This is a search filled with potential traps so I enlisted the help of an expert of in
style trends.
We hit some stores and scooped up some amazing deals and you can too, here's how.
Walk into your local off-price retailer and you'll find a treasure trove of designer labels
at discounted prices.
Clothes, shows and bags at up to 60% off, everything seems like a deal.
But sniffing out the real finds at a TJ Maxx, Marshalls or Nordstrom Rack takes a determined,
savvy shopper.
Super stylist Alison Deyette clued me in on how to shop off price.
It's kind of overwhelming, I walk into a store like this and the first question is where
to start first!
The first tip is to walk in with an open mind.
You can't come in and say I want a hot pink cocktail dress with lace on the collar.
These places are about the thrill of the find.
Often high end designers make too much of a product or a department store buys too much,
so each season off price retailers come in and buy what's left at a major discount.
They slash the prices 20-60%.
Okay I just found these bags, Marc Jacobs that were 895 and are now 296.
TJ Maxx gave a tour of their super secret handbag room where they gather samples for
next year's racks.
The very same bags department stores will sell first price.
But things go fast, each week stores get up to 10,000 pieces of new merchandise.
Go to the store manager and say, listen I want to be that super savvy shopper.
What days do those trucks come and unload those boxes because I want to be here!
Beware, it's easy to overspend here so give yourself a time limit.
Alison: It can be a bit over stimulating for some people because when they start seeing
these awesome prices of brands that they were coveting from afar, so I would say give yourself
a time limit, maybe 30 minutes.
Alison and I edited down her picks and scooped up some amazing deals.
Alison: So this dress is selling for retail, 325, I get it for 125.
So, I was able to get a pair of neutral heels to get with it for 25 dollars.
I'm getting a whole outfit for 150 dollars that is less than half of the original price
of the dress.
So here is a test, look at these dresses, one is from the department and one is from
the designer retailer.
This one is 59, the other is 160.
They come out the same week and it just takes some time to visit the stores, the same with
these shoes.
You cans save even more if you go off designer!
Huge deals.