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. This early May bank holiday, might just be my favourite of them all, though. It’s usually the first weekend of the year that it’s actually warm here in the UK, and 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. Often these bank holiday discounts are site-wide, meaning offers on new-in items you’ve only just put in your basket. Win! And since this weekend comes at the turn or the seasons, I always tend to use this opportunity to invest wisely in warm-weather staples 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 weekend, I’ve done you all a favour and spent the day 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 Arket and Boden‘s spring/summer capsule staples, to Nobody’s Child’s pretty dresses, there’s plenty of versatile buys here that you’ll rely on all season long (and beyond). And that’s truly the sign of a great sale buy. If you’re shopping for an upcoming holiday, don’t miss the discounts on linen and swimwear, or 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 Cult Beauty’s exclusive offers.
Okay, enough time wasted. Keep scrolling to see and shop the 5 best bank holiday sales that were too good for me to gatekeep, along with the key buys I’d recommend investing in this year…
There’s 15% off sitewide at Arket, on all orders over £120. The offer will be applied automatically at checkout until Monday.
Nobody’s Child has 15% everything until Monday, with the code BANKHOL15 at checkout.
There’s 20% off everything at Boden, and an extra 20% off current sale items until Tuesday at 8am. Use the code F3Q9 at checkout.
Cult Beauty is offering 10% off this edit until midnight on Monday with the code AFFGIFT at checkout. Plus, spend £80 to get a £15 gift card or £100 to get a £20 gift card.
There’s 15% off everything at Phase Eight until 8th May.
