There’s a lot of things to like about bank holidays, not least the fact that you can spend the worst day of the week in bed watching Netflix, or outside doing something fun if that’s more your thing. The August bank holiday, might just be my favourite of them all, though. It’s peak summer, and festival fever is in the air. Plus, there’s a high chance it will actually be sunny (although I wouldn’t put money on this year’s weather). It also happens to be one that a lot of fashion brands like to celebrate with some seriously good flash sales.
Now, we’re not talking the end of season dregs, here. Bank holiday discounts usually mean offers on new-in items you’ve only just put on your wish list. And since this weekend comes at the turn of summer into autumn I always tend to use this opportunity to invest wisely in cold-weather classics I know I’ll be wanting to wear in the coming months.
Scrolling through endless pages of sales searching for the best deals can be more than a little boring, though, especially when you’ve got pub gardens, friends’ weddings and staycations to be enjoying. But that’s where I come in. Before team Who What Wear *slam our laptops shut* for the long weekend, I’ve done you all a favour by researching and scouring all of the bank holiday fashion and beauty sales I could find, in order to report back on the very best ones you actually need to know about. Yes, you can thank me later.
From COS, Boden and Whistles’ autumn/winter capsule staples, to Nobody’s Child’s transitional dresses, there’s plenty of versatile buys here that you’ll rely on all season and beyond. And that’s truly the sign of a great sale buy. There’s some incredible designer buys for less to be found at Matches, and if you’re running low on your hero beauty buys (it’s true that they all run out at once, isn’t it?), be sure to check out LOOKFANTASTIC’s bank holiday beauty event.
Okay, enough time wasted. Keep scrolling to see and shop the five best bank holiday sales that were too good for me to gatekeep, along with the key buys I’d recommend investing in this year…
COS has 50% off selected wardrobe classics.
Matches’ summer sale is now up to 70% off, with offering an extra 20% off selected pieces this weekend.
Whistles has up to 50% off some amazing autumn-ready hero buys.
Nobody’s Child has 20% off everything with the code BH20
Boden has 15% off brand new-in styles with the code D9A5.
LOOKFANTASTIC has up to 50% off across a huge range of cult products, and a free gift with the code EXTRA.
Anthropologie are offering a spend to save offer on their new-in collections.
COS has 50% off its wardrobe classics until midnight on Sunday—perfect for that back to work feeling September brings.
Matches’ jaw-dropping summer sale continues this weekend with even more discount to be had on some seriously chic designer buys. There’s up to 70% off already, with an extra 20% off (!!) selected pieces until 10am on Tuesday using the code: EXTRA20.
Whistles is having a flash sale for the weekend with up to 50% off some amazing autumn-ready hero buys.
Nobody’s Child has 20% off everything with code BH20. Their new-in autumn-ready dresses and jumpsuits make particularly good investments.
Get 15% off brand new-in styles from Boden with the code D9A5.
LOOKFANTASTIC are having a huge beauty event this bank holiday with up to 50% off across a huge range of cult products. There’s even a free gift at checkout when you spend over £70 and add the code EXTRA.
Anthropologie are offering a spend to save offer on their new-in collections—spend £150, get £25 off; spend £250, get £50 off; spend £350, get £80 Off.
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