Cheap trendy clothes seems like an oxymoron but it’s easy to get high fashion and designer looks without spending a ton of money. Before I got involved with fashion and spent years in New York, Paris, London, and Milan during an internship, I was totally clueless. However Ilearned the best ways to get amazing looking and up to date stylish clothing for next to nothing, from the locals. When you see people in these fashion cities walking all over the place, you’ve gotta wonder how they can afford it. Here are 4 ways I’ve learned!
You need to know some basic big fashion city styles. Your own personal style might be ok, but the trends in these fashion meccas are pretty timeless – You don’t want to look like you just stepped out of a High School in Kansas. Most of the clothes aren’t super flashy or covered in massive labels, like they are on fake designer and cheap mall clothing. Go for solid colors or simple patterns in a well-fitting silhouette, and you’re already a step ahead of everyone. Where does one find such things for cheap?
A proven way to get high-fashion designer looks for cheaper than even a deep sale price is sample sales. It’s kinda tough finding these unless you already live in a big city, but if you know where to look you can find them online! There are several organizations online that absorb designer’s samples before they even get to these frenzied sales, and offer them to you via an online inventory. Simply google “online sample sales”, you will find several good results (such as gilt group, based out of NYC)
Even though sample sales are a ton cheaper than full price, it’s still designer clothing, and can still be expensive. Another great way to get amazing and cheap trendy clothes (without spending hundreds per piece) is just picking the right retailers. These retailers offer high fashion designs made by very talented design teams (based in the major fashion cities) manufactured in places other than Italy, letting you buy the same patterns and silhouettes for literally 1/10th of the price. These stores are H&M, Zara, and Uniqlo (occasionally Urban Outfitters). If you don’t have any in your city, check them out online. Additionally, American Apparel offers a lot of timeless, well-proportioned, solid pieces that are by definition cheap trendy clothes.
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