HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE
You easily justify the air ticket and the cost of living in a two- or three-star hotel, if for designer clothes you will not go to the main streets of Paris, Milan or London, but to outlets. Outlet (outlet) is a shop where you can find clothes of famous brands from collections of past seasons with a discount of up to 70%. Outlets come in several forms. This may be a small store where items from different designers from collections of several seasons are collected (for example, DMagazine in Milan on Via Montenapoleone, 26, or Tot Stocks in Barcelona on Calle Conde de Salvatierra, 2). Things in them are usually grouped by brand (hanger with D & G dresses, a shelf with Malo sweaters), clothing items (skirts separately, jackets separately), price (all for 50,100, 300 euros) or sizes (most often so sell shoes) . The second kind is shops of the same brand, where they bring unsold last-minute collections of the last season. Such, for example, Marni Outlet on Via Tajani, 1, in Milan or Paul Smith Sale Shop, located in London at 23 Avery Row, Wl.
The third type of outlet is a whole boutique town, like, for example, the nine outlets of Chic Outlet Shopping scattered all over Europe. The one that is forty minutes from Barcelona, La Roca Village has more than 100 stores, including Burberry, Cacharel, La Perla, Levi's, Calvin Klein Jeans and many others. There are more than 85 boutiques in the outlet near Paris, including Givenchy, Kenzo, Christian Lacroix, Max Mara, Diesel, Lalique. And not far from Milan in one place are such famous brands as Versace, Missoni, Trussardi Jeans, Furla, Guess ... There you can also look in the Corso Roma footwear store, where you can find shoes from previous collections of Chloe, John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, and also in boutiques of sportswear Reebok, Puma and Nike. In addition to the obvious savings in money and time, plus visits to such fashionable conglomerates that all the villages are close to major cities and attractions (the French one is located near Disneyland) and can be reached by public transport.
GIRL FACTORY
If you have the opportunity to rent a car, it's worth going to the shops at factories and footwear (factory store). Much of what you can buy here, you'll never find in a boutique in your city. In addition, here you can not doubt the authenticity of the goods and save money. The only difficulty is finding the address of the factory. But this difficulty is easily overcome: to search for a factory store is in the country or city where the brand you are interested in was founded. For example, where, if not in London, be a factory shop Burberry (29-53 Chatham Place, London E9 6LP). What's nice, such shops are not too far from the tourist routes - near the resort of Rimini are based shoe factories Sergio Rossi and Pollini, near Florence - Prada, and on the shore between Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Lake Constance - Wolford.
THERE, I KNOW WHERE
If you do not want to find out where the stores are located, where you can buy things at a discount of up to 60%, you can take advantage of the offer of travel agencies and go on a shopping tour. Instead of museums and galleries, guides from morning till night will take you to the shops. There is, however, one thing: as a rule, a shopping tour is a trip "with obligations." For example, a three-day tour to Greece for fur coats will cost only 50 euros, but on condition that you are guaranteed to buy at least one fur product for 1000 euros. Otherwise, you will be fined 450 euros.
WITH DELIVERY TO HOME
Even if you do not want to go anywhere, you can still make purchases abroad - on the Internet. This is an example of the best shopping in Europe for the lazy. Especially if you know exactly what you need. For example, you dream of boots made of sheepskin ugg boots, which cost from 8,000 to 15,000 rubles in Moscow stores. If you order them in an online store with the possibility of international delivery, they will cost you 5000 rubles. But do not buy things on an industrial scale: the customs duty is not charged only if the estimated value of the goods does not exceed 10 000 rubles, provided that the parcel is sent by state mail, and 5000 rubles by courier service.
Tips for shoppers
The surest way to buy a thing abroad is by 6-20% (depending on the country) cheaper than the price labeled - use the Global Refund Tax Free service. Having made a purchase for the amount of 25 to 400 euros (depending on the country), ask the seller to issue a Tax Free Cheque (do not forget to show him a passport - he must make sure that you are not a citizen of the country where the purchase is made). When leaving home, present a check and goods to the customs officer who will put the appropriate stamp on the check and get the money due at the nearest Cash Refund Office or send a stamped check to the Global Refund service if you want to receive a credit card payment.
Plan your trips to Europe so that you get there during the sales season: January 7 -1 March and July 8 - August 31. This is the time of the best shopping in Europe.
In every country, buy the things of brands that are produced there. So, Mango clothes are the most profitable to buy in Spain, and Etam - in France. And although some brands (such as Louis Vuitton) have the same price everywhere, the assortment in "native" boutiques is still more diverse.
Pay attention to the labels we have not yet submitted: DDP, American Apparel, Berenice, Banana Republic, Comptoir des Cotonniers ... In Russia no one will guess that your luxury dress costs only 50 euros.
Do not forget that without paying customs duties and taxes, you can bring goods to Russia for personal use for an amount not exceeding 65,000 rubles (maximum weight is 35 kg).