Buy Online Pick up in Store Same Day: 9 Options for Last-Minute Gifts
Surprise — Christmas is days away. If you haven’t finished your gift shopping yet, you’re running out of options. Not even your Amazon Prime membership can help you now. Trust …
Welcome to The Budget Fashionista Learn How to Shop Guide. Here you’ll find our best strategies for shopping like a pro and saving money at your favorite fashion retailers. You’ll find store-specific tips for many retailers including ShopBop, Ulta Beauty, Dillard’s, Bloomingdales and more. Also see our tips on shopping thrift stores and trendy stores.
We also love the “shopping list” post. Posts like “Best Occasion Dresses under $75” give you an easy set of trendy pieces to make your shopping uber efficient.
One overlooked side of shopping for clothes is returning clothes. After all, it happens sometimes that you buy a piece and then your opinion changes when you get it home. Some of our most popular posts cover return policies, from Payless to Saks.
If you’re not sure where to start reading, try these posts and topics:
How to Shop Marshalls ● How to Shop New York & Company ● Return policies for your favorite retailers
Surprise — Christmas is days away. If you haven’t finished your gift shopping yet, you’re running out of options. Not even your Amazon Prime membership can help you now. Trust …
The Budget Fashionista’s most popular post is a list of the best online clothing stores for budget shoppers. You probably recognize at least some of the fashion stores in that …
Amazon Prime Day 2021 is nearly here, along with competing sales from other big retailers. If you don’t have the details, here are the sale dates to mark in your …
ModCloth may not be our top source for cute dresses anymore, but the once-cool retro retailer still has some stylish bargains if you’re willing to wait for a sale. The …
Unboxing videos are fun, right? You get to watch your favorite social media influencer unwrap her latest ecommerce haul, with full commentary on how the purchase meets up with her …
We originally wrote this post back in 2011. But times have changed and bra fitters now work remotely too! Read on for the inside scoop on bra fit from Jenette …
I’m not ashamed to say that I have a love/hate relationship with clearance racks and online clearance pages. On the one hand, they offer the very best deals on clothes. …
Did you know that about $1 billion worth of gift cards goes unspent each year? That’s crazy, right?! Sadly, I’m sure my household has contributed to those numbers. More than …
If you’re over the age of oh, I don’t know, 10 years old, you’ve likely experienced the demise of a New Year’s resolution or two. The more serious and lofty …
I can admit this freely: My wardrobe lately is almost exclusively leggings and sweatshirts. Granted, I do lean towards cute leggings and sweatshirts whenever possible, but still. I feel a …
Weddings are ridiculously expensive and have been for ages. Unfortunately, there’s a whole huge industry whispering in your ear from a young age, about what the perfect wedding entails. But …
Maybe you’d rather spend every last dollar on a vacation you can’t afford and carry your things in a garbage bag, but that’s just not practical. Even for a road …
If ever there was a retailer synonymous with the now beloved designer collaboration, it’s Target. Target designer collaborations have earned a cult following, thanks to the brand’s knack for linking …
Now that we’ve closed the books on another holiday season, we’re all ready for some quality sleep. And sure, we can get by sleeping in old gym shorts and a t-shirt, but it’s decidedly more luxurious to have a real sleep set. And did you know that silk pajamas help keep your skin moisturized?
I have a love/hate relationship with Kohl’s. What I love? Trendy, wearable styles for less. What I hate? The inconsistency. One day, I might load up my cart with options …
Let’s talk about designer footwear. If your budget doesn’t quite align with your high-design tastes, you might feel a pang of sadness when Shopstyle shows you those $1,200 Fendi boots …
Few retailers are as committed to providing a combination of high-quality fashion and transparent business practices as Everlane. Their approach relies on three important principles: audit factories around the world …
If all of your girlfriends have gone silent, they may be immersed in the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. It’s Nordy’s biggest sale of the year, and Early Access Week of the …
To sum up the life of Gloria Vanderbilt in just a few words would not do her justice. Indeed, her story is one of true starry-eyed enigma: she was a …
For such a tiny garment, it’s amazing how complicated the swimsuit can be. I mean, we get swimsuit questions on everything from swimsuit fabrics to swimsuit shopping to swimsuit care. …
It’s swimsuit season fashionistas. That means you get to flaunt your figure (and your fashion) in your teeniest, tiniest ensembles. But who wants to spend a $100 or more for …