I hope you are not afraid of a good rummage, because Clear iT gives new meaning to the word "shambles". If someone designed a bomb that ejected hipster clothing haphazardly, to confuse and defeat your spirit, this is it. However, seeing how it's not my duty to clean it up I like to DIVE RIGHT IN!
Seek and ye shall find Gorman shoes, incredible Alannah Hill creations (sometimes needing a little love and untangling), Dangerfield bags and wallets often 2 for $10, tights, fabric and Pulp Kitchen, Princess Highway and Black Friday clothes. I've scored Alannah Hill frocks from $24 and I once picked up a $300 Peter Lang necklace for $5 after unhooking from a fascinator it hitched a ride with. What it was doing there is beyond me!
Head upstairs first. You won't be able to bring your downstairs items up with you, and leaving them with the assistant at the door is a bit of a pain. Upstairs is super hot in Summer, the change rooms downstairs are much more pleasant to use. Downstairs has plenty of clothes and frocks and Alannah accessories and of course, the registers - two most days, three if they are super busy.
I visit Clear iT so often that the staff make a joke of it. Oh, the staff, always turning over, there must be twenty of them, and all of them are DARLINGS! So sweet and funny and ready to give you a bit more of a discount if you ask politely. Eg. "Oh jeeze, I reckon I could sew this button back on if someone was to give me this shirt a little cheaper...." Don't expect them to offer assistance though, you must ask them for help or advice.
Despite my CONSTANT suggestions, they are yet to offer shopping baskets - I generally buy a $5 tote and cram my shopping in, although make sure you don't look like you are shoplifting - that's probably a bad suggestion actually... Make sure you look for security tags and point them out to the cashier - sometimes they miss them and you'll need to return to et them removed. Try on any clothes you are going to buy - don't take it for granted that they will fit as some are samples and certainly not the size the tag represents. Inspect zips on bags and pulled threads on scarves.
If you are looking for a racing frock and fascinator, get in two months early - everything is snapped by October. read more