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Shopping Tips & Tricks to find a perfect pair of shoes

Shopping Tips and Tricks to finding a Perfect Pair of Shoes

This article will provide you with some useful shopping tips and tricks to finding a perfect pair of shoes.

Following a recent advertising campaign I asked a number of women what information they would find most useful about womens shoes.

After collating the feedback received the majority asked for:-

How to find the right size and width
How to find discount or inexpensive designer shoes
Assurance of return policy/shipping service etc
How to choose fashionable shoes that are comfortable
Reasonable priced shoes without searching all day to compare prices
Quality – how to recognise poor quality shoes

HOW TO FIND THE

Online Shoe Shopping

More and more people are opting for online shoe shopping. There are many online shoe stores offering all ranges of shoes starting from expensive designer’s shoes to their cheap counter parts. Online stores like eBay are offering a variety of shoes in an affordable price.

Zappo.com is considered to be one of the best online stores offering wide ranges of top brands as well as cheaper variety shoes. http://Shoes.com also provides various brands to US as well as to international customers over the internet. http://Shoepevilion.com is one of the online shoe shopping sites that offer heavy discounts ranging from 10% to 50% depending on the model.

There are many advantages on buying shoes online. By opting for online shopping for shoes, one need

This is just a small shopping haul. Stick around until the end to see how I incorporate these bargains into my wardrobe. I love to find bargains and to find numerous ways to transform my outfits into endless possibilities. I hope you enjoy it! Finally these are just my personal likes, style, and ideas so please no negativity! FTC: Everything was purchased by myself. The following is my honest and truthful opinion.

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Birmingham is the second largest city in the UK. While it can not match the shopping on offer in the metropol of London, it still has plenty of shops, market and designer outlets to please even the most discerning shopaholic.

Historically, Birmingham is known to be one of the places where the industrial revolution started. Its central placement in the middle of England – The Midlands, was vital to its industrial rise. Due to all the factories in the area, Birmingham was known as the industrial powerhouse of Britain. Today, the city has left its’ dark and polluted past. The service economies are dominating and it is unlikely that you’ll bump into a miner when visiting this modern city.

Despite popular belief, Birmingham is actually drowning in fashion and its designers are leading lights within the UK fashion scene. Local designer Jacob Kimmie recently had an exhibition at prestigious London Fashion Week and Central Saint Martins graduate Usefzada, also from Birmingham, has been dressing Thandie Newton lately.

But it’s not all high end stuff for those who won’t use public transport but went to public school. Whether you’re a dressy dolly, diamond geezer or ironic musician, there’s something to suit you here in Birmingham and you should aim to suit yourself. Below you’ll find some tips for value for money shopping in Birmingham.

Cheap shopping in Birmingham

For downtown chic head to The Custard Factory’s flea market in Digbeth (nearest Station Moor Street) on a Saturday for vintage clothes or for the lads try Sunday when the wares are more geared towards vinyl. If there’s no spare time in your dairy on weekends t then head to Urban Village, also at The Custard Factory, any time. It’s literally a warehouse rammed with second hand clothes!

Also rammed with garb is The Oasis Market on Priory Square is thankfully about as far away from the high street chain as you’ll get. It sells Gothic clothes, clusters of silver jewellery, posters, bondage bits and bobs and dope labels such as Dready. And it’s also the best place to buy Dr Martins and Wrangler jeans which never go out of fashion.

Bargains in the jewellry quarter

For those of you hankering after a swim in glamour at half the price why not check out the jewellery quarter in Hockley (nearest station Snow Hill) which sells at trade prices. Here you’ll get all sorts of modern and classical pieces that you won’t catch other people rocking the same.

If all that proves too much you might need a super hero to ease your shopped-out feet and save you from consumer-itis. If that’s the case head to Nostalgia & Comics on Smallbrook Queensway where you can buy graphic novels, manga and the usual alternative oddities.

Are you more in the mood for a classic market? Head over to St. Martins Rag Market. Nicknamed “The Rag” you’ll find a wealth of bargains which you won’t need to be wealthy to buy. Flick through fabrics, coo over cosmetics or trawl through racks of tights, it’s here that you’ll find a few gems as well as a genuine experience as to what “Brummie” life is all about. Originally named The Smithfield Market, The Rag was opened on Whitsun Fair Thursday on 29 May 1817, selling food. Today it sits behind the Bullring and neighbours a food market. Open on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Does it bother you if I shop in women’s clothing and lingerie? How about if I try things on? I am not there to leer at women, I just like women’s clothing. I am going to dress full-time soon and was just wondering how real women felt.

What you see - Just beside the Lifestyle building at Begumpet is Clothing Deck, Hyderabad. As you enter the store, glittering watches (both for men and women) of a wide variety catch your eyes. But don’t get confused, as Clothing Deck is not really a watch store. Explore the place and you will see apparels for women and kids on the ground floor and those for men on the first floor. As you move around you will realize that it caters to almost all the fashion needs of youngsters. You name it and they have it. All the sections in the store are neatly segregated so that you don’t get lost in the wide range of products they have.

 

What you get - Owned by Harsh Agarwal and Ram Agarwal, this store stocks clothes and accessories for men, women and kids. Starting from a simple kurta (around Rs. 245), the range extends to blazers (Rs. 1,800-3,000) and jackets. And if you are going abroad, this is the right store for you to buy winter wear. All through the year, this store stocks winter jackets available from Rs. 1,200-3,000. And if it’s a Ferrari Jacket that you are eyeing, that’s there too at around Rs. 1,500.

 

Jeans, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, shoes, sandals, slippers, watches, sunglasses, perfumes, deodorants, belts, purses…The list of clothes and accessories just goes on and on. Skull caps come in for as cheap as Rs. 150-300. Trendy watches are in abundance and the prices range from Rs. 300-1,200

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The children’s clothing section is by far the most economical and they have trendy sets of clothes on sale. Though there is officially no tailoring facility for children’s clothes available you can still coax them into making that perfect little suit for your little one for less than Rs. 1,000. Jeans, jackets, Superhero T-shirts/sunglasses and even Superman underclothes are available here. Since the clothes are imported do make sure they are tried on at least once before buying as the sizes could be inconsistent.

 

For women, the store may best be described as a budget clothing store in Hyderabad. This Hyderabad clothing store has a decent collection of blouses, T-shirts, casual/formal shirts, trousers and skirts. The range is quite fluid so there might be an abundance of crushed skirts one week and a great collection of formal trousers the next week. The choice and price range do not compare to say a Linking Road or a Janpat but if it is your lucky day you might just hit the jackpot and find the exact combination you were looking for. The store also has a good collection of accessories to go with the clothing especially junk jewelry.

 

Our verdict - This Hyderabad clothing store for men, women and children is unique because of its wide variety of collections. They offer tailoring facilities too. So if you want tailor-made suits then 48 hours is all you have to wait for. Don’t look for brands here though. Most of the stuff is bought from China and Bangkok. Clothing Deck runs offers on an ongoing basis. So keep an eye for those. There is also a special membership scheme for customers buying products worth Rs. 1,000 and above. And put your worries aside for parking as it’s easily available for two-wheelers right in front of the store. For four-wheelers it’s just a stone’s throw away from the store.

Clothing Deck, for Budget Shopping – Hyderabad Women’s Clothing has been written by Pranay who writes for MetroMela