Got any? My favorite was Nike up in Braintree near the Mall. 45 minutes away but great bargains. One year I went up there and they had leather high tops, all one color with matching laces. Soft leather, brand new. $50 retail but marked down to $10!! Why?
Colors were lime green, dark green, bright orange, red, light blue, dark blue, light pink, dark pink, mustard yellow, black, light brown, leopard, and a few others. I bought one of each and matched them with shirts. Bought new shirts and a new shoe rack. I spent $170 for sneakers instead of $850!!! Shirts were marked down to $8 from $40 and I bought a few of each color. Shirts for years! I went to Bradlees and stocked up on black leggings. For literally ten years I had a wardrobe of clothes with price tags on them.
There’s a leather factory outlet in Fairhaven that sells wallets, purses and footwear. Brahmin Leather had great small wallets but the leather coats were regular sizes, not plus. Now I’d fit into their stuff.
Gaspar’s Linguica has an outlet but I’ve never been there. Chourico, too, all Portuguese style. I’m not big on fatty meats.
There used to be tons of outlets around here but most have closed. My mom used to go to the South End in New Bedford to a fabric outlet. She’d buy cotton fabric for homemade quilts. Eighty cents (80) a pound for remnants. Patchwork squares on the sewing machine for days, then stuffing each square. I’d help stuff but hated it. Fiberglass stuffing is cotton and sharp pieces. The sets she had were for company. Homemade were for staining!
They had a candy and chocolate outlet on the Cape with homemade ice cream. You could buy a ten pound box of assorted chocolates for five dollars!
There were designer factory outlet stores and I remember Sassoon and Sasson brand stores. Levi, Guess, lingerie whose name I cannot remember, and Wrangler. I’d buy Wrangler jeans for $15 that were $40 in stores. Odd sizes mostly or leftover from last year.
The best part was finding someone you knew who pretended to be a wealthy socialite buying brand names half-priced or less.
Colors were lime green, dark green, bright orange, red, light blue, dark blue, light pink, dark pink, mustard yellow, black, light brown, leopard, and a few others. I bought one of each and matched them with shirts. Bought new shirts and a new shoe rack. I spent $170 for sneakers instead of $850!!! Shirts were marked down to $8 from $40 and I bought a few of each color. Shirts for years! I went to Bradlees and stocked up on black leggings. For literally ten years I had a wardrobe of clothes with price tags on them.
There’s a leather factory outlet in Fairhaven that sells wallets, purses and footwear. Brahmin Leather had great small wallets but the leather coats were regular sizes, not plus. Now I’d fit into their stuff.
Gaspar’s Linguica has an outlet but I’ve never been there. Chourico, too, all Portuguese style. I’m not big on fatty meats.
There used to be tons of outlets around here but most have closed. My mom used to go to the South End in New Bedford to a fabric outlet. She’d buy cotton fabric for homemade quilts. Eighty cents (80) a pound for remnants. Patchwork squares on the sewing machine for days, then stuffing each square. I’d help stuff but hated it. Fiberglass stuffing is cotton and sharp pieces. The sets she had were for company. Homemade were for staining!
They had a candy and chocolate outlet on the Cape with homemade ice cream. You could buy a ten pound box of assorted chocolates for five dollars!
There were designer factory outlet stores and I remember Sassoon and Sasson brand stores. Levi, Guess, lingerie whose name I cannot remember, and Wrangler. I’d buy Wrangler jeans for $15 that were $40 in stores. Odd sizes mostly or leftover from last year.
The best part was finding someone you knew who pretended to be a wealthy socialite buying brand names half-priced or less.
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