Fashion

Mid-year is a time where one is often a wee bit frugal.

Reluctant to spend money on luxuries like new clothes and accessories? Until that miraculous gift from the Gods is deposited into your account in the form of a tax return, here are a few helpful hints to remain stylish and well heeled whilst saving for whatever island getaway you have planned for summer. 

Melbourne is a wonderful city full of even more wonderful gems like DFO, the one in our very own Southwarf being a brilliant place to pick up a bargain. Stores including Mossman, Toni Bianco and Tigerlily will help you adorn yourself with dashing pieces for nifty prices.

With DFO’s popping up all over the state, there really is no reason to shop full price round the clock when you can pick up a pair of $40 Toni Bianco shoes and put the money you saved towards your plane fare or whatever tickles your fancy (i.e. more clothes).

There are a lot of sneaky ways to obtain clothes at reduced prices in Melbourne if you do a bit of research. Chain stores including Bardot have warehouses in Abbotsford selling old and slightly faulty stock for as little as $5.

Merely ‘liking’ the Facebook page of some of your favorite designers can alert you to their Top Secret sample sales where you can pick up bargains like Friend Of Mine boots for 70% off. Join all the mailing lists and follow all the instagram’s your fingers can manage, as they are the best way to keep informed about sales, promotions and discounts.

Another thrifty solution is to sell the clothes that are gathering dust at the back of your closet in order to make some extra funds outside your day job. Sell your old horrors on EBay, Etsy or at a good old fashion market.

It is all but guaranteed that there is some strange little person out in the realms of the Internet who is hyperventilating over your PVC platform leather boots from your Goth phase in the 90s. Etsy is becoming a fashion favorite to score up-and-coming designers and one-off vintage pieces, as it’s a great place to score one-of-a-kind items.

Lastly, Melbourne’s Camberwell Rotary Market is an easy way to sell your out of date items and one of the most interesting places to pick a new bargain, spending the money you just earned selling your clothes. It’s the sartorial circle of life.