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www.ntnews.com.au Monday, October 25, 2010. NT NEWS. 25 PUB: NT NE- WS- DA TE: 25-O GE: 25 C LO- R: C M Y K Passion for fashion Bargain buys on the web WEBSITE REVIEW By KATE HUMPHRIS HOW far can you stretch $100? It’s a challenge many of us are taking up, now our ‘‘little Aussie battler’’ is hovering around parity with the US dollar. But it’s not only the States where our dollar buys you a whole lot more. Suddenly the UK has be- come affordable. And if you don’t have time to get on a 20-hour flight — jump online to browse some of the UK’s best fashion. One of the most compre- hensive sites is asos.com Initially set up as a place you could buy cheap rep- licas of clothes ‘‘As Seen On Screen’’, ASOS is now the place to buy everything from kids’ gum boots to a designer shirt or sparkly stilettoes. Clothes start from less than AUD$5, with delivery to Australia around $17. So it makes a lot of sense to buy up! The store offers a cus- tomer contact page, and promises to try and get back to all questions with- in an hour. There’s also fashion ad- vice, style blogs, and a quirky page which collects tweets of a lot of famous ‘‘fashionable’’ people. www.asos.com

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Page 1: Bargainbuysontheweb Passion fashion · to buy up! The store offers a cus tomer contact page, and promises to try and get back to all questions with in an hour. There’s also fashion

www.ntnews.com.au Monday, October 25, 2010. NT NEWS. 25

PU

B:

NTNE-WS-DA-TE:25-OGE:25 CO-LO-R: C-M Y-K

Passionforfashion

Bargain buys on the web

WEBSITE REVIEW

By KATE HUMPHRIS

HOW far can you stretch$100?

It’s a challenge many ofus are taking up, now our‘‘little Aussie battler’’ ishovering around paritywith the US dollar.

But it’s not only theStates where our dollarbuys you a whole lot more.

Suddenly the UK has be-come affordable.

And if you don’t havetime to get on a 20-hourflight — jump online tobrowse some of the UK’sbest fashion.

One of the most compre-hensive sites is asos.com

Initially set up as a placeyou could buy cheap rep-licas of clothes ‘‘As SeenOn Screen’’, ASOS is nowthe place to buy everythingfrom kids’ gum boots to adesigner shirt or sparklystilettoes.

Clothes start from lessthan AUD$5, with deliveryto Australia around $17.

So it makes a lot of senseto buy up!

The store offers a cus-tomer contact page, andpromises to try and getback to all questions with-in an hour.

There’s also fashion ad-vice, style blogs, and aquirky page which collectstweets of a lot of famous‘‘fashionable’’ people.

www.asos.com