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The post-Christmas sales are traditionally a wallet-opening exercise by shoppers hoping to purchase some luxury designer numbers that are normally outside their buying power.
Examples of designer goods reduced online at Brown Thomas include an Alexander McQueen long, double-breasted, notched-lapel wool coat, which is marked down from €3,924 to €2,354. A Balenciaga hourglass houndstooth coat is €995, down from €2,449.
Marks & Spencer Ireland confirmed that, “in line with Government guidelines”, they are postponing their Christmas/January sale.
Pulling on my fashion editor’s hat, I would point you in the direction of classic buys and good investments, from a cosy knit for now to sensible, comfortable boots to get us through the next few months and into spring.