This website provides all the strategies and tips you need to find luxe brand deals on apparel, handbags and footwear. We want to help you maximize your budget so you can buy more from the brands you love.
To help bring this to life, we are letting you shop along side us as we get a great new pair of shoes.
The Shoes: Manolo Blahnik Tormentas
We saw these shoes in late winter/early spring and knew we wanted them! However, we did NOT want to pay $875. So, we kept them on our shopping list and waited for them to go on sale.
In the meantime, we had some research to do and decisions to make:
· What retailers carry the shoes?
· Which colors do we want and not want?
Here are the steps to finding luxury brand deals:
Step 1: Find Retailers
Review our Luxe Deal Finder to see what retailers carry Manolo Blahnik. It the easiest source to figure out which retailers to visit and which ones don’t carry the brand I am looking for.
The result: There are at least 15 retailers including ManoloBlahnik.com that carry the brand. Only Bloomingdale’s and 6pm can be ruled out.
Step 2: Pick Your Luxe Product Style
Now we have to dig deeper to find out which ones carry the desired style. It seems daunting to check out all 15 retailers, but it really does not take very long and when you consider the money that can be saved it is well worth it. Plus, there are a few shortcuts we can take based on what we know about the shoes.
The Tormentas were just released this year, so it is unlikely that we will find it on any of the luxe brand retailers like Bluefly and The Outnet. We can rule them out. Rue La La, Gilt and Shop Premium Outlets have very similar assortments in apparel, handbags and footwear, so if Rue La La does not have it, the others likely won’t either.
A run through the retailers yields the following results. Only three retailers carry Tormentas – Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue and FWRD. Even ManoloBlahnik.com doesn’t carry them. This is not uncommon as brands will often not carry certain products to avoid competing directly with their retailer partners.
Bergdorf Goodman – Bright Green, Bright Pink
Saks Fifth Avenue – Black, Bright Pink, Cream
FWRD – Bright Green only
Step 3: Wait for a Discount
Decide on a color and wait for a discount. We have PLENTY of black shoes, so we were focused on getting a discount on the Bright Green or preferably the Bright Pink Tormentas. So now we just have to shop three retailers instead of 15 to wait for a discount.
The good news is the discount came quickly and was an attractive 40% at Bergdorf Goodman! A quick check of Saks Fifth Avenue and FWRD showed the shoes at full price. We were finally ready to pull the trigger and got the Manolo Blahnik Tormentas in Bright Pink at a 40% discount.
Total savings = $350
Getting these shoes at a 40% discount took us a little bit of patience, but ultimately less than an hour of shopping time. In fact, it took us much longer to write this case study than it did to get the shoes at a discount!
Original price = $875
Sale price = $525
Total savings = $350
Following the steps in the case study will help you secure big luxe brand deals!
Happy Shopping!
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