I recently visited Bicester village in Oxford. I have normally driven, however on this occasion I decided to take the train from London Marylebone Station. The train journey was surprisingly fast, only taking around 50 minutes. I used the 'train line.com' app to book tickets and they cost under £20 for a return journey. The Bicester Village train station is a short 2 minute walk along a signed path to the shopping village. After arriving, I had a look at many of the inviting stores offering their enticing goods, DVF was even offering a glass of champagne and a cupcake in aid of the recent refurbishment of their new store.
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| A welcoming arrival at the station |
Gucci turned out to be a little disappointing with many of the bags and accessories for sale seeming like they had been produced purely for an outlet market.
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| Gucci- located along the path to the train station. |
Next came Valentino where there were many couture creations, shoes (heels, trainers but none from the rockstud line). There were also a few bags from mainline previous seasons.
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| Valentino- next to Moncler. |
In my opinion Yves Saint Laurent had a great selection for an outlet store. The selection of bags included cabas bags as shown below, bowling bags, 'YSL' metal clutches, suede fringe bags and a couple of exotic combination college bags.
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YSL Cabas Bags
I chose to lunch in Villandry, a favourite of mine (they have a fabulous branch in Great Portland Street!). As photographed I chose the deliciously salty Fish and Chips.
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Lunch at Villandry
After a spot more shopping at Calvin Klein and Kate Spade the time had come to return to Marylebone. I must mention that Bicester Village train station is fabulous (complete with wifi, charging points, water..the list continues!), there is comfortable and luxurious seating with a traditional railway conductor (complete with top hat!) present to ensure you don't miss your train. If you have the chance to visit, I would highly reccomend it!
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Until next time! ALBTM
