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Speaker 1 (00:10):
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to Nothing to Wear, the podcast that solves fashion problems
and levels up your wardrobe. I'm Lee Campbell, and every
week I sit down with an expert who helps us
work out how to get more out of the clothes
you already own and tells us what is and isn't
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worth adding to our wardrobe. Now do you wish you
had a little genie, a bottle or a person in
your handbag that just knew about the best sales, when
to go, when they happen, if they're worth it, Well,
now you do. And her name is Sabrina. Sabrina's from
Melbourne and she was known within her friendship group for
finding the best warehouse sales and sample sales, heading there early,
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scoping them out and then telling her friends. Vice was
so popular she started to post on social media and
now she shares the best sales from all around the country.
So she's joining me today to talk about all things sale.
And I'm not talking about when Maya or David Jones
just has a little sale. I'm talking about archive sales,
warehouse sales, end of something sales. There's always sales happening
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in real life, but thankfully now more online as well.
So Sabrina's going to tell us how she finds out
about them, whether they're worth it, the strategies to not
just get excited and buy anything, and where you can
find the best ones to shop. Sabrina, Welcome to the show.
Since I found out you were coming on, I have
been I say this most times, but I've been most
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excited to talk to you than anyone this year. This
is so my alley. But before we get into the topic,
I ask new guests two questions. The first one is
can you describe your own style in three words? And
what are they? Oh? This was really hard.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I went with tailored, textured, and timeless.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Ooh we love alliteration too.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
I know I really want to just throw comfortable in
their too, but it didn't work with my teas.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
So yeah, I can't think of anything like leave it
with me, Okay, talk me through them? Quickly. So textured.
I mean, I love your texture top. I love texture too.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, And I don't think it's necessarily about a big
texture like for It's just I really appreciate the way
that things feel, which is why I love shopping in
person and running my hands over everything to be like
do I want this on my body?
Speaker 1 (02:37):
And I feel like certain textures can feel lux and
expensive even if they weren't. Like some items, the texture
of the fabric can give fancy vibes.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Absolutely, and it can go the other way too. You
can have something that's really expensive but you feel it
and you get all that's.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Itchy, yeah, itchy, or like a fancy designer satin thing
and it's like, oh, that just looks like a bee. Okay,
I love your words. Okay. So the theory that rings
pretty true. People have a wardrobe who cares how big
it is, but they wear ten percent of all those
things more than anything else. Their favorites are They reached
for what's in your tempercent.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
I live in Malbourn, so my ten percent would be coats,
all out and wear and sunglasses. I feel like a
coat and a really great pair of sunglasses at the
same time, can dress up anything at the same time
either or but I can stap a outing my active
wear trackies, tailored pants, throw a coat on, throw sunglasses.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
On, so true together and you look like a alsining cognito.
I also find I was thinking because you know, coat
and then sunny's but it's often quite glary on some
of those colder days, like you know when it's overcast,
but really glary sunnies are not just a summer.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Thing, no, And you find the different lenses, so I
wear different lenses in summer, or I reach for different
pairs in summer, like yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
I love that, and I want to ask more about that,
but we're not here for that. We're here to say
thank you for your service, your incredible social media presence.
I can't imagine how much it saved us all. So
you've built up an amazing following finding Australia's best wearhouse sales.
Take me back to the start. How did this come about?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Gosh, I feel like we should go to the very stars.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So we start at the start. Start. If you're like,
when were you born? No, I'm joking, but.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Younger we go. I have an older sister and a
mum and we used to go to wear house sales
and outlets together. I have these really strong memories of
doing that with my mum. Bridge Road is really famous
in Melbourne back in the day for that. And as
I grew up, I developed this love and passion for
Australian designers.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Then cost of.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Living, two children, a mortgage, the brands that I loved
to wear were no longer in my budget, so I
found a way around that by going to these sales.
I would get there really early before work because I'm
a full time nine till five kind of girl, get
there soup super early in the morning. And then after
I'd been I would drive to work and on my
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drive I would voice note all of my girlfriends in
my group chat. Should they go I've seen it? Yeah, yeah,
that blazer that you want. No they don't have it,
don't worry about it. Then it just eventually made its
way out of the group chat and I posted on
TikTok and realize that the group chat is everybody, Yes
it is.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And how long ago was that? I want to say,
maybe two to three years. I know how long ago? No,
it feels very fresh. Yeah, wow, that's really impressive, but
it's so true. You know. That's what podcasts as well.
They're they're friends in your ears, Like it's just women
talking about stuff and if people care about it indibtsapp,
it's generally a service to us. All that is awesome. Congratulations,
(05:34):
thank you. Okay, so you were driving to these sales
really early. How did you find out about them? Where
did you? I guess, get that infom Where do you
get it? Now? I'm wondering if brands like contact you
and tell you. I bet they do now, But how
did you know all this fabulous stuff?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
A whole bunch of different places. I would find out
through just signing up to email, brand email addresses, posters
walking down the street.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I was going to say the amount of time I've
said to my husband if I'm driving, get your phone
out so men there's a telegraph, take a photo. And
he's like and then I'm like, oh yeah, okay, that's
the basic sale.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I've definitely made my husband go back around the block.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
At the moment.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Now, brands reach out, I thought, and that's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Because you are helping them advertise.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
But I've also trained my algorithm quite hard. I like
and share every single sale related post to tell the algorithm.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
This is what I want to say.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Please show me more of it.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
That's why I'm getting ADHD in best friend content that
makes sense? Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Yeah, and then also things like Google alerts, just regularly
checking websites. And then you also find throughout the calendar
there is a bit of a pattern.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I was gonna ask about that too, Okay, And so
then that's all kind of I guess, amalgamated into what
you give us before we get into your personal strategy
about how to navigate these sorts of sales. Is there
and if so, what is the difference between a sample sale,
a warehouse sale, an archive sale? Closing down? So, I
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mean closing out's pretty obvious, But do you find that
there's a difference. Does it dependent on the wording that
the brand's using. Is one better than the other? Is
it just like sale? I think there is a.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Little bit of new on to it. It took me
a while to figure it out. Part of it is
the way that brands also want to communicate it and
the message they want to.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Give out the feel of the sale.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
But at its most basic, a sample sale will be
all of the garments that have been produced whilst designing
the items these typically in Australia are a size eight,
So if you see something that is purely a sample sale,
it's not really for everybody out of it.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
It's likely to be that size. I've been to a
few where there's mostly eight, so then there might be
a rack of a few other sizes.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
A little scattering, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
An archive sale will be past season stock, so we
call that dead stock anything that has been in the
store then made its way to its sale section and
then has been taken offline. The brands have these extra
stock and they need something to do with it, so
they try to move it on to the consumer, make
a little bit of their money back before putting it
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into Unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
And the warehouse just means it's generally big and got
stuff in it. House. Sale is like a catch hole.
It's just like a term for come and buy our
stuff for cheaper. Yes, yeah, you're right. I think Archive
feels a bit like It doesn't feel so like discounty.
It kind of feels like a bit insidary. But yeah,
I've noticed certain terminologies to make their more expensive brand
still not to appear sales in Discounty, but more sort
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of insidery.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Exactly, and brands can be really strategic about how they
communicate their sales and speaking to brands directly, they love
these events because they have their consumer base at shop
at full price all the time.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
But then they have a.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Whole different category of people that can suddenly access their
bleating and their brand, so they and there.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
An entry level and then you go, Actually, the quality
was amazing. I would consider full price absolutely interesting. All right,
I need to know all your tips and tricks. Let's
talk about your sales strategies. So first let's talk about
an IRL. Let's just got them wearhouse sales for the
sake of the whole category. Do you check out the
brand online first before to kind of guess what's there?
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I mean, obviously brands you know you can probably guess
what to expect. Do you make a wish list? Do
you just wing it while you're there? What is your
in real life sale strategy?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
The first thing that I would do is if I
have shopped the brand, before I go into my wardrobe,
I go through the pieces and I look at what
my size is. Smart, so then I know when I
go to the rack and the sale, I'm picking the
correct size. If you haven't shopped that brand before. I
would absolutely look up a size chart online, get your tape,
measure out and measure your body. It's going to save
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you so much stress when you actually arrive at the sale. Yes,
that's put it in your notes app too, because if
you're overwhelmed in the moment, you don't have to think, oh,
what was I in the pan top?
Speaker 1 (09:49):
It's there. I was shopping with my mummy's day and
she got a crumpled up piece of paper out of
her wallet and she's got her like Country Road. She
sized this and I was like, you're so cute, mom.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Yeah, but it's she didn't want to try it on.
She knows it's a standard sid shit, that's her size.
That's so clever. All right, you walk in, I mean
what are you wearing? Do you wear something that's easy
to try things on over or whip off or you
know there's communal chaine rooms often.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
If communal change rooms is a contentious point for you,
I would recommend wearing leggings and a singlet.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
If you are going to a brand that sells big gowns,
for example, like a Rachel Gilbert, then I would wear
a strap of spru perhaps some shape wear.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Think what would you wear under these clothes normally? That
is so clever.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Then you're getting a true picture of what the item
will look like on your body when you're wearing it,
and you're like.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Gosh, that's so smart. And shoes that easily slip on
and off. Because I went to a sample sale or
ware house sale a little while ago, and I had
just sneakers with laceers. But then there were shoes there
and I was like, sneaker off, sock off, shoe on.
Oh I've finished looking here. Oh look there's another one
sneaker on. You know, you've got to think about that stuff,
all right. You walk in, what do you do? What
if it's not size categorized? What if you get so
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star struck like me that I'm like, oh sequence, colors, prices.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
I would have a plan before you go in. Oh God,
So don't need to go in with no idea of
what you're going to get. That's where you're going to
get caught up in this hype and this excitement and
purchase things that you wouldn't normally purchase. Yes, I think
with normal shop when you go to the local shopping center,
with your girlfriends. It's not unusual to leave without buying something. Yes,
Whereas when you go to these sales, I think there
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can be a pressure and a hype. And you've lined
up for so you've lined up for a certain amount
of time, you've had to find a car park.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
There's a pressure to purchase, yes, And I think to
make it work, it.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Can be taken out of the situation to leave with nothing.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Oh, that is so clever.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
And if you go with a girlfriend, the way that
I think about it is there's less pressure to.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Not because might get something or you both go oh
that was shit, and then you go and have a
coffee and you.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Can look at it as I've just hung out with
my I spent some time. That just has so true
a moment of connection.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Yes, okay, I want to go with you. But the plan, Yeah,
what do you like? You've got a plan? What is
this plan?
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I keep a running list in my notes app in
my phone of things that I'm missing in my wardrobe.
So when I get dressed in the morning, if I
put on an outfit and then I go, oh, it
needs a light colored shoe. I don't have a light
college shoe. This is so frustrating. Pop that down in
your phone in the moment of frustration. Pop that down
because you never remember what you don't have you die.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
I don't even remember what I do have. That's what
I've got so many repeat items that are almost the same.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
So have a list of what you need and try
to buy from that list so that you're not overcome.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
To me.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
The other thing that I would think about is do
you have a holiday coming up, what kind of events
are upcoming in your calendar?
Speaker 1 (12:34):
And purchase is your lifestyle generally, Like I went to
one recently and there was the most beautiful It was
a gown, and I was like, I need it, and
it's such a good price. I don't got like all
the weddings are done in my life. I don't do
a lot of fancy work events anymore. And I was like,
she's so beautiful and she's such a good price, but
I do not need her.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
That was absolutely one of my tips that I had
to bring it down with purchased for your lifestyle, because
I was just saying when I started going to all
of these sales, I would buy all these beautiful things
and I address corporate yes days.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Yeah, in corporate. Now I'm with the kids. Yeah, because
I get a bit like, oh I can be carry
bradshare and I wear it tutu with some cowbourd bats
and did it and then I just don't. Yeah, so
be really you are. Yes. One tip I'll have say,
if you go in real life, if they've got like
that chart with the colored stickers or whatever, and you
know one hundred dollars, seventy dollars, fifty dollars, take a
quick photo because the charts not might be all over
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the warehouse and you go, oh green, how much is green?
Was that one hundred? You know? So you've got a
photo of it in your phone and then you can
quickly decide whether you want to try that on.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I love that so much, And that's something that whenever
I go to sales early, I'm always trying to give
the brands feedback. Yes, so I love when they categorize
by size.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Yes, helps everybody, Yes really colol oh I agree.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
And you also need price points in the change rooms
because that's where you make the Yeah, and there's never
that I have a budget.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
What fits within my budget? Do I get that fifty dollars?
Speaker 2 (13:50):
That's this smart and then we can add it all up.
We can leave what we don't want and take what
we do want.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
That's so clever. Okay, so we're seeing, you know, with
the globalization of the world. That sound like one hundred,
but you know, social media shopping, you know, online is
bigger than ever before. So brands are oftentimes hosting these
sales online, whether it's a warehouse, archive clearance, whatever. They
might have a separate site, you know, when you go
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to orit and then you go to oritin outlet or
Country Red Country a outlet. How do we approach online
because there's not the frenzy of people grabbing things or
getting parking or whatever, but it's still exciting. The dope
me wants to rush in. You want to click and buy.
How do you approach when there's an online sale that
might be you know, for a limit of time or
really really good. How do you do that?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Firstly, if it is a website that takes you externally,
like country are and oroton, I would also just be
really careful about the website that you're on and shopping
and making.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Sure that it is real real. My girlfriend bought so
much from the Decuba warehouse and it was a fake
website that had sponsored the ad or whatever, and she
was like, no, that's it and she got ripped off.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Yeah, so just doing that first little bit of research. Secondly,
I would have a look at the returns policy. Yeah,
that is huge. Some places are final sale, which what
you get is what.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
You get, yeah with it, and with sample cells that's
generally IRL it's like you just take it.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
I have luck in returning something before, and that was
because the item I think didn't last. I wore it
once and it broke apart. I contacted It was Henny actually,
and I contacted them and I said, this is what's happened,
and they were like, normally we wouldn't do this, but
we'll go okya, so.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Nice and just back to real life before we keep
going on online. But oftentimes there might even be a
separate section where it's like seconds or slightly damaged, and
they might put a little sticker that says, you know,
missing button or pulled thread, so you know what you're getting.
But with online, check the returns policy. Smart. I always
just figure you can't return it, but no you can.
It takes that risk away if.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
You know the sale is coming as well. Build your
wish list before the sales start. If you are a
popular size or there is limited sizing list, it means
that if the sale goes live, let's say tomorrow, you've
already got the items in your cart. Some of them
might not make it to the sales cap. You can
get rid of those in your cart, yes, but otherwise
you can check out quite quickly and secure your size
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and you know that you're getting what you want.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
And again, yeah, I guess if the sales coming and you,
like you said, if you're preparing to it a real one,
but it's online, you can go to your wardrobe and
try on or check the size, or if you know
a sales coming up, or you're just interested in a brand,
try it on, install, and then head online and wish
list it. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
And one of my biggest tips for shopping online in
general is I would never see something, put it in
my cart and then check out without first putting the
item name into Google Shopping, because Google Shopping is going
to search the whole web. Yes, and you might actually
find the exact same item on a different website for
cheaper yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
And it might be.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Because there's a first time offer, and particularly when it
comes to smaller online boutique brands, yes, which is also
fantastic because then you're supporting small brand.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
But you're still getting a barge. I use the cart
it app for that, and I always use the honey
plug in to see if anyone's got to Carfinitely use
cart it. Oh my gosh, it's so clever. Also, just
put it in you can't and leave it there because
oftentimes brands will do abandoned cart So I have a
skincare brand and after twenty four hours, I shouldn't tell
the whole all this. If there's something in your cart
and you haven't bought it, we send you a ten
percent off coade. Some have got fifteen to twenty percent.
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So just leave it there if you don't need it immediately.
And I guess that's not in a sale because that's
you know, this time depends how much you want the thing.
Do you filter like I guess you felter your size,
But do you go, okay, this is a fancy brand.
I'm going to search up to three hundred.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
I will often filter for the item type that I'm
looking for, then lowest to highest yes, and then go
into the price range filter yep and get rid of
anything that's really really low because you're probably going to
be like hair clips and yeah, hair clip socks and uneasy.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Yes, it's so annoying. You like, start me at the
good stuff that's cheap. Yeah, I know. I'm like, imagine
filtering high to low? Who are these people? I do
that for fun? I do it for fun too sometimes
and then I'm like what or like, you know, I
like the Vinnie's online. He's good. I feelter that high
to low because I still think, well, you know, I
get a cheap thing. Okay, that's that. Let me ask
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you any red flags, like any telltale signs of a
sale not be worth the heih, the travel time, the
waiting in line. I'm going to guess that's what you're
here for. But so many times, what I've actually noticed
is a lot of brands now will do you buy
a ticket? You don't have to pay for the ticket,
but you book a time slot because you know otherwise
really popular brands, the line will snak down, the three
hour wait or whatever, and you're like, well do I wait,
(18:27):
I don't know, I'm starving, I need to we I
think that booking a spot is good, but have you
ever turned up to a sailing on, Well that was
a waste of time or can you suss it out
now from the outside.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
I think it comes down to the brand and your
personal values around shopping in general, and whether that brand
aligns with your personal value. So that's going to be
different for everybody. And the red flags that I'd be
looking for things like quality, what's the quality of the brand,
the fabrics that they use. So I'm really cautious of
sales that I see online which I don't promote, where
(18:58):
it's everything is five dollars, everything is ten dollars. Yea,
I'm anglucious of the sustainability of that. Obviously that's the
bigger price points as well. Yes, but when we're getting
that low, yeah, it feels a little uncomfortable for me.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Yeah, sure. And I think also what I've learned is,
you know, warehouse sal you can make it think it's
really fancy and big, but check the if it's in
real life. Check the location. Sometimes it might just be
their little store or a little rack in their store,
but they're really hyping it up, and so you're like, yeah,
and then you get there and there's three things, you know,
I want a warehouse. Yeah, not so much, but you know,
like I want a decent amount to go through. Very good. Okay,
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tell me about the change room situation. I'm fine with
communal like you say it. I mean, it's smart to
wear the shape where I remember once recently I was
wearing the daggiest period unders. I do that all the time.
But then I wanted to try on this shear thing.
There were so many like helpful women that worked for
the brands, and I was like, oh, I just don't
need to look at this bit. But then I'm like,
we're all women in one area, But do you have
any advice? Do you do the whole thing and then
(19:58):
try on? Do you ever get an arms full? Try
those on? Go back?
Speaker 2 (20:01):
It's a little bit different for me because I am
lucky enough to go a little bit early. Because usually
I do a loop around and then suss it out.
I will sus it out in general and then do
another loop and try on.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Clever, I go to the back first two bacond if
it's big and it's busy, because people just get in
and start looking, I try and go that way. Can
I tell you my first thing that I would do? Yes?
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Yes, yes, yes, if there is a samples rack, I
would go straight there, straight away. That's my first point
of call. If you're not sure, because maybe I haven't
mentioned it in a post, ask the person at the door. Yes,
as soon as you walk in, point me to the
samples rack. Yes, that is where you're going to get
the cheapest items. There's also going to be one off
items that aren't there amongst everything else, so that is
(20:42):
like stress super super best hoist.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Or like I said before, sometimes it's a faulty one
or a just damage, but it's a missing button and
it's like a seven hundred dollar jack at sixty bucks. Oh,
buy a button. I don't care if it doesn't match. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
And then my second point of call, after you've done
your samples rack would be go to the shoes and
accessories because often what happens with brands is they do
these glamorous, giant photo shoots for websites, for product or
for advertising, and they'll have their u that they're selling,
but then they style it with other brands. So quite
often you'll go to these sales and you can find
(21:16):
shoes accessories from Lowe, Jack Mors. It's not uncommon the
mal spend big on the excess is to really make
their clothes look amazing and at that level.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
And I think also maybe if it's a sample sale,
you know they might have bags hats that are one size,
and you know that ever fits everyone good for gifts
as well. Again, I went to one recently can you
tell that you and I are twins? And I went
to the shoes and it was a separate brand, but
a brand that I really like, and I went, oh
my god, I love those shoes. Oh my god, their
size forty, Oh my god, there's on one pair and
she goes, do you know what? She goes, We custom
(21:48):
made those for Kendall Jennal for a photo shit and
I was like, didn't she want them? And She's like
ten billion pairs. I was like, I'm like, I've got
candle shoes. So you're right. It's like there's other brands,
oftentimes Within or Swim or you know, like a little section.
Some have kids sections.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
And you said before that a sample size in clothing
is usually an age. Typically footwear is a forty when
it comes to photo shoes, so we were forty two.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Oh my god. I love being a forty only in
a sample sale. It's because I know I'm not sample clothing.
I am sample hot and like, thank you models for
having big feet, or you know, anyone can wear a
slightly bigger shoe. Yeah, exact. Oh my gosh, it's so true. Okay,
the single best, most incredible bargain you've personally found. Can
you narrow that down? It's a really hard question. I
(22:35):
bet I've got a couple. Yes, I will let you
hold one and a new one.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Okay, great, Okay, sure do these are my wedding shoes.
I picked these up at a designer shoe sale. They
retail for usually over a thousand dollars. I picked them
up for three hundred.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Oh my gosh, they're so cool and not dissing normal
buttle shoes. But I'm sure you've worn them since, Like
they're just cool shoes. They're just very uncomfortable shoes. Well,
they're beautiful. They are carter bar shoes, I think, Yeah
they are. Yeah, yeah, such an uber shoe. Yeah. Oh
they're absolutely good.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
They are my favorite and an old one. My most
recent favorite pick would be I walked into a brand
in Melbourne, a local small brand. They had a sale,
they had a sample rack I picked up a wool
blend coat the retails for about six hundred dollars for
one hundred dollars, so.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Good in the middle. Yeah, exactly, like you want to
wear it immediately, and I have almost every day. So
I feel like I'll come down to Melbourne, we'll do
a round and then you come up to Sitney and
I'll show you mine. You show me mine and you
show me yours. All right? Any regrets, surely you've had regrets.
I'm a dopamine shopper. I'm an emotional shopper. I get
swept up in the moment. Hence my carry bread short
cowboy boots. Any regrets that you've bought in the heat
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in the moment that maybe still have tags on or
you were like, I.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Have something that still have tags on them that aren't
necessarily regrets. Like we spoke about Halia, it's occasion where
I've got a couple of dresses stored away waiting for.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Me to be invited somewhere.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Fabulous, me too, But regrets earlier in my day would
be shopping for who I wanted to be. Yes, like
that Harry Bradshaw version of myself. That's not realistic to
who I am. Yeah, be where the regret to come from?
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Okay? And do you think do you ever get swayed
that because the price is so good? You know, it
was six hundred and now it's sixty. Do you You're
obviously a seasoned vet. Now you can stop that from
making you go, wow, I'm saving five hundred and forty
dollars because you're not what you're actually spending sixty dollars? Absolutely,
do you try and take that out of the equation
and just go do I love this item? Will I
wear this item? I sometimes ask myself would I buy
this full price? Yes?
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Clever and obviously that's not necessarily that it would be
in your budget?
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (24:43):
But would you have it in your wardrobe? Would you
make space for it?
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Is it a good way to think about it? And
it's really difficult in those moments where you're trying to go,
do I buy this because it's really cheap? Is it
in my budget? Does it through my lifestyle? And it's
hard to separate that emotion at the moment, But I
guarantee you that three days later, you're not sitting there
thinking about that.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
You're not left behind it. You're not and at the
end of the day, you've spent some money. Yeah, you
might have saved a lot of money if you were
going to buy it full price. A spit money.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
And that's where we need great girlfriends when we go
shopping with us.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Not to encourage too much. Oh, don't come with me then.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
But to say is this actually.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
What you want? Yes? I almost have to be a
solo shop. I went to a vinteo to market on
the weekend with a girlfriend. We went there and had breakfast,
had coffee, and we walked in and went buy. But we
taxted each other photos and then we met up at
the end. Okay, is there anything you would never buy from?
I mean we're talking fashion, but I mean there's you
can also get home wears, beauty whatever. But like, I
can't think of anything I wouldn't buy. I mean, I
(25:38):
wouldn't buy used underwear, but I can't imagine they're being
a used underwear war house sale. I would find it
really hard to buy swimwear. Yeah, and that's the thing
that you do really want to try on, and you
can try on over undies.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
But and that's also a really vulnerable thing to do
in a communal change area.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
I would.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Usually it's an internal battle to suit me do I like, yeah,
I'm not sure.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
And even if you know the brand, like so, for example,
I know my size in Seafoldy, but the cuts can
make things look different, so you often want to try
it on and.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
You really almost want to like sit and think on
that peace I agreetion. Yeah, still I'll go to any
all right.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So besides following you, which we're all going to do
when you're fabulous, I mean you're Melbourne based, do you
find that you mostly post about Melbourne?
Speaker 2 (26:19):
I try to post about everything Australia white.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
If I find out about a sale, everything makes it
into my Instagram story.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Okay, Oh you're so good. So still work full time?
It's just a reesia. Yeah, it's true. It's just Oresia
and it's you know, it's your passion. Some people play golf.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
I do have people in Sydney and also in Brisbane
who will film for me oh and send and then
I will edit and post that. So, being of the
age that I am, I've got lots of girl friends
on maternity leave.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Yes, and it's a fabulous.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Opportunity for me, Like, hey, do you want to do
this on your day, I can give you some clothing
and I'll be able to post that. But I would
really love to be able to post about everything everywhere.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
And I think that's important too. A lot of people
you know live regionally or rurally, and you know, going
irl is a mission no matter what. So the more online,
the better that we hear about. So you were touching
on before we get into bougie budget times of the year.
I think that you know, we've come to expect click frenzy,
(27:21):
Black Friday and all of that, But do you find
that these warehouse or archive sales happen seasonally or is
there kind of a flow to that they are more.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Consistent than they used to be through the year. March
is the most busy time March, and now it bleeds
into April.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
Effairs, my birthday's end of March. Cash for the sales
and no wonder why.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
I think it comes down to the calendars.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
And I think probably clearing infantry before the end of
financial year.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Absolutely, And we look at the period that we're in
now towards the end of the year, and there is
a huge online you know, we've got Black Friday, Christmas, So.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Like I will never pay for price efforts on that
desperately need it. Something's always on sale, and I think
that's we've taught people to be generated Salem. Yeah, which
I like. It's very expensive. How wud are these? Okay,
Bougian budget, I could have bring specific things because I
(28:25):
have so much to say. I want you to bring
specific things if you want. Let's talk about your budgets first. Okay,
So my budget is you touched on it earlier?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Which on outlet? Love it silk scarves everywhere? Yes, I
have one, love it, wear it to death, so many
ways to wear it. So this is a chocolate brown
poke it ot silk scarf, so hitting ticktick tick on
the trends. I believe it is about one hundred and
thirty dollars full price. It is reduced on the outlet,
(28:55):
and then when you put it in your cart, it's
ex twenty percent off, so it's under one hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
However, I know everybody's idea of budget is different. If
you're happy to swap out your hundred percent silk for
a polyester, then ruby by cotton, non have a pays
chocolate scar I think thirteen dollars.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
On so good. I love the Origin outlet because of
what I do is I stuck up on the umbrellas
where they're extra tramity stoff is the best gift. Everybody
wants a bottle of really nice olive oil that you
can't get at oritin, but everyone needs an umbrella. And
so I've got a cupboard full of umbrellas ready for gifts. Okay, well,
what's my budget? Okay? My budget is a story. A
few weeks ago, my husband and I had the weekend
(29:35):
off from our childhood going away great. His favorite brand
is Basic. He goes to the sample sale once a
year and it happened to be on the Friday, will
driving to go away. So we stopped into the sale
and it was really good. I got a few things,
He got a lot of things like for him. A
lot of things is like for And then we went
on a weekend away. He unfortunate had to leave early
and then so we had separate cars. And on Sunday,
(29:56):
on the drive back, I was like, oh, I'm kind
of driving past where that is in Sydney to get home.
So I was like, oh, I didn't really have a
good look. I was helping him popped into the last
few hours of the Basic sale. Everything was down to
forty five dollars. I'm talking leather pants, wow, feel a
bag for whatever? And so I filled these two paper bags.
They give you the bags and I went to the man.
I was like, am I taking the piece? And he's like, no,
(30:16):
it's fine. You counted them all. I think I got
nineteen things for one hundred dollars. So if there is
a sale that you like, I mean, don't wait till
the end. But you can always ask if you go
on the first day or you've been before, say hey,
on the last day or the last half day, do
you discount more? And what do you do? I still
like when I think about it, I still get happy
to dopamine vibes that everything I got I didn't try
(30:37):
a lot on, but I know my size in Basic
and I'd say, out of the nineteen things, sixteen are
absolute winners. Wow. Yeah, So just really comment for brands
to further reduce See. I wasn't sure because I'm normally
a first girl, Like I'm excited, so am I true?
But maybe if you're not sure about a sale, yes,
go the last day, go the last day or send
someone first and then you know, Okay, it's worth it,
(30:58):
but I don't care for it really, so I'll go
on the last day and see what's left. Oh my god,
I was my happiest day. What's your bougie?
Speaker 2 (31:05):
My bougie is from the Dome, which is an online
out again I'm not sure.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
The Dom yet.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
So it's a multi brands multi brands. Yeah, okay, a
lot of Australian on there, which.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Is I get their rats all the time. I will
click now.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
And they have a further percentage or amount off if
you're first sign up. So this is a sant Agny dress.
It is a black and column dress strapless. You could
wear it a really fancy event with heels and a
big ear ring, or you could wear it with a
T shirt underneath.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
Exactly I've sold it. Is it still online? It is?
Speaker 2 (31:43):
So this stress is available in so many different sizes
and retails for almost five hundred dollars and then it
is reduced to under two hundreds for a timeless dress
for a really timeless, fantastic.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Australian half rice. I'm going on the Dom. Oh my gosh,
like I need another thing like a hole in the head. Well,
my bougie. Again, it's not an item, but it's a
place and a story. So you're Melbourne based, I wonder
if there is a similar one near you. So we
have in Sydney. We've got Birkenay Point, which is quite good.
We've got the Dfos. But recently opened and now opening
more stores is the Rosebary Engine Yards. I was there today.
(32:20):
Oh my god, you went. So there's Scanning, a Theatore
that's where the Basic Sale was. There's Scaling. The Theatore
is the most recent one to open. There's Age, there's
Camilla and Mark, There's Camilla, there's John Luggage, yes, Victorian Woods,
few and far homewares. So if you're in Sydney, or
you're planning a trip to Sydney, definitely set aside half
a day. I took two of my girlfriends who work
in corporate and they get a lot from Camilla and
(32:40):
Mark and scan on Theodore. There's the Basic there for
my husband. There's a bunch of other stores Oreton and
so what I like is because that area of Sydney,
if you're not familiar kind of that Alexandra rose Rey,
there used to be a lot of them, but they
were very spread out and it was just a room
in their head office or whatever. So they've just put
it all in one roof Black Star Bakries next door.
It's kind of a destination now, but of your premium brands.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Absolutely and really close to the airport. Like you said,
if you are traveling into Sydney, yes, it's like twenty minutes.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I'm so glad you've been. I was, oh, oh my gosh,
you need to go. It's really great. A couple of
years ago when it was first yes, and there was
only a couple of stores there, really has gained momentum
as brands a movie. Yes, resident, I've found most Aussie
brands that are kind of based in that area. As
their lease comes up, they will then put like a
store in there, and then those stores are reduced. Sometimes
there's a small amount of food price, but then they
have a sale on a saleh so good. If anyone
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has one of those in their city or similar, we
want to know. Sabrina, thank you so much. You are
truly a service to us. All you're saving us a
lot of money or helping us spend less money, depending
on you and how you look at it, but thank you.
For joining me. Thank you so much for having me.
It's been a pleasure. That was great. Thank you for
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