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 May bank holiday, might just be my favourite of them all, though. It’s the first weekend of the year that it’s going to be 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. 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 spring into summer, 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 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 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 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 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…
Sales Round Up:
- COS has 20% dresses and jumpsuits
- MATCHES has just launched its big summer sale with up to 50% off.
- Arket is offering 3 for 2 on selected basics
- Nobody’s Child has 15% off everything with the code SUN15
- Boden has 30% off everything with code Q5E7
- Cult Beauty has 30% off this secret edit with code AFFBH30.
- Whistles has up to 50% off seasonal picks.
- NET-A-PORTER‘s summer sale has started with up to 50% off.
There’s 20% off some of COS’s best throw-on dresses and jumpsuits (applied at checkout) when you spend £65 and over, until Sunday.
MATCHES has just launched its big summer sale with up to 50% off, and the whole Who What Wear UK team are literally losing it over the amazing summer buys included.
Arket are offering 3 for 2 on selected basics until the 31st May, with the deal being applied automatically at checkout.
Nobody’s Child has 15% everything until 1st June, with the code SUN15 at checkout.
There’s 30% off everything at Boden (including sale), until the end of Monday 29th. Just apply the code Q5E7 at checkout.
Cult Beauty is offering up to 30% off this secret edit of beauty industry favourites until the 31st with the code AFFBH30 at checkout.
Whistles has up to 50% off some beautiful summer pieces.
NET-A-PORTER’s seasonal summer sale has just started in time for some bank holiday browsing. Win.
