November 12, 2025 • 34 mins
Leigh is BACK and we're talking all things warehouse sales with professional sales hunter Sabrina (known as @australian.fashion.sales on social media). Consider this your official masterclass in conquering sale season. From online archive drops to chaotic in-person warehouse events, shopping for a bargain can be overwhelming.
Sabrina is here to decode the difference between a 'sample', 'archive', and 'warehouse' sale (spoiler: one of them is usually only for size 8s). She's even letting us in on her genius strategy for tackling IRL sales, from what to wear to the one section you should always run to first. Get ready to save some serious cash or just spend it more wisely!
EVERYTHING MENTIONED:
Leigh's Boujie: Rosebery Engine Yards
Sabrina's Boujie: The Dom.Com St. Agni Column Dress Black $449, $199 on sale (currently sold out)
Leigh's Budget: Bassike Sample Sale
Sabrina's Budget:
Oroton Outlet Bandana Silk Scarf $129, $119 on sale
Rubi Knot Your Everyday Scarf $19.99
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
You're listening to a mom with mea podcast. Hi, you
beas Lee here.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I need you to listen to this episode of Nothing
to Wear because even if you're more inter beauty than
you are into fashion, most people love a sale. And
my guest on this episode of Nothing to Wear was
a wonderful woman called Sabrina, and she knows everything there
is to know about sales in Australia when the archive sales,
war house sales, sample sales are happening around Australia, and
(00:37):
she also tells us how to shop them, her best
tips and the best way to get the best bargains.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
So have a listen.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Whoever said orange is a new pink with seriously disturbed
laurels for spraying groundbreaking?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Oh my god, you.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Have to do it.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You live for fashion.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Hello and welcome 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, tells us what is
and isn't 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,
(01:18):
when to go, when they happen, if they're worth it, Well,
now you do.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
And her name is Sabrina.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Sabrina's from Melbourne and she was known within her friendship
group for finding the best warehouse sales and sample sales,
heading there early, scoping them out and then telling her friends,
and that advice 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
(01:43):
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 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,
(02:06):
Welcome to the show. So since I found out you
were coming on, I have been I say this most times,
but I've been most excited to talk to you than
anyone this year.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
This is so my alley.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
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.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
What are they? Well, this was really hard. I went
with tailored, textured, and timeless. Ooh, we love alliteration too.
I know I really wanted to throw comfortable in there too,
but it didn't work with my teas.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
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.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Top I love texture too.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
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 2 (03:01):
And I feel like certain textures can feel lux and
expensive even if they weren't. Like some item, the texture
of the fabric can give fancy vibes.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
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.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
That's itchy, Yeah, itchy, or like a fancy designer satin
thing and it's like, oh, that just looks like a
pe 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 1 (03:32):
I live in Melbourne, 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 on.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
So true together and you look like a alsining cognito.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I also find I was thinking, because you know, coat
and then sunnis, 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 1 (04:04):
Thing, no, And you find the different lens so I
wear different lenses in summer, or I reach for different peirs.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
In summer, Like yeah, yeah, 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.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
I can't imagine how much it saved us all.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So you've built up an amazing following finding Australia's best
to wearhouse sales. Take me back to the start. How
did this come about?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Gosh, I feel like we should go to the very start,
So you start at the start.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Start.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
If you're like, when were you born? No, I'm joking,
I'm choking, But younger we got. 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. Then cost of living, two children,
(04:59):
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 guess wow, get there sup
super early in the morning, and then after I'd been
I would drive to work and on my drive, I
(05:19):
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 it on TikTok
and realized that the group chat is everybody, Yes it is.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
And how long ago was that?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
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.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
But it's so true.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
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 India, WhatsApp, it's generally
a service to us. All that is awesome. Congratulations, 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 infirm? Where do you get it?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Now?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
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 1 (06:12):
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 2 (06:22):
I was gonna say the amount of times I've said
to my husband if I'm driving.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Get your phone out.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So I mean, 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 1 (06:30):
I've definitely made my husband go back around the block
before at the moment. Now brands reach out, I feel,
and that's fantastic because you are helping them advertis But
I've also trained my algorithm quite hard. I like and
share every single sale related post to tell the algorithm,
this is what I want to see, Please show me
(06:51):
more of it.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
That's why I'm getting ADHD in best friend content that
makes sense.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Yeah yeah, and then.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
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 2 (07:03):
I was gonna ask about that too, Okay, And so
then that's all a 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, aware house sale, an archive sale, closing down,
(07:24):
so I mean closing outs 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?
Speaker 1 (07:32):
I think there is a little bit of a nuance
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 give
out the feel of the sale. 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
(07:54):
that is purely a sample sale, it's not really for
everybody out there.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
It's likely to be that science.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
I've been to a few where there's mostly eights, and
then there might be a rack of a few other sizes.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
A little scattering, yeah exactly. Yeah. And 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
(08:26):
money back before putting it into fortunately, and.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
The warehouse just means it's generally big and got stuff
in it.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
I think warehouse 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.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
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 of insidery exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
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 basic shop at full
price all the time. But then they have a whole
different category of people that can suddenly access their bleating
and their brand. So they and then there are.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Times 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 sale strategies. So first let's talk
about an IRL. Let's just call them warehouse sales for
the sake of the whole category. Do you check out
the brand online first beforehand to kind of guess what's there?
(09:34):
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 1 (09:44):
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
(10:04):
you so much stress when you actually arrive at the sale. Yes,
that's put it in your notes app true, because if
you're overwhelmed in the moment, you don't have to think, oh,
what was I in the top, it's there.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I was shopping with my mummy es Stay, and she
got a crumpled up piece of paper out of her
wallet and she's got her like Country Road.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
She sized these and.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
I was like, you're so cute, mum.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I love Yeah, but she didn't want to try it on.
She knows it's a standard sid shit, that's her socks.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
That's so clever.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
All right, you walk in, I mean, what are you wearing?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Do you wear something that's easy to try things on
over or whip off or you know there's communal chain
rooms often.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
If communal change rooms is a contentious point for you,
I would recommend wearing leggings and a singlet. Yes, if
you are going to a brand that sells big gowns,
for example, like a Rachel Gilbert, then I would wear
a strap of sprup, perhaps some shape wear. Think what
would you wear under these clothes normally?
Speaker 3 (10:51):
That is so clever.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Then you're getting a true picture of what the item
will people look like on your body when you're wearing
it and you're like.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Gosh, that's so smart. And shoes that easily slip on
and off.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Because I went to a sample sale or wear house
sale a little while ago, and I had just sneakers
with laces, but then there were shoes there and I
was like, sneak her 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 star struck
like me that I'm like, oh, sequence, colors, prices.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I would have a plan before you go in. Oh God,
So you 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.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
I think with normal shopping, when you go to the
local shopping center with your girlfriends, it's not unusual to
leave without buying.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Something, yes.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Whereas when you go to these sales, I think there
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. There's
a pressure to purchase, yes, And I think to make
it work, it can be taken out of the situation
to leave with nothing.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Oh that is so clever.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
And if you go with a girlfriend, the way that
I think about it is there's less pressure to.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Not get something or you both go oh that was shit,
and then you have a coffee.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
And you can look at it as I've just hung
out with my I spent some time. That just has
so true moment of connection. Yes, okay, I want to
go with you. The plan? Yeah, what do you like?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
You've got a plan? What is this plan?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
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
colored 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 2 (12:42):
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 1 (12:46):
So have a list of what you need and try
to buy from that list so that you're not overcomes me.
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? And purchase is your lifestyle generally?
Speaker 2 (13:00):
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 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.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
I do not need her.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
That was absolutely one of my tips, and 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, yeah in corporate. Now
I'm with the kids.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Yeah, because I get a bit like, oh, I can
be carried bradsher and I wear a tushu with some
cowboy bats and did it and then I just don't. Yeah,
so be really sicktick you are, Yes, one tip I'll
have safe. 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 fift, you take
a quick photo because the charts not might be all
over the warehouse and you go, oh green, how much
(13:47):
is green?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Was that one hundred?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
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 1 (13:52):
I love that so much, and that's something that whenever
I go to sales early, I'm always trying to give
the brand's feedback. Yes, so I love when they categorize
by size. Yes, helps everybody. Yes, really cool? Oh, I agree.
And you also need price points in the chaos, because
that's where you make the Yeah, and there's never that
I have a budget. What fits within my budget? Do
(14:13):
I get that fifty dollars? That's smart, and then we
can add it all up. We can leave what we
don't want and take what we do want.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
That's so clever.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
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 to oris and then you
go to oritin outlet or country red Country a outlet.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
How do we approach.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Online because there's not the frenzy of people grabbing things
or getting parking or whatever. But it's still exciting. The
dopam 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.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
How do you do that?
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Firstly, if it is a website that takes you externally,
like country are and orotion, I would also just be
really careful about the website that you're on and shopping
and making sure that it is real real.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
My girlfriend bought so much from the De Cuba 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 1 (15:23):
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 you get and you're stuck with.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
It, and with sample cells that's generally irl it's like
you just take it.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
I had 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.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Away so 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 threads, so you know what you're getting.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
But with online the.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Returns policy smart I always just figure you can't return it,
but no you can. It takes that risk away.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
If 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 capery. You
can get rid of those in your cart, yes, but
otherwise you can check out quite quickly and secure your
(16:34):
size and you know that you're getting what you want.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
And again, yeah, I guess if the sale's 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 rand, try it on install and then head online
and wish lists it.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, 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 front website
for cheaper, and it might be because there's a first
(17:11):
time offer, and particularly when it comes to smaller online
boutique brands, which is also fantastic because then you're still
supporting small brand.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
But you're still getting a barget I use the cart
it app for that, and I always use the honey
plug in to see if anyone's going to car.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Definitely use card it, Oh my gosh, it's so clever.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
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, So just leave it there if you don't
need it immediately. I guess that's not in a sale
because that's you know, it's time. Depends how much you
want the thing. Do you filter? Like I guess you
(17:48):
feelter your size, but do you go, Okay, this is
a fancy brand.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
I'm going to search up to three hundred.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
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 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 unasy.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Yes, it's so annoying. You like, start me at the
good stuff that's cheap.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yeah, I know.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I'm like, imagine filtering high to low? Who are these people?
Speaker 1 (18:16):
I do that for fun?
Speaker 2 (18:18):
I do it for fun too sometimes and then I'm
like what or like, you know, I like the Vinnie's
online is good? I feel to that high to low
because I still think, well, you know, I might get
a cheap thing.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Okay, that's that.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Let me ask you any red flags, like any telltale
signs of a sale might not be worth, the height,
the travel time, the waiting in line. I mean, I
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.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Like, well, do I wait, I don't know, I'm starving.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
I eat to w 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, I think.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
It comes down to the brand and your personal values
around shopping in general, and whether that brand aligns wi
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 it's everything
(19:23):
is five dollars, everything is ten dollars. Yeah, 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
it feels a little uncomfortable for me.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Yes, 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.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Very good.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Okay, tell me about the change room situation. I'm fine
with communal. Like you say, it's I mean, it's smart
to wear the shape where I remember once recently I
was wearing the dag Is period on.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
I do that all the time.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
But then I wanted to try on this shear thing.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
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
try on do you ever get an arms full?
Speaker 3 (20:23):
Try those on? Go back.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
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 sus it out.
I will suss it out in general and then do
another loop and.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Try on clever, I go to the back first two
becond if it's big and it's busy, because people just
get in and start looking, I.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Try and go that way.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Can I tell you my first thing that I would
do with yes, 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
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to be one off items that aren't there amongst everything else.
So that is like it's my super super best 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.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
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 product 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 shoes,
(21:41):
accessories from Lowe Jack Mors. It's not uncommon the male
spend big on the accessories to really make their clothes
look amazing and at that level.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
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, there's
size forty, Oh my god, there's on one pair and
she goes, do you know what she goes? We custom
(22:12):
made those for Kendall Jennal for a photo shit, and
I was like, didn't she want them?
Speaker 3 (22:16):
And she's like ten.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Billion pir Like I'm like, I've got candle shoes. So
you're right.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
It's like there's other brands, oftentimes Within or Swim or
you know, like a little section.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Some have kids sections. 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 wear.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
You're forty two. Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
I love being a forty only in a sample sale.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
It's because I I'm not sample clothing. I am sample
hot and.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Like, thank you models for having big feet or you
know anyone can wear a slightly bigger shoe. Yeah, yeah,
Oh my gosh, it's so true. Okay, the single best,
most incredible bargain you've personally found.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Can you narrow that down? It's a really hard question.
I bet I've got a couple. Yes, I will let
you hold one and a new one. Okay, great, Okay,
sure we do. These are my wedding shoes. I picked
these up at a designer shoe sale. They retail for
usually over one thousand dollars. I picked them up for
three hundred.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Oh my gosh, they're so cool and not dissing normal
butter shoes. But I'm sure you've worn them since. Like
they're just cool shoes.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
They're just very uncomfortable shoes.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Well, they're beautiful.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
They are carter bar shoes, I think, Yeah they are.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Yeah, yeah, that's an uber shoe.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Yeah. Oh, they're absolutely gorgeous. 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.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
So good in the middle, Yeah, exactly, Like you want
to wear it immediately.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
And I have almost every day.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
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
breadshot cowboy boots any regrets that you've bought.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
In the heat in the moment that maybe still have
tags on or you were.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Like, ah, I 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 me to be invited somewhere. 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,
(24:39):
be where the regrets come from?
Speaker 2 (24:40):
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?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Autely?
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Do you try and take that out of the equation
and just go do I love this item? Will I
wear this item?
Speaker 1 (24:59):
I sometimes ask myself, would I buy this full price?
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Clever and obviously that's not necessarily that it would be
in your budget. Yes, yes, But would you have it
in your wardrobe? Would you make space for it?
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (25:10):
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 throit 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. You're not left behind it.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
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,
but you've still spent money.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
And that's where we need great girlfriends when we go
shopping with us, not to encourage too much, Oh, don't
come with me then, but to say is this actually
what you want? Yes?
Speaker 2 (25:43):
I must have to be a solo shop. I went
to a vintage market on the weekend with a girlfriend.
We went there and had breakfast, had coffee, and we
walked in. We went buy, but we texted each other
photos and we met up at the end Okay, is
there anything you would never buy?
Speaker 1 (25:55):
I mean we're talking.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Fashion, but I mean there's you can also get home
with beauty whatever. But like, I can't think of anything
I wouldn't buy. I mean I wouldn't buy used underwear,
but I can't imagine they're being a used underwear war
house sale.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
It really hard to buy swimwear.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Yeah, and that's the thing that you do really want
to try on, and you can try on over undies.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
But and that's also a really vulnerable thing to do
in a communal change area. I would usually it's an
internal battle to suit me. I like, yeah, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
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 you really.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Almost want to like sit and think on that piece.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
I agree. Yeah, still I'll go to any all right.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
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 1 (26:43):
I try to post about everything Australia white. Okay. If
I find out about a sale, everything makes it into
my Instagram storre. Okay, oh you're so good, so still
work full time? It's just a resia.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Yeah, it's true. It's just oresia and it's you know,
it's your passion. Some people play golf.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
I do have people in Sydney and also in Brisbane
who will film for me, oh and send and I
will edit and post that. So, being the age that
I am, I've got lots of girl friends on maternity leave, yes,
and it's a fabulous opportunity for me, Like, hey, do
you want to do this on your day? I can
give you some clothing foot and I'll be able to
(27:19):
post that. But I would really love to be able
to post about everything everywhere.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
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,
(27:45):
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.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
More consistent than they used to be through the year.
March is the most busy time March, and now it
bleeds into April. Effemas my birthday's end of March.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
I'm going to just ask cash for the sales. Wonder why.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I think it comes down to the calendars, and I
think probably clearing infantry before the end of financial year.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
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 2 (28:26):
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 Generation Salem.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Yeah, which I like.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
It's very expensive.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
How okay, Bougian budget, I could have bring specific things
because I have so much to say. I want you
to bring specific things if you want. Let's talk about
your budgets first.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Okay, So my budget is you touched on it earlier?
Which on outlet? Love it silk scarves everywhere?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Yes, I have one, Yes, love it.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Wear it to death, so many ways to wear it.
Is a chocolate brown poke it ot silk scarf. So
we're hitting tick tick tick on the trends. I believe
it is about one hundred and thirty dollars full price.
It is reduced on the outlet, and then when you
put it in your cart, it's twenty percent off, so
it's under one hundred dollars.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
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 Cot. None have a Paisley
chocolate scarf. I think thirteen dollars.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Ontos so good.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
I love the oritin outlet because what I do is
I stuck up on the umbrellas where they're extra trainy.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Stuff is the best gift.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
Everybody wants a bottle of really nice olive oil that
you can't get it oritin, but everyone needs an umbrella,
and so I've got a cupbod full of umbrellas ready
for gives genius.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Okay, well, what's my budget? Okay?
Speaker 2 (29:55):
My budget is a story. A few weeks ago, my
husband and I had the weekend off from our childhood
going away great. His favorite brand is Basic. He goes
to the sample saale once a year and it happened
to be on the Friday will drive 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.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
Like for him.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
A lot of things is like for And then we
went on a weekend away. He unfortunately had to leave
early and then so we had separate cars. And on Sunday,
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, or fill
(30:33):
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, nah, it's fine. He 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.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
What do you do?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I still like when I think about it, I still get happy.
You dopamine vibes that everything I got. I didn't try
a lot on, but I know my size in basic
and i'd say out of the nineteen things, sixteen are
absolute when wow.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yeah, so just really comment for brands to further reduce.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
See, I wasn't sure because I'm normally a first girl.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Like I'm excited, so am I true? But maybe if
you're not sure about a sale, yes, go the last day.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Go the last day or send someone first and then
you know, Okay, it's worth it. But I don't care
for it really, so I'll go on the last dancy
what's left?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Oh my god, it was my happiest day. What's your bougie?
My bougie is from the Dome, which is an online out.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
I've not shopped the dom yet. So it's a multi brands.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Multi brands. Yeah, okay, a lot of Australian on there,
which is I get their rats all the time.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
I will click now.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
And they have a further percentage or amount off if
your 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. Exactly I've sold it.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Is it still online?
Speaker 1 (32:06):
It is? So this stress is available in so many
different sizes and retails for almost five hundred dollars and
then is reduced to under two hundreds for a timeless
dress for a really yes, timeless, fantastic Australian half rice.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
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 in 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 Birkeney Point, which is quite good.
We've got the Dfos but recently opened and now opening
more stores is the Rosebary Engine Yards.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
I was there today.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Oh my god, you went.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
So there's scanning a theatore that's where the basic sale was.
There's a scan on the theatore is the most recent
one to open. There's Age, there's Camilla and Mark. There's Camilla.
There's too light 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 Mark and scan On Theodore.
(33:07):
There's the basic there. For my husband, there's a bunch
of other stores oriton and so what I like is
because that area of Sydney, if you're not familiar, kind
of that Alexandra Rose reed, 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 1 (33:26):
Absolutely and really close to the airport. Like you said,
if you are traveling into Sydney, yes, it's like twenty minutes.
I'm so glad you've been. I was like, oh my gosh,
you need to go. I went 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.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
A movie, Yes residence 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 sale Oh so good. If anyone has one
of those in their city of similar we want to know. Sabrina,
thank you so much. You were truly a service to us.
All you're saving us a lot of money or helping
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us spend less depending on how.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
You look at it.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Thank you for joining me. Thank you so much for
having me. It's been a pleasure. That was great.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Thank you for joining me for Nothing to Wear Pod.
Be sure to follow Sabrina. I hit follow automatically. I
can't wait to save some money. I'll spend some money now.
If you want more of us, we are on YouTube
at Nothing to Wear Pod and on Instagram too, so
head over there watch the show, join in on Instagram
and I'll see you next week.
You're listening to a mom with mea podcast. Hi, you
beas Lee here.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I need you to listen to this episode of Nothing
to Wear because even if you're more inter beauty than
you are into fashion, most people love a sale. And
my guest on this episode of Nothing to Wear was
a wonderful woman called Sabrina, and she knows everything there
is to know about sales in Australia when the archive sales,
war house sales, sample sales are happening around Australia, and
(00:37):
she also tells us how to shop them, her best
tips and the best way to get the best bargains.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
So have a listen.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Whoever said orange is a new pink with seriously disturbed
laurels for spraying groundbreaking?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Oh my god, you.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Have to do it.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You live for fashion.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Hello and welcome 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, tells us what is
and isn't 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,
(01:18):
when to go, when they happen, if they're worth it, Well,
now you do.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
And her name is Sabrina.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Sabrina's from Melbourne and she was known within her friendship
group for finding the best warehouse sales and sample sales,
heading there early, scoping them out and then telling her friends,
and that advice 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
(01:43):
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 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,
(02:06):
Welcome to the show. So since I found out you
were coming on, I have been I say this most times,
but I've been most excited to talk to you than
anyone this year.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
This is so my alley.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
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.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
What are they? Well, this was really hard. I went
with tailored, textured, and timeless. Ooh, we love alliteration too.
I know I really wanted to throw comfortable in there too,
but it didn't work with my teas.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
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.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Top I love texture too.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
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 2 (03:01):
And I feel like certain textures can feel lux and
expensive even if they weren't. Like some item, the texture
of the fabric can give fancy vibes.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
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.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
That's itchy, Yeah, itchy, or like a fancy designer satin
thing and it's like, oh, that just looks like a
pe 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 1 (03:32):
I live in Melbourne, 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 on.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
So true together and you look like a alsining cognito.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I also find I was thinking, because you know, coat
and then sunnis, 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 1 (04:04):
Thing, no, And you find the different lens so I
wear different lenses in summer, or I reach for different peirs.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
In summer, Like yeah, yeah, 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.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
I can't imagine how much it saved us all.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So you've built up an amazing following finding Australia's best
to wearhouse sales. Take me back to the start. How
did this come about?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Gosh, I feel like we should go to the very start,
So you start at the start.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Start.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
If you're like, when were you born? No, I'm joking,
I'm choking, But younger we got. 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. Then cost of living, two children,
(04:59):
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 guess wow, get there sup
super early in the morning, and then after I'd been
I would drive to work and on my drive, I
(05:19):
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 it on TikTok
and realized that the group chat is everybody, Yes it is.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
And how long ago was that?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
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.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
But it's so true.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
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 India, WhatsApp, it's generally
a service to us. All that is awesome. Congratulations, 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 infirm? Where do you get it?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Now?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
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 1 (06:12):
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 2 (06:22):
I was gonna say the amount of times I've said
to my husband if I'm driving.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Get your phone out.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So I mean, 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 1 (06:30):
I've definitely made my husband go back around the block
before at the moment. Now brands reach out, I feel,
and that's fantastic because you are helping them advertis But
I've also trained my algorithm quite hard. I like and
share every single sale related post to tell the algorithm,
this is what I want to see, Please show me
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more of it.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
That's why I'm getting ADHD in best friend content that
makes sense.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Yeah yeah, and then.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
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 2 (07:03):
I was gonna ask about that too, Okay, And so
then that's all a 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, aware house sale, an archive sale, closing down,
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so I mean closing outs 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?
Speaker 1 (07:32):
I think there is a little bit of a nuance
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 give
out the feel of the sale. 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
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that is purely a sample sale, it's not really for
everybody out there.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
It's likely to be that science.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
I've been to a few where there's mostly eights, and
then there might be a rack of a few other sizes.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
A little scattering, yeah exactly. Yeah. And 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
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money back before putting it into fortunately, and.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
The warehouse just means it's generally big and got stuff
in it.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
I think warehouse 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.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
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 of insidery exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
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 basic shop at full
price all the time. But then they have a whole
different category of people that can suddenly access their bleating
and their brand. So they and then there are.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Times 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 sale strategies. So first let's talk
about an IRL. Let's just call them warehouse sales for
the sake of the whole category. Do you check out
the brand online first beforehand 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 1 (09:44):
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 true, because if
you're overwhelmed in the moment, you don't have to think, oh,
what was I in the top, it's there.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I was shopping with my mummy es Stay, and she
got a crumpled up piece of paper out of her
wallet and she's got her like Country Road.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
She sized these and.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
I was like, you're so cute, mum.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I love Yeah, but she didn't want to try it on.
She knows it's a standard sid shit, that's her socks.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
That's so clever.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
All right, you walk in, I mean, what are you wearing?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Do you wear something that's easy to try things on
over or whip off or you know there's communal chain
rooms often.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
If communal change rooms is a contentious point for you,
I would recommend wearing leggings and a singlet. Yes, if
you are going to a brand that sells big gowns,
for example, like a Rachel Gilbert, then I would wear
a strap of sprup, perhaps some shape wear. Think what
would you wear under these clothes normally?
Speaker 3 (10:51):
That is so clever.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Then you're getting a true picture of what the item
will people look like on your body when you're wearing
it and you're like.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Gosh, that's so smart. And shoes that easily slip on
and off.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Because I went to a sample sale or wear house
sale a little while ago, and I had just sneakers
with laces, but then there were shoes there and I
was like, sneak her 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 star struck
like me that I'm like, oh, sequence, colors, prices.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I would have a plan before you go in. Oh God,
So you 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.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
I think with normal shopping, when you go to the
local shopping center with your girlfriends, it's not unusual to
leave without buying.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Something, yes.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Whereas when you go to these sales, I think there
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. There's
a pressure to purchase, yes, And I think to make
it work, it can be taken out of the situation
to leave with nothing.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Oh that is so clever.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
And if you go with a girlfriend, the way that
I think about it is there's less pressure to.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Not get something or you both go oh that was shit,
and then you have a coffee.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
And you can look at it as I've just hung
out with my I spent some time. That just has
so true moment of connection. Yes, okay, I want to
go with you. The plan? Yeah, what do you like?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
You've got a plan? What is this plan?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
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
colored 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 2 (12:42):
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 1 (12:46):
So have a list of what you need and try
to buy from that list so that you're not overcomes me.
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? And purchase is your lifestyle generally?
Speaker 2 (13:00):
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 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.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
I do not need her.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
That was absolutely one of my tips, and 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, yeah in corporate. Now
I'm with the kids.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Yeah, because I get a bit like, oh, I can
be carried bradsher and I wear a tushu with some
cowboy bats and did it and then I just don't. Yeah,
so be really sicktick you are, Yes, one tip I'll
have safe. 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 fift, you take
a quick photo because the charts not might be all
over the warehouse and you go, oh green, how much
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is green?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Was that one hundred?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
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 1 (13:52):
I love that so much, and that's something that whenever
I go to sales early, I'm always trying to give
the brand's feedback. Yes, so I love when they categorize
by size. Yes, helps everybody. Yes, really cool? Oh, I agree.
And you also need price points in the chaos, because
that's where you make the Yeah, and there's never that
I have a budget. What fits within my budget? Do
(14:13):
I get that fifty dollars? That's smart, and then we
can add it all up. We can leave what we
don't want and take what we do want.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
That's so clever.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
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 to oris and then you
go to oritin outlet or country red Country a outlet.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
How do we approach.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Online because there's not the frenzy of people grabbing things
or getting parking or whatever. But it's still exciting. The
dopam 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.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
How do you do that?
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Firstly, if it is a website that takes you externally,
like country are and orotion, I would also just be
really careful about the website that you're on and shopping
and making sure that it is real real.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
My girlfriend bought so much from the De Cuba 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 1 (15:23):
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 you get and you're stuck with.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
It, and with sample cells that's generally irl it's like
you just take it.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
I had 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.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Away so 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 threads, so you know what you're getting.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
But with online the.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Returns policy smart I always just figure you can't return it,
but no you can. It takes that risk away.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
If 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 capery. You
can get rid of those in your cart, yes, but
otherwise you can check out quite quickly and secure your
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size and you know that you're getting what you want.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
And again, yeah, I guess if the sale's 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 rand, try it on install and then head online
and wish lists it.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, 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 front website
for cheaper, and it might be because there's a first
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time offer, and particularly when it comes to smaller online
boutique brands, which is also fantastic because then you're still
supporting small brand.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
But you're still getting a barget I use the cart
it app for that, and I always use the honey
plug in to see if anyone's going to car.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Definitely use card it, Oh my gosh, it's so clever.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
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, So just leave it there if you don't
need it immediately. I guess that's not in a sale
because that's you know, it's time. Depends how much you
want the thing. Do you filter? Like I guess you
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feelter your size, but do you go, Okay, this is
a fancy brand.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
I'm going to search up to three hundred.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
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 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 unasy.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Yes, it's so annoying. You like, start me at the
good stuff that's cheap.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yeah, I know.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I'm like, imagine filtering high to low? Who are these people?
Speaker 1 (18:16):
I do that for fun?
Speaker 2 (18:18):
I do it for fun too sometimes and then I'm
like what or like, you know, I like the Vinnie's
online is good? I feel to that high to low
because I still think, well, you know, I might get
a cheap thing.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Okay, that's that.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Let me ask you any red flags, like any telltale
signs of a sale might not be worth, the height,
the travel time, the waiting in line. I mean, I
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.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Like, well, do I wait, I don't know, I'm starving.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
I eat to w 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, I think.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
It comes down to the brand and your personal values
around shopping in general, and whether that brand aligns wi
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 it's everything
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is five dollars, everything is ten dollars. Yeah, 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
it feels a little uncomfortable for me.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Yes, 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.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Very good.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Okay, tell me about the change room situation. I'm fine
with communal. Like you say, it's I mean, it's smart
to wear the shape where I remember once recently I
was wearing the dag Is period on.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
I do that all the time.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
But then I wanted to try on this shear thing.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
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
try on do you ever get an arms full?
Speaker 3 (20:23):
Try those on? Go back.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
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 sus it out.
I will suss it out in general and then do
another loop and.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Try on clever, I go to the back first two
becond if it's big and it's busy, because people just
get in and start looking, I.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Try and go that way.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Can I tell you my first thing that I would
do with yes, 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
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to be one off items that aren't there amongst everything else.
So that is like it's my super super best 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.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
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 product 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 shoes,
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accessories from Lowe Jack Mors. It's not uncommon the male
spend big on the accessories to really make their clothes
look amazing and at that level.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
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, there's
size forty, Oh my god, there's on one pair and
she goes, do you know what she goes? We custom
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made those for Kendall Jennal for a photo shit, and
I was like, didn't she want them?
Speaker 3 (22:16):
And she's like ten.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Billion pir Like I'm like, I've got candle shoes. So
you're right.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
It's like there's other brands, oftentimes Within or Swim or
you know, like a little section.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Some have kids sections. 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 wear.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
You're forty two. Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
I love being a forty only in a sample sale.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
It's because I I'm not sample clothing. I am sample
hot and.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Like, thank you models for having big feet or you
know anyone can wear a slightly bigger shoe. Yeah, yeah,
Oh my gosh, it's so true. Okay, the single best,
most incredible bargain you've personally found.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Can you narrow that down? It's a really hard question.
I bet I've got a couple. Yes, I will let
you hold one and a new one. Okay, great, Okay,
sure we do. These are my wedding shoes. I picked
these up at a designer shoe sale. They retail for
usually over one thousand dollars. I picked them up for
three hundred.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Oh my gosh, they're so cool and not dissing normal
butter shoes. But I'm sure you've worn them since. Like
they're just cool shoes.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
They're just very uncomfortable shoes.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Well, they're beautiful.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
They are carter bar shoes, I think, Yeah they are.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Yeah, yeah, that's an uber shoe.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Yeah. Oh, they're absolutely gorgeous. 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.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
So good in the middle, Yeah, exactly, Like you want
to wear it immediately.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
And I have almost every day.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
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
breadshot cowboy boots any regrets that you've bought.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
In the heat in the moment that maybe still have
tags on or you were.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Like, ah, I 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 me to be invited somewhere. 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,
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be where the regrets come from?
Speaker 2 (24:40):
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?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Autely?
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Do you try and take that out of the equation
and just go do I love this item? Will I
wear this item?
Speaker 1 (24:59):
I sometimes ask myself, would I buy this full price?
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Clever and obviously that's not necessarily that it would be
in your budget. Yes, yes, But would you have it
in your wardrobe? Would you make space for it?
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (25:10):
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 throit 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. You're not left behind it.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
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,
but you've still spent money.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
And that's where we need great girlfriends when we go
shopping with us, not to encourage too much, Oh, don't
come with me then, but to say is this actually
what you want? Yes?
Speaker 2 (25:43):
I must have to be a solo shop. I went
to a vintage market on the weekend with a girlfriend.
We went there and had breakfast, had coffee, and we
walked in. We went buy, but we texted each other
photos and we met up at the end Okay, is
there anything you would never buy?
Speaker 1 (25:55):
I mean we're talking.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Fashion, but I mean there's you can also get home
with beauty whatever. But like, I can't think of anything
I wouldn't buy. I mean I wouldn't buy used underwear,
but I can't imagine they're being a used underwear war
house sale.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
It really hard to buy swimwear.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Yeah, and that's the thing that you do really want
to try on, and you can try on over undies.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
But and that's also a really vulnerable thing to do
in a communal change area. I would usually it's an
internal battle to suit me. I like, yeah, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
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 you really.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Almost want to like sit and think on that piece.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
I agree. Yeah, still I'll go to any all right.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
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 1 (26:43):
I try to post about everything Australia white. Okay. If
I find out about a sale, everything makes it into
my Instagram storre. Okay, oh you're so good, so still
work full time? It's just a resia.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Yeah, it's true. It's just oresia and it's you know,
it's your passion. Some people play golf.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
I do have people in Sydney and also in Brisbane
who will film for me, oh and send and I
will edit and post that. So, being the age that
I am, I've got lots of girl friends on maternity leave, yes,
and it's a fabulous opportunity for me, Like, hey, do
you want to do this on your day? I can
give you some clothing foot and I'll be able to
(27:19):
post that. But I would really love to be able
to post about everything everywhere.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
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,
(27:45):
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.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
More consistent than they used to be through the year.
March is the most busy time March, and now it
bleeds into April. Effemas my birthday's end of March.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
I'm going to just ask cash for the sales. Wonder why.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I think it comes down to the calendars, and I
think probably clearing infantry before the end of financial year.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
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 2 (28:26):
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 Generation Salem.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Yeah, which I like.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
It's very expensive.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
How okay, Bougian budget, I could have bring specific things
because I have so much to say. I want you
to bring specific things if you want. Let's talk about
your budgets first.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Okay, So my budget is you touched on it earlier?
Which on outlet? Love it silk scarves everywhere?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Yes, I have one, Yes, love it.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Wear it to death, so many ways to wear it.
Is a chocolate brown poke it ot silk scarf. So
we're hitting tick tick tick on the trends. I believe
it is about one hundred and thirty dollars full price.
It is reduced on the outlet, and then when you
put it in your cart, it's twenty percent off, so
it's under one hundred dollars.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
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 Cot. None have a Paisley
chocolate scarf. I think thirteen dollars.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Ontos so good.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
I love the oritin outlet because what I do is
I stuck up on the umbrellas where they're extra trainy.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Stuff is the best gift.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
Everybody wants a bottle of really nice olive oil that
you can't get it oritin, but everyone needs an umbrella,
and so I've got a cupbod full of umbrellas ready
for gives genius.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Okay, well, what's my budget? Okay?
Speaker 2 (29:55):
My budget is a story. A few weeks ago, my
husband and I had the weekend off from our childhood
going away great. His favorite brand is Basic. He goes
to the sample saale once a year and it happened
to be on the Friday will drive 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.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
Like for him.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
A lot of things is like for And then we
went on a weekend away. He unfortunately had to leave
early and then so we had separate cars. And on Sunday,
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, or fill
(30:33):
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, nah, it's fine. He 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.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
What do you do?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I still like when I think about it, I still get happy.
You dopamine vibes that everything I got. I didn't try
a lot on, but I know my size in basic
and i'd say out of the nineteen things, sixteen are
absolute when wow.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yeah, so just really comment for brands to further reduce.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
See, I wasn't sure because I'm normally a first girl.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Like I'm excited, so am I true? But maybe if
you're not sure about a sale, yes, go the last day.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Go the last day or send someone first and then
you know, Okay, it's worth it. But I don't care
for it really, so I'll go on the last dancy
what's left?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Oh my god, it was my happiest day. What's your bougie?
My bougie is from the Dome, which is an online out.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
I've not shopped the dom yet. So it's a multi brands.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Multi brands. Yeah, okay, a lot of Australian on there,
which is I get their rats all the time.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
I will click now.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
And they have a further percentage or amount off if
your 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. Exactly I've sold it.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Is it still online?
Speaker 1 (32:06):
It is? So this stress is available in so many
different sizes and retails for almost five hundred dollars and
then is reduced to under two hundreds for a timeless
dress for a really yes, timeless, fantastic Australian half rice.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
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 in 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 Birkeney Point, which is quite good.
We've got the Dfos but recently opened and now opening
more stores is the Rosebary Engine Yards.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
I was there today.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Oh my god, you went.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
So there's scanning a theatore that's where the basic sale was.
There's a scan on the theatore is the most recent
one to open. There's Age, there's Camilla and Mark. There's Camilla.
There's too light 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 Mark and scan On Theodore.
(33:07):
There's the basic there. For my husband, there's a bunch
of other stores oriton and so what I like is
because that area of Sydney, if you're not familiar, kind
of that Alexandra Rose reed, 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 1 (33:26):
Absolutely and really close to the airport. Like you said,
if you are traveling into Sydney, yes, it's like twenty minutes.
I'm so glad you've been. I was like, oh my gosh,
you need to go. I went 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.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
A movie, Yes residence 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 sale Oh so good. If anyone has one
of those in their city of similar we want to know. Sabrina,
thank you so much. You were truly a service to us.
All you're saving us a lot of money or helping
(34:04):
us spend less depending on how.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
You look at it.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Thank you for joining me. Thank you so much for
having me. It's been a pleasure. That was great.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Thank you for joining me for Nothing to Wear Pod.
Be sure to follow Sabrina. I hit follow automatically. I
can't wait to save some money. I'll spend some money now.
If you want more of us, we are on YouTube
at Nothing to Wear Pod and on Instagram too, so
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and I'll see you next week.
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