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Australian shopping resources

In another thread some of us Aussie gals were thinking that it'd be nice to pool our shopping resources. We don't have the huge range of choices that are available overseas, but there's definitely good stuff out there. If you've found a good website or blog or heard about something nifty that works Down Under, please feel free to jump in and share!

I like to look at clothing ranges online to narrow down my choices before trying stuff on. Here's my favourites:

http://www.witchery.com.au - excellent quality

https://shop.sportsgirl.com.au/index.html - great for up-to-the-minute accessories, but the styles are often a bit extreme for my tastes (if only I were 19 again!)

http://www.frenchconnection.com.au/ - sale items are often down to 60% of original price

http://www.jeanswest.com.au/Womens.html - for denim and fashion tees

For shoes I like:
http://wittner.com.au/

http://www.zomp.com.au/ - website has been 'coming soon' for a year now. And their shoes are super-expensive. But when stuff goes on sale, it really goes on sale. I've bought sandals that were $145 down to $40.

OK - your turn now!

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12 Replies

Posted 4 months ago

Great start Stringy, with some there that are new to me.

An online shop is Ezi buy http://www.ezibuy.com.au/

Target's has a limited selection of their range here http://www.target.com.au/html/.....osites.htm.

I like Valley girl to try out new trends cheaplyhttp://www.valleygirl.com.au/category.aspx
Just jeans http://www.justjeans.com.au/JU.....ick=Womens

Posted 4 months ago

As of today Nordstrom ships internationally (incuding Australia). Woohoo!! (Although I don't know what the shipping costs are)

Shopbop.com has free shipping to us here as well.

Or did you want only stores actually located in Australia?

Posted 4 months ago

Blah, I just tried adding a random dress from Nordstrom.com to my shopping cart and checking out.....shipping is $66. You'd have to buy a lot of stuff to justify that price - crazy!!!!

Posted 4 months ago

I've got no problem ordering stuff from overseas, if they ship to Australia. Well, other than my usual problem with ordering online, which is figuring out the fit and dealing with returns.

The Nordstrom shipping does sound pretty pricey! Free is always better, will definitely take a look at shopbop.com then :)

Thanks Anne for those - I hadn't looked at Target or Just Jeans online for so long because they used to have such silly websites, they're much improved now. I'd never seen ezibuy.com.au before at all, looks very useful!

Posted 3 months ago

Shipping is my main problem, Stringy. Sometimes I end up using ebay shops to ship things for me, if they have them in stock. I'm dying for a pair of Kenneth Cole sandals I saw on this site (the cedar city ones, in brick) but of course, no one ships here.

I use countryroad.com.au just to look - you can't buy online from them, like so many other stores here, and Netaporter.com just to look and salivate. I can rarely affford, sigh.

Posted 3 months ago

yublocka, didn't know shopbop shipping was free! I'm going there right now

Posted 3 months ago

Lex & stringy I've posted this link before but not sure if you've seen it:

http://shopaholiques.com/default.aspx

Fiona is great! You can order from sites that only ship to US addresses and then she forwards them onto you. And she combines puchases. I have bought from nordstrom, express, atl, endless and zappos and got them all shipped to her. She'll also combine parcels from multiple sellers. Rates are definitely more reasonable than paying $60 for just one dress from nordstrom!

Posted 3 months ago

That's pretty good!

I found this one yesterday: http://www.maxshop.com/au/ Some nice basics and quite a lot of less-extreme takes on current fashion-forward styles.

Posted 3 months ago

No, have never seen it before yublocka, FANTASTIC!!! Now I can get my shoes!

Posted 3 months ago

Here's a few I thought I would add:

Crossroads - good for cheapy basics
http://www.crossroads.com.au/H.....category=1

Rivers - love thier shoes
http://www.rivers.com.au/Online_shop.htm

Freez - Lots of great popular brands such as Ladakh, Sunnygirl, Minkpink & great prices
http://www.freez.com.au/shop/

Birdsnest - more great brands such as Esprit, Jag, Grab, One teaspoon
http://www.birdsnest.com.au/shop

Tree of Life - great for cool summery cotton pieces
http://www.treeoflife.com.au/

I'm sure there are more but that's all I can think of for now.

Posted 3 months ago

Wow, thanks Karen, that Birdsnest one looks really handy!

Posted 3 months ago

Bumping because I found another one.

http://www.barkins.com.au/

We don't have any stores here in WA, but they've got online ordering, and have good basic tees and business casual wear.

Posted 1 month ago