With Summer just around the corner, fasion fans are on the lookout for outfits for wedding guests, BBQs, picnics, brunch and nights out. But before paying full price for products on the high street, Money Saving Expert has suggested browsing a fashion website where full-price Summer outfits from brands like River Island, Ted Baker, New Look and ASOS cost as little as £10.
The discount fashion website is described as a ‘premium non-full-price marketplace for fashion, sportswear and beauty brands’, and has previously been featured on Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert site. It sells surplus, end-of-line and outlet stock from well-known high-street and designer brands at a reduced price, often as much as 75 per cent off.
There are a multitude of different brands on the website. Some highlights include New Look brand Pink Vanilla, which has been reduced to as little as £3 on the website, and River Island - which has £60 Summer wedding dresses reduced to £10 on the site, and £80 jackets slashed to £20.
There are also more premium, designer brands on the discount fashion website. There is a Ted Baker outlet section, where £139 Summer trousers are reduced to £21, and for trainer lovers, there's a heavily discounted Nike section.
As well as clothing, there are also sections for heavily discounted beauty and homeware items. One of the standout products is the £40 Luxury Mystery Beauty Box, which contains £230-worth of high-end makeup and perfume from brands including Burberry, Clarins, Kiehls, Lancôme, Sally Hansen, Tangle Teezer and YSL.
Bethan Shufflebotham, a writer for Reach PLC, gave the site a go for herself. Here's what she said:
I picked up three dresses with a total value of £154, paying a grand total of £37.39 including postage, meaning I saved £116.61 on my order compared to buying new. Usually I’d think nothing of spending £40 on a new dress on the ASOS website - but at Secret Sales, I’d snagged triple for less.
I picked up a slinky sheer check occasion midi slip dress from Topshop for £11.20, but it was supposed to have been £56, so I saved a whopping 80 per cent. The dress is beautiful although a bit long and has to be worn with heels, but would be gorgeous for a summer wedding.
I also went for an In The Style satin asymmetric ruffle detail maxi dress in ochre-Yellow, which should have been £52, but cost £10.40 at Secret Sales. This dress was another occasion number that had stunning ruffle detailing, and would be amazing for a special event this summer.
But it was the third and final dress that was worth every penny of the entire order, and has immediately become my summer go-to. The ASOS DESIGN Petite open back puff sleeve maxi dress cost me £13.80 instead of £46, and has a fabulous textured pink gingham pattern in a waffle fabric, meaning it never needs to be ironed. It has an open back detail which is perfect for the warm weather, and it’s lined very well, so you can go braless, too.
My order was shipped the next day and had arrived within a week. The orders are sent directly by the brand or seller themselves - in this case, ASOS - and Secret Sales undertakes quality checks to ensure the best standard for customers.
ASOS joined the platform in January this year a bid to clear stock efficiently, with all of the selected discounted items no longer being available on ASOS as products will be housed on Secret Sales.
The partnership means visitors to Secret Sales can shop from a selection of up to 1,000 products from ASOS-owned brands, including ASOS Design, Collusion, Reclaimed Vintage, Topshop, Topman, and Miss Selfridge, all listed at a fraction of their original price.
But there are also dozens of other high end brands also available to shop from on the site, including Kurt Geiger, Burberry and Holly Willoughby’s favourite LK Bennett.
What’s more is that ASOS will be refreshing inventory fortnightly with plans in the pipeline to grow the selection of products available, which means I’ll be able to update my whole wardrobe for every occasion for a LOT less.
Jag Weatherley, Corporate Transformation Director at ASOS, said: “We’re pleased to be offering Secret Sales customers access to ASOS products for the first time. It’s been a huge effort from everyone involved to get this partnership up and running in a short space of time. We’re looking forward to seeing how we can develop our relationship with Secret Sales.”
It’s not the only retailer where you can get cut-price clothing and accessories, though. Martin Lewis previously spoke about a site calledEverything5Pounds on ITV's Good Morning Britain (GMB), where he explained that the site buys leftover and excess stock from retailers like Marks and Spencer, River Island, Oodie and Karen Millen, and sells it for a fraction of the price.
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