a store instead of Bloomingdales?

[dragonyphoenix]

A question for my British friends. Giles' PoV describing a woman. She's a secretary but she buys upscale clothes. I'm thinking Bloomingdale's discount rack. But I don't know if a British guy would know Bloomies.

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[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Umm... I know that Harrod's is a very upscale British department store. Not sure if they have a discount rack.


Gabrielle

[gillo]

Harrods is very expensive, but used way more by foreign tourists than Brits.

Harvey Nick's, as S2C says, is a better equivalent, or chains like Jaeger. But would a man even know that much?

Incidentally, our shops (not stores) have discount or, more usually "Reduced" areas, not racks. And they are often full of crap. There are small upmarket chains that cater to the demographic - Hobbs, Jaeger, Country Casuals, for example.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Hmm, perhaps I need to take a trip to London ... for research purposes of course! Thanks.

[gillo]

It's what we recommend. We Brits are always ready to advise, but the real experience is best.

;-)

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Right, I'm on my way. ;-)

[gillo]

There's always a warm welcome and a bed here, though it's a dull little town* in the Midlands, not London. ;-)


*We do have quite a pretty castle, though - see icon.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Oooh, castle cool. The only castle we have is the Smithsonian building and I'm not sure that counts.

[gillo]

Ours is a very pretty pink castle, started around 850 years ago. Some of it is more modern, though - the bit John of Gaunt built in the 1370s and the bit Robert Dudley built to show off to Queen Elizabeth in the 1570s. Since then, not a lot apart from Cromwell's pals blowing bits up.

We do history big time in Warwickshire. ;-)