Comments on: 11 destinations for cheap shopping in london

By: judith Kozloff

judith Kozloff — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:24:19 +0000

the current rate of exchange is about $1.50+ to the pound. which doesn’t mean it’s cheap, only cheaper. UK has a built in tax of 20% on adult clothes so if you can squeeze into kid sizes big savings.
You can take the train out to Bicester Village to save money and hassle of driving.
BUT my London based daughter does her shopping in New York – heading straight for Forever 21 even if they have opened stores in London and Birmingham they are much more expensive than here ( import duties and tax).

By: shoetopian

shoetopian — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:01:37 +0000

Oh, and Dorothy Perkins is another “high street” store that has great items for reasonable prices. And they now deliver to the U.S.

By: shoetopian

shoetopian — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:00:48 +0000

The items from the up-and-coming designers at Portobello Market aren’t always that expensive…especially accessories. However, even with the more expensive items, my logic has always been to splurge on those things because there won’t be too many people with the same thing.

By: Mojo

Mojo — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:48:40 +0000

I don’t think I’d skip the vintage section of this Top Shop store. It’s actually pretty cool, there’s a lot of interesting pieces in there. It’s my favorite part of that Top Shop location :-) Some stuff may be overpriced, but then again I think with the US dollar to British pounds exchange rate, just about everything is overpriced.