sample sales in London.
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