Where to Shop

Manchester is awesome for shopping, its a paradise for shopaholics. Be warned though if your a student try to make budget to spend on clothes each month and try not go over it. There's no point buying too many clothes as students don't really care what you look like. The must have item of clothing for Uni students in Manchester are the uni sweatshirts because you can just put them on when you can't be bothered. Although they may seem expensive at first they will definitely pay off as you will wear them a lot. The sweatshirts are available in a big selection of colours from the Student unions and University Place for the University of Manchester.



When it comes to shopping for clothes the City centre is amazing. The Arndale Centre is where most of the high street stores are based, H&M is particularly good for students as they offer cheap but fashionable clothes. Topshop, Topman, Burton, Dorothy Perkins are also good for student as they all give you 10% of with your student cards. Girls will love Primark, you cant miss there huge store on Market St as you enter town, but they don't do good clothes for guys, its a shame. Another good shop is Gap which is located about 5 minutes walk from the Arndale. Office do good shoes and they have 2 shops in town. For the more hip student a new American Apparel has recently opened, where you'll find some funky items, again its not so good for guys. TK-Maxx is also good for bargain hunters as they sell discounted brand clothing, but they don't always have your size so be prepared to be disappointed if they only have an extra small when you want an extra large. For the rich kids or to just treat yourself there's a massive Selfridges store where you'll find all the big designer names, Armani, Diesel, Hugo Boss etc. Zara is a nice place too for those spending mummy and daddy's cash, but the sizes can be a bit funny, generally you may find your a size bigger, strange we know.

Further a field from the city centre, theres Trafford centre which has a huge range of shops. To be honest though if you live near the city centre in Manchester theres not much point in trailing upto Trafford to do your clothes shopping, but it does make a good day out.