Oxford & Bicester Trip

I go Oxford every year since 2007, to do some sightseeing

and stop by Bicester Village. It is an outlet nearby Oxford(approx 30mins by bus), and pretty big and interesting. It is called Bicester Village, I think it is named that because it looks like a small village. :) It has a lot of shops, check out the website.

This time I went to Oxford with my friend. The day we chose was horrible, though it was

nice 1 day trip. In the morning it was so nicely warm and sunny.. but when we got Oxford,

it became so windy and heavily rainy, so we got tired even before we arrived

in Bicester village by bus. We were so exhausted by the time we got Bicester Village,

but we were there for shopping! So we started looking around.. and getting excited.

I shot this photo in 2007, inside of the restaurant.

You can shop at over 120 brands shops in Bicester Village,

including some of my favourite such as All saint, Alexander McQueen, Aquascutum, Burberry, D&G, Jimmy Choo, Luella, Tod's, Samsonite and many more.

It has various range of shops so I think it is so worth to visit there.

This time I got just 1 item but last year I bought so many things here.

Kipling has various luggage for travelling(approx 60-70% off, my sister bought a carry-on size luggage at about 60 pounds.), so does Samsonite(They offer buy 1 get 1 free on luggage).

Mulberry also has lots of bags include Bayswater and Mabel. I went to Mulberry to check they have small Bayster but they've only got big one in brown and black. (The classic version.)

But they have it in white leather and few colors in patent leather. And surprisingly, Mabel was available in so many colors and sizes! I especially loved blue one, they also has pale pink, fuchsia, chocolate brown, orange and some more different version of it, and it costs 415 pounds.(medium size.) Also their briefcases were gorgeous...(price range starts from approx 150pounds.)

I don't exactly remember there was Roxanne as well.

Speaking of bags, Ferragamo also has great classic bags(I was looking for a bag for my mom),

Tod's was ok(Though it was too simple),

Dior has some old designs(I think I've seen the same bags on the shelves for 2 yrs),

Dolce & Gabbana and D&G have some cute bags too. I spotted a small bag with long shoulder strap with lots of zipper detail on it(don't know the name of bag), was brown and costs about 340. I wished I could have bought it. Lol.

For shoes..(Yeah, my favourite part.)

Sadly I didn't get any this time, but I found some great shoes there.

Jimmy Choo has great selection of shoes, from classic pumps to evening sandals.

Tod's has classic and comfy loafers, nice and sexy heels at D&G and Dolce & Gabbana,

great boots at All saint(My friend found her favourite boots there and i suppose it is still at the store in London now, but the price was less than 40% off at the outlet so she didn't get it).

More brands can be found on the website.

If you are looking for some shoes for sports, there are Puma, Vans and Reebok.

Oh, speaking of sports, I was browsing ski wear last winter and they had some nice products at Northface. There is few more stores that you can get nice ski wear but don't remember the name.

For clothing and etc,

I got a blazer from Ralph Lauren, was 69.99pounds(Originally about 400) and I loved it so much.

Though I bought size M and it is a bit big for me, because size M and L are only

in stock. Ralph Lauren has some shoes too, but wasn't that interesting.

There are some affordable brands(Depends on the products and prices but they are certainly cheaper than luxury brands)such as Jigsaw, Ted Baker, Reiss, Monsoon, Joseph, Jaeger, HOBB, Coast and French Connection so it would be great chance to buy season old items or wardlobe classics at affordable price.

Classic is always Classic.

I love that they have Burberry, Paul Smith, Pringle and Aquascutum, because all of them are so British and classic. To begin with, Burberry has some wardlobe classics like coat, pk T-shirts and vests, that are also great for gift! Classic burberry coat's cost start from 299pounds.

Also they have small things like umbrella, neck-ties, scarves.

Oh, it seems writing and talking about Bicester trip will never end..

Sorry if you are already bored..

But do visit Bicester Village sometime! It is definitely nice place to shop.

Also visit Oxford.. It really is great and beautiful city to visit and do sightseeing.

I think it is the best idea that visiting both cities for 1 day trip. As for me,

I book the train ticket(or bus) to Oxford first, and walk around Oxford and eat lunch there because there aren't many restaurents in Bicester Village, and leave for Bicester Village arond 1 pm by bus from Oxford. It closes around 6-7pm depends on the day, so I come back to Oxford around 7-8 pm, have dinner or coffee and go back home. It sounds hard for just 1 day but I don't waste time for just one thing, so I always do like this. Hope you enjoy reading :D