funkybuddah

Are clothes generally much cheaper in Aus than GBR? Going on our validation trip to Gold coast next month (yippeeee!) and was wondering wether to buy our bits in UK or wait till we get out there. Particually interested in Quiksilver, Billabong ect.
Thanks.

LauraIreland

Definitely cheaper in OZ. Also a much better variety of billabong etc .
Enjoy the trip!!

The Bloke

Depends on what your after. The wife finds "Australian"(now made in China) underwear cr*p compared to the stuff you can buy from Marks and Spencer so much that she sent asked her mother in the UK to get her a heap and send them over. Same deal with jeans. Can't find any here that she is comfortable with, so on the nect trip the bags are going over full of Christmas stuff and coming back full of clothes.

Also difficult to find slippers for me anywhere, again enter Marks and Spencer, resonably priced and very comfortable.

anya4oz

As an M&S shareholder, I'm very pleased to hear it....!

Cheers,
Anya.

bondipom

Surf fashion is cheaper here and if you enjoy sweating in artificial fibres then kmart will fill you with joy. Other than that I find basic practical every day clothing here more expensive and of lower quality and fit. I know Australians who get shipments from Next for boxers, work shirts and trousers!

I nearly started running out of boxers and socks without holes until I went back to the UK in March. Luckily I didn't end going commando.

Brizbound

I believe unless you are spending less than $10 (and you get what you should expect) then the UK stuff will generally be better quality and cheaper.

funkybuddah

Thanks for your replies.

kirsty&al

Hello,

Personally I would prefer to buy kids clothes in Tescos rather than Target (from a quality per price point of view).

You may want to think about picking something up at a stopover on the way over, but don't go for the really cheap stuff if you want it to last.

Regards
Alistair

Pollyana

When I first got here I noticed that almost all shirts/blouses, no matter how cheap, have a little plastic bag with a spare button - how nice, I thought. Now I knwo why, the amount of stitching holding the buttons on is negligible, and I have lost loads of buttons without the first few days. I've spent more time in 2 years sewing on buttons, than in the preceeding 40 put together!!!

LauraIreland

All I have to say is Bonds. beats M&S knickers any day!!
Target is a crap american store.
Trendy clothing of same quality as UK is deffo much cheaper in OZ. A card carrying shopaholic ex DUBLIN, LONdon and Brisbane .
Laura

teach

I'm really cross with regards to buttons. I recently bought a pair of o'neill trousers that cost £55. I've never been that frivolous but had birthday money and the trousers were lovely so my head over ruled my common sense. The first day I wore them I lost a button and the 2 spare ones provided only fit the waist band and not the pockets,
Sarah

Merlot

That is so funny you said that, I struggled like mad to get bra's to fit me in Oz - nupe not because I have big boobies or anything but Bonds were the only manufacturer that fit me nicely. The rest I either could not get my size or they cut me in half.

M

Pollyana

I agree with the bra thing - unfortunately its not quite so easy to get my mum to post them over!!! Shopping spree coming up in October for sure

Merlot

That is true, by the time they are posted from the UK, you try them on in Oz, they don't fit, they go back to Blighty a month could have past.

I bet you can't wait for the shopping splurge!!!! Have fun!!!

M