Shopping Guide
How To Shop SmartBargains.com
SmartBargains.com delivers prices you’ll love and brand names you lust over. At first glance it looks like your typical Target-like discount site. Search around and you’ll be pleasantly suprised to find Michael Kors, Cole Haan and Kate Spade to name a fashionable few.
Here are a some tips for getting the best deals on the site.
Check out the Updates. SmartBargains is constantly being updated with new events and promotions. Right now, for example, you can save 50-70% off all Egyptian Cotton Towels(aka the really good towels you put out for “company”). You can also shop for shoes at the 3 for $99 event.
Join the SMART Shoppers Club. Join the SmartBargains SMART Shoppers Club to take advantage of all the deals and steals this site has to offer. For $9.95 a year, you get first dibs on New Arrivals and Clearance bargains, gain admission to Members-Only product exclusives, and get lower price on standard shipping- only $2.95 per order (regularly $9.95).
Keep Check on Clearance Items. Though the entire site is devoted to discounts, click on the Clearance link for even more deals. There’s a wide range of products, with the option to browse by category. Plus: you save up to 70% off.
Find them First and Fast with New Arrivals. Check out the New Arrivals button located to the right of the search bar. It will lead you to pages of just-added items.
Sign up for The Bargain Alert! Newsletter. Subscribe to the SmartBargains newsletter to get a coupon for 10% off (for first time subscribers). Scroll to the bottom of the site and enter your email address to sign up.
Fashion Advice: Where I Shop in LA
Dear Budget Fashionista I hate wearing something and then going somewhere and finding someone across the room wearing the same thing! LA is such a great place for shopping! Where can I go to find great clothing at a reasonable price and not have to worry about running into someone with my outfit?
A: There are two places I head every time I’m in LA.
One is the Last Chance Boutique in Culver City. They have an amazing selection of pieces from top designers like Vivenne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, and Catharine Malandrino for well below retail price- not the same mass-produced terry cloth items you see everywhere else. Also try the Lisa Kline Outlet, which has a great selection and is near other Melrose stores. If you are a bit creative, you could head to the FIDM scholarship store downtown. Everything is dirt cheap (a buck or so), but the store is a bit junky You definitely need some sewing skills to repair some of the garments.
Got some other LA shops I should check out? Send me an email.
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