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Fashion | Fall Clothes on a Budget in Montreal

Montreal fashionistas of all ages

Fall fashion without breaking the bank? Yes, it’s possible to get good fall clothes on a budget in Montreal. Widely regardedas a premiere fashion destination in Canada, Montreal offers a lot of high-end fashion stores, but with winter just aroundthe corner you’re going to want to save your money for a thermal coat and a good pair of boots.

So where can you get fall clothes on a budget in Montreal? We’ve compiled three options for fashion shopping on abudget: consignment, thrift and on the web.

Consignment

Clothes from Citizen Vintage

A consignment shop is a store that sells secondhand items on behalf of the item’s owner and the owner receives apercentage of the sale. In contrast to thrift stores, consignment shops tend to have items that are of higher quality and youare more likely to find brand name items. However, as with thrift stores, consignment prices are significantly lower thanshopping retail. Furthermore, you are more likely to create a unique look with consignment pieces than by shopping retail

where numerous people can buy the same outfit.

Montreal is a great place for consignment shops, here are some of our favorites:

Citizen Vintage

Eva B Café-Boutique

Founderie

The Little Shop

1002 Avenue Ogilvy

Friperie St-Laurent

3976 boul St. Laurent

Héritage

4257 boul St. Laurent

Thrift Stores

Find great things at thrift stores

The great thing about thrift stores is that while you’re shopping for clothes on a budget you’re also supporting greatcharitable causes. Because prices are extremely low you don’t have to feel guilty about only wearing an item once or twiceand this means you can redo your wardrobe over several times during the year. Furthermore, because thrift stores are notas popular as consignment shops there’s less competition for those unique high-fashion finds.

Here are our favourite thrift stores in Montreal:

The Salvation Army

Village des Valeurs

Fripe-Prix Renaissance

Thrift shops for NOVA

On the Web

Fashion on a budget? Shop on the web

Shopping on the web is a great way to save money because you can get discounts you wouldn’t get in a store becausebusinesses don’t have to pay overhead costs. However, make sure to check the cost of shipping and the company’s returnpolicy before you buy, otherwise the deal might not turn out to be as good as it seems. Shopping online is also convenient,you can do it from the comfort of your couch and once the clothing is delivered you can try it on at your leisure. There’salso a lot more variety when shopping online because unlike physical stores, online stores have unlimited rack space. Youcan also compare prices for similar items across several websites.

These are our favorite Canadian websites for online shopping:

Beyond the rack

eLUXE

Penningtons

ebay

Dress Lily

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