Boxing Day at Selfridges – UK shoppers put the gloves on
12/17/09 at 11:05 AM | Be the first to comment!
We all know what happens on Black Friday. It’s the day when people camp out in the wee hours of the morning in search for the Holy Grail of bargains. It’s when stampedes of shoppers dodge, leap and lunge for those pair of jeans that are 75% off. It’s when the saying ‘Shop til you drop’ takes on a whole new meaning.
Well, bargain hunters in the UK have a day of their own. It falls the day after Christmas. They call it Boxing Day. No, not in honor of the black eyes received in check out line battles – but rather after the presents given, historically, in a Christmas Box to the less wealthy, servants, and laborers.
And one of my favorite department stores in all the land, Selfridges, is having a Boxing Day bargain sale extravaganza. You’ll see discounts as huge as 75% off Stella McCartney, 60% off Vivienne Westwood, and 50% off Christian Louboutin.
Selfridges has been opening their doors on December 26th for the past seven years and are the first store to do so in London. This year, Selfridges will be opening at 9am. Selfridges also has regional stores in Birmingham and Manchester that will also open that day at 8am. The Selfridges Boxing Day bargain-hunters will be the first able to pick from the tens of thousands of discounted products, like 75% off this Dries Van Noten Blazer and 50% off Alexander Wang’s Anya shoe.
The Selfridges sale runs until stocks last. Check out www.selfridges.com.
For the full list of sale designers, prices, and deals, take a peak at the Selfridges Boxing Day Sale release.
Mind the Gap, Inc?
11/5/09 at 5:27 PM | Be the first to comment!
Growing up in suburban America, my adolescent days were dressed in Gap. I think of the brand with a mild fondness - like that kid who lived in the neighborhood, the one with the “eh” personality, with whom I played occasionally, but barely remember today. It’s not that I didn’t like my Gap outfits (baggy cargo pants) at the time, but how many times can you re-invent and rebrand a pair of khakis?
Thankfully, the Gap has jumped on the bandwagon of comissioning designers to help with collections. The trend is definitely a welcome one. Gap started with a collaboration with Alexander Wang and Vena Cava, that breathed life into the brand (and the khakis), and the work on continues with Stella McCartney for Gap Kids. The collection features a band jacket that is right in time for a little drummer boy christmas-chic. The ad campaign itself and the look book carries the slight hint of Stella’s trademark animal loving (she is both an avid vegetarian and fur opponent).
Already among their list of celeb customers shoping at the Gap (i did just say that) is one Angelina Jolie, who dropped $500 on the collection in the Santa Monica store. Sadly, us grown ups without kids aren’t able to benefit from this collaboration-unless you’re a petite who can wear the XL kids sizes, like our very own Jeremy Viray. The rest of us will have to shop the adult collection in Selfridges.
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