Winners Weekly Round-up

Not all Winners are created & curated equally. Nothing beats the Marché Central store on L’Acadie. 

They are always up to speed on the latest trends and have the best selection of Fashion goods from the non- labels to designer brands for less. They are my go to place when I need a little fashion pick me up.
Some people I’ve spoken to are intimidated by shopping at a Winners and find the experience to be rather overwhelming.

Here I have some shopping tips for you to help ease any malaise you have about stepping into your nearest Winners. 
Retail logic is this: Showcase the  winner items to entice the consumer. If you keep this in mind, you will notice that all that is current & relevant is found near the exterior aisles of the store.

• Always go in with an open mind. If you are searching for something you will likely find it there and if you have nothing in particular in mind: keep it open and let the fashion do the talking because chances you will walk out with at least 1 bag.
• Always, and I mean always stick to the exterior perimeter of the store.
  Scan the displays and racks lined towards the exterior of the store to inspire you.
• Never venture into the middle of the store !                                                                         Otherwise you will be sucked into the inner vortex and your quick run to Winners ends up being a whole afternoon affair. 
• For the shoes my suggestion is: Only look eye-level & above. There too the better styles are always on the upper shelves.
  The only exception to the rule is this, as an avid Winners shopper I quickly scan the lowest level shelf as I pass, because some crafty undecided shopper always tries to stash a great shoe on the lowest level hoping they will be safe while they ponder.

( Just look what I found hiding on this trip .. these beautiful Yves St Laurent boots at a fab steal of $699 . They are so precious they installed 4 different security tags on them.)

Yves St Laurent Black heel boot

• My final Winners word of advice is this: If in doubt, buy it now & ponder later.       Bring it home, keep all the tags intact and return later! Because if you leave it behind and hope to find it just even 2 hours later chances are,  it will be scooped up by a savvy Winners shopper.

On this particular weekly visit these are the key items I've scouted out just for you.

In their Runway section:
I found these 2 great Diesel cigarette skinny white denims with grey wash jeans.
Theory grey, asymmetric (feels just like butter) leather jacket….. so tempting but I had to pass. But I love the detailing .
Moschino knit grey blazer….loving the blazing blazers right now!
Chanel inspired tweed like  jacket caught my eye and I was hooked, a size 4 conveniently fell into my shopping cart!
Lots of great Athleisure wear is present (another important trend) Casual pigment dyed fleece pants & Cardi- Capes.

Bags & Things:

Purse display at Winners L'Acadie

I couldn't help myself from browsing their fantastic bag collection. A beautifully landscaped table of brightly coloured purses displayed with lots of KATE SPADE lovely wallets. Suprisingly, I resisted temptation.

But It didn't last long. I have been wanting one of these little vintage inspired handle clutches. Voilà ! low & behold it was hiding but I found it. 

Off to the Shoe Department:

Colourful Hunters

The shoes were scarce. Nothing new there other than Coach & Mizrahi loafers, but tonnes of HUNTER boots in all kinds of colours and lengths at really great prices $99 
( Wish I hadn’t already bought my pair at The Bay) 
I did locate the new Peep Toe Bootie in a dark tan & black and Muckluck look alike suede booties

Home-ware:
Home-ware section was a little boring and outdated this week.

Again the better displays showcased these oversized blown glass coloured decorative vases. 
Spruce up living space with these lively Moroccan designed coloured throw pillows & fun  Home Rules frames.
(Sorry Winners you’re a little too late, I was looking for one of those a while back & never found what I wanted, so I DIY’ed it myself  with a rustic/industrial framed black board & some left over white letraset letters I had from my old freelancing days)

The most prominent display at Winners this week was the amount of workout and yoga wear!
Must be New Year fever, as we all hit the gyms and studios!!

Loving the lightweight Lyocell training pants for $19. Compared to the price of LEMONS,
it’s like they are giving them away!!! Loved them so much I picked up a pair.
Also a  great assortment of printed cropped ladies leggings & workout tanks .

Sorry for the LONG post, but I had a lot of ground to cover, just browsing the center aisle!
Now it's time to hide my purchases in my closet before hubby gets come.

Written by: Elena G