Saving While Shopping Online for Wardrobe Basics
Whether you have an intense love of all things related to fashion, or you just need to buy enough basic clothing to meet your needs for work and life,having a wardrobe stocked with basics is incredibly important.
Even if you already have wardrobe basics, the odds are that you’ll need to restock them from time to time, either because they have worn out or because they have started to look dated.
No matter whether you’re buying clothes for fun or for function, clothes shopping means spending money.
Households in the United States spent an average of $1,700 in 2010
on apparel, including shoes and related items, according to GrabStats. If you need to buy some wardrobe basics this year, you can do so without breaking the bank and without buying items that are lacking in style and quality.
Where To Shop
First, you need to find a great one-stop shop for wardrobe basics that works well for your budget but that also has the high-quality items that will keep your clothes from looking cheap or from falling apart the first time you wash them.
A great place to start is with the American retailer Old Navy. Old Navy is part of Gap Inc., which has recently made headlines for increasing the minimum hourly wage of all of its employees, according to Gap Inc.
Apart from the company’s policies, though, Gap Inc. is known for its brands of clothing that span many price points and styles. Old Navy is the most affordable of the Gap brands, and it is also a great place to shop online for wardrobe basics such as jeans, tee shirts, jackets and sweaters.
Old Navy is a good choice because its online store has just as many, if not more, perks as its physical stores.
While you can still get deals if the store is having a sale, the online shop often has promotion codes that aren’t available to in-store shoppers. Plus, Old Navy’s website has a constant offering of free shipping on all orders over $50.
If you want to shop online from the other Gap stores, which include Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta and Piperlime, your orders from those stores contribute to the $50 total. Saving on shipping is a huge perk when shopping online.
Old Navy also carries children’s clothes, and if you can save on your children’s wardrobe basics, you can make a big dent in your household budget.
If your children have to wear uniforms to school, Old Navy is also a good choice, as the retailer carries uniform basics such as polo shirts and khakis.
Being a Smart Shopper
Women in American households spend an average of $59 per month on clothing, according to StatisticBrain. While $59 may not seem like much money, that expense can add up quickly. It equals $708 a year. And that’s just the average.
If you love shopping, or if you need a lot of clothing for work, that expense may be higher.
To shop for the items you want and need and to save money at the same time, make yourself familiar with online coupons and websites that deal in them.
There are many people from all walks of life who are using coupons now, and that comes with some interesting statistics. For example, one survey found that shoppers who have graduated from college are 73 percent more likely to use online coupons than those who haven’t, according to DailyFinance.
No matter your education or lifestyle, online coupons can save you a lot of money.
If you want to shop at Old Navy, for example, you might find that there are some great deals in the stores and some good sales that will save you money. But you might not know that those same items are often available online at an extra discount.
Old Navy frequently offers online savings through the use of online coupons or promotion codes on sites like MyCoupons that aren’t available for use in stores.
So before you buy anything for full price at Old Navy, spend a few seconds online to check for a current promo code. You’ll probably find one and you’ll save money by ordering online.
If the product doesn’t fit or you don’t like it, you can simply return it to the store. To make that process even easier, try it on in the store if you have one close to you and then order the exact size and color of the item you want with an online promo code to save more money.
Shopping for wardrobe basics doesn’t mean that you have to spend a lot of money or that you have to buy basics that are lacking in style and quality.
For example, Old Navy has great basics with trendy updates, such as the most popular cuts and styles of jeans, or sweaters and tee shirts in the most popular colors of the season.
Use an online coupon-gathering website to find current coupons for Old Navy every time you shop there and you’re likely to save lots of money on your wardrobe basics.
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