Today’s Fashion Friday Post is courtesy of Chandler Carr, a fellow AG, who has her own fantastic fashion-focused blog, Hot Coffee with A Straw.
Ten days ago I went on an exploration, not only venturing outside the circumference of Chelsea, but past the London City Limits. Boarding a train at Marylebone Station, I made the pilgrimage, seemingly having become mandatory for English fashionistas, and knowing visitors to the area. Bicester Village, a mere 40-minute train journey away, greeted me with chilling winds and spitting snow. Did that stop me from shopping? Goodness no! I’m a professional after all…
In fact, I shopped (with my mother by my side) till we both nearly dropped. In Bicester you will discover last season’s product at a significantly reduced price… so, needless to say, you certainly feel that you’re getting the greatest “bang for your buck”. You’ll see all of the big names, and many of the smaller ones too. I found items that I simply “couldn’t live without” at places ranging from L.K. Bennett, to Lulu Guinness; Burberry to Cath Kidston; and even bought my dad’s birthday gift well in advance at Tod’s. But, where did I really clean up? Smythson. They carry in Bicester Village all of the current styles in colors which the company has retired, and even some styles that have been replaced, as well. (read: covers for outdated phones, kindles, etc. – if you can’t seem to give up that blackberry, and want to stay chic – this is the place to go.)
