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Haggling is not in my make-up. Abroad, tour guides say it’s part of the day-to-day. They prove their point by screaming furiously at a shop assistant. Usual result: a precious 50p off your souvenirs. Life is too short. But if they want to reduce prices of their own free will, fine by me. Bicester Village London Prada Little deals can still happen.
Last month, my friend Paul got 10% off a Dries Van Noten jacket because the shop was about to reduce prices anyway. Underlying message: it’s a buyer’s market and there’s a hell of a lot of autumn/winter stock Authentic Prada Bags Outlet Online to shift. Strange how we get all fancy-headed about fashion but, at the end of the day, it’s always been about commerce.
Most men’s trends work when they are not dictated by a whim of design, but by slightly tweaking what sold the year before to make things fresh. Most obvious Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada Clothing Uk example: the current sweep from last summer’s sporty polo shirts to this season’s rugby shirts, Black Prada Bag Mission Impossible and this summer’s fine-knit Authentic Prada Bags Online Singapore polos. When French Connection announced its recent poor financial results, it admitted that its stores were full of the wrong product. It Are All Prada Handbags Leather had veered from the path of easy-to-plot trend curves. What a depressing purse picture in the season of cheer: men are predictable consumers who long for the familiar.
Yet the sales give us a chance to stick our head above the clouds. I’m Black Prada Chain Bag circling around a Rick Owens leather shirt Bicester Village Prada Opening with ribbed sleeves in Liberty until the price reduces (at the moment it’s £800). I will spend a day between Authentic Prada Gauffre Bag Christmas and New Year in the Harvey Nichols changing room with a pile of Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada Uk Sale reduced Margiela and Balenciaga trousers. I’ll find the ones that fit, then turn mercenary and wait until the last day of the sale. My aim: 80% off.
· Charlie Porter is associate editor of GQ