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 does have a sale which people fight to get into.

No Bloomingdales here. Giles would probably not recognise a particular shop style (he's a man. Duh) but he might think she looks as if she shops in Mayfair, say. Then correct himself to 2whatever the equivalent is amongst these bloody Colonials." ;-)

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

I doubt if Giles would be aware of Bloomingdales - I vaguely recollect hearing of it in some books and movies but exclusively in ones set in New York, not elsewhere in America. The British equivalent would be Harvey Nichols - not Harrods.

However Giles is a British bloke almost exactly the same age as me and, honestly, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 'up-scale' (that would be 'up-market' to a Brit, we'd interpret 'up-scale' as meaning 'plus size') clothes and ordinary ones.