New Look

This brand used to be a little below par in the style stakes but the Cabot Circus branch has really changed this outdated view. The old shop in Broadmead was very dated with very little stock but the move to Cabot sees this retailer finally able to compete with the likes of Topshop and H&M.
Split over two floors, footwear and kids are upstairs, men are towards the back of the store and the rest of the space is taken up by women’s clothing and sales. Between the menswear and changing rooms there are several concession rails with some great smaller brands including Love and Paprika. There have also been some great designer/​celebrity collaborations here recently, most notably Giles by Giles Decon.
There is almost always a sale here, either to the left of the tills or on the upper floor, where you will be guaranteed to find something you like for under £10. Another bonus of these sale rails is that everything is colour coordinated so you don’t have to spend time wading through black, blue and pink if you’re more of a prints kind of girl. The men’s section is a decent size and competitively priced against the likes of Burton and Topman.

This New Look store is huge! Well in comparison to the others I have been to.
I am not really an avid shopper in New Look but I do like to go in from time to time and see what they have on offer, and this store seems to hold me more than any of the others (mainly because it takes me so long to look through everything!)
I like coming here for the shoes. If I am after something a bit more long lasting to what Primark can offer then New Look is a good place to turn. Granted alot more expensive but very durable products.

Taking up an obscenely large amount of floor space in Cabot Circus, this may well be the biggest New Look I have ever seen — and one of the best. Upstairs is rows and rows of shoes, ask any price-​conscious fashionista and New Look shoes are the holy grail of value for money footwear. The floor which you walk in on has the standard New Look ranges, which include a maternity section and a plus size section as well as the kids bit. I say kids, but really it’s just small versions of the adult clothes (having to stop myself get into the ethics of that here). But perhaps most interestingly, there are rails of more original looking individual pieces with a more vintage vibe. It’s a bit like Topshop in Oxford Street, London, but way cheaper. I got a lush black chiffonny dress for a fiver. You can’t go wrong with that.

I remember a time when New Look was a straightforward clothes shop, which sold simple clothes for reasonable prices. The stock here is still pretty cheap in comparison to most high street fashion stores but the clothes are definitely getting busier in their designs and this is not good. The chain is obviously attempting to compete with more reputable clothes shops and failing rather miserably. However, if you’re looking for some quirky hair accessories and jewelry for a fancy dress party (they’re not of the greatest quality so probably won’t last long) this branch of New Look boasts an impressive collection of these. The swimwear on offer here is another of the store’s assets, and tends to be pretty varied and less over the top than much of the clothes. Footwear can also be found upstairs, but is mostly flimsy and somewhat tacky.

WOW! i went to the sparkly new store today and it is great! spread out over 2 floors it is certainly the biggest and best new look i have been to. I was so spoilt for choice i think i was in the one shop for about an hour, maybe more. Great fashion, great prices. Also, with the new baby, childrens & mens selection can can pretty much clothe your entire family in the one shop cheaply! i believe i have a new favourite store!

I’ve never really been tempted by New Look before, because despite not having a huge amount of money to spend I’ve always found H & M to be right up my street in terms of fashion at affordable prices. However, since this New Look was a shiny new one on two floors in Cabot Circus I thought it’d be worth a quick peekand actually, I was nicely surprised!
I expect it’s partly because the store is new, but it seemed nice and clean and tidy, no clothes strewn about as I seemed to remember previous New Look experiences. Some of the clothes looked alright but what I was taken by was the shoe department upstairs. So much choice! I don’t wear ‘smart’ shoes that often so may be tempted by some of the pairs upstairs as they are pretty cheap but some are decent looking.