This is a review for the Saks Off 5th located at the Toronto Premium Outlets in Halton Hills. This particular Saks Off 5th outlet replaced the old Hudson's Bay outlet, and can be found right across from the Brooks Brothers, Guess, and Kate Spade outlet stores, in the western portion of the outlet plaza. Overall, a bit disappointing. Some products also looked suspiciously similar to the stock on the shelves when the Hudson's Bay outlet was still around a few months ago.
Granted, they did move some things around. The shoe section is now at the back, and a wider accessories section is now located to the right of the store (includes watches). There's a bit of a slightly (but very, very slightly) more upscale feel than the Hudson's Bay outlet used to have, with some higher-end brands like Valentino, Christian Dior, and Lanvin sparsely spotted at the shoe section or the accessories section - however, be warned that while there area variety of brands, product selection itself is very, very limited, and personally, the products didn't appeal to me at all.
Other brands like Rebecca Minkoff (I didn't spot any of her classics - just one-off purses with her name slapped on it) and Marc Jacobs can also be spotted. Steve Madden, Jessica Simpson, Coach, also form a pretty significant portion of the brands that can be found at this location. I also found a Kate Spade purse for $149 at this location, that I found for $129 at the outlet a couple doors down.
Overall, pretty underwhelming. I'm sure if you looked hard enough, you could potentially find something that may remotely appeal to you, within a reasonable price range, but while there were a decent amount of brands available, selection within each brand was disappointing.
The store overall didn't feel anything special, and felt way too remarkably similar to other department stores in the GTA. If you want a more upscale feel, head to the actual Saks Fifth Avenue at the Eaton Centre/Sherway. read more