When heading to Seattle to shop there are bargains galore for Canadian shoppers. If you stay for 48 hours, your limit is $400 — So start your engines and get shopping…
With stores like Coach, Michael Kors, Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan and Kate Spade…how can you resist! Join the free VIP club to have access to discounts and special offers available at customer service in the food court.
2. Target
Always a hit for decorating your condo or dressing yourself! Isaac Mizrahi and Rodarte have designed discount lines for saavy Target shoppers. Next designer up to the plate is William Rast (Justin Timberlake’s line) but not until December 2010. Sorry! You’ll pass many Targets en route to Seattle along the I5, notably in Bellingham (Bellis Fair Mall) and Burlington.
Not to be confused with fab department store, Nordstrom. This is where clothes not sold at Nordstrom go for another chance at life. $100 Rock and Republic jeans, $90 Nanette Lapore and DVF dresses, $70 Coach shoes and $40 Bestey Johnson watches—its like Christmas in September! You can even find housewares on the main floor. Go downstairs for clothing, stay on the main floor for purses, sunglasses and watches (and even Spanx for uber cheap), and head upstairs for all those shoes. Top floor is for men, but who cares.
4. Macy’s
While Macy’s is not quite as high-end as Nordstrom, it’s still pretty fabulous. Make sure to ask your hotel or the customer service desk at Macy’s for your 11% discount card for being an out-of-state shopper. It even works on sale items.
5. Trader Joe’s
Yes, you can spend all of your money on clothes but with 2 bottles per person as the alcohol limit stock up at Trader Joe’s. You can get bottles that sell for $30 in Canada (7 Seven Deadly Zins) for literally half price. There are locations in Seattle and Bellingham that will serve you well. Target also has some pretty good wines at cheap, cheap, cheap. They sometimes even sell a crate that if you buy 3 wines, you get the 4th for free! Ah-mazing.
