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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Simon Chilvers

Five of the best discount outlets

Discount shopping: Erdem dress, Bicester Village
Bicester Village
50 Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxon, bicestervillage.com
Latest arrivals include YSL, Fendi and Liz Hurley’s swimwear. And you can’t go wrong with cut-price Anya Hindmarch or Marni.
Erdem dress, £190 (was £380), part of the British Designers Collective store
Photograph: PR company handout
Discount shopping: Galleria, French Connection shorts
Galleria Outlet Store
Comet Way, Hatfield, Herts, www.thegalleria.co.uk
High-street stores for wardrobe building blocks: Nike (old school trainers), Gap (chinos), Clarks (comfy shoes) and TK Maxx (pot luck).
French Connection shorts, £35 (was £55)
Photograph: PR company handout
Discount shopping: Galleria Nike trainer
Galleria Outlet Store
Nike Dunk Hi-top trainer, £35 (was £70)
Photograph: PR
Discount shopping: Shirt, Gieves & Hawkes, York Designer Outlet
York Designer Outlet
St Nicholas Avenue, Fulford, York, 01904 682 700, yorkdesigneroutlet.com
Think Brit institutions: Paul Smith, Margaret Howell and Gieves & Hawkes. Also, seek out this season’s kitten heels at LK Bennett.
G&H shirt, £45 (was £95)
Photograph: PR company handout
Discount shopping: Stella McCartney cape, TheOutnet
TheOutnet.com
Sister site to Net-A-Porter, this is outlet shopping at its slickest. Current investments include a Alexander McQueen handbag, Tom Ford sunglasses, or this marvellous cape.
Stella McCartney cape, £566 (was £944)
Photograph: PR company handout
Discount shopping: Roland Mouret Satie top, The Outnet
TheOutnet.com
Roland Mouret Satie cotton-blend top, £132 (was £264)
Photograph: PR company handout
Discount shopping: Burberry outlet store, trenchcoat
Burberry Outlet Store
29 Chatham Place, London, 020-8328 4287
A recent refurbishment has ramped up the gloss so don’t expect a scruffy dive. Catwalk trenchcoats are usually upwards of £600, but you’ll get them cheaper here.
Burberry trench, from £449
Photograph: PR company handout
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