southern California Clothing outlet stores

May 30, 2005 1:09 PM

I live in Los Angeles and wanted to find locations of any clothing outlet stores. I did some basic searches on google with not much luck. Any help on this would be great.

I live in Los Angeles and wanted to find locations of any clothing outlet stores. I did some basic searches on google with not much luck. Any help on this would be great.

posted by matthelm to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (8 answers total)

There's a huge outlet mall on the way out to Las Vegas from LA. I forget the name of it, but its about 90 minutes out in the desert...
posted by gen at 3:50 PM on May 30, 2005

In Camarillo, about one hour North of LA right off the 101 Freeway you will find a big outlet mall, the Camarillo Premium Outlets.

Lots of designers and well-known brands in various price ranges, everything from the Gap to Versace and Ralph Lauren. Good selection of athletic brands as well.
posted by Miastar at 5:19 PM on May 30, 2005

Desert Hills in Cabazon is pretty good
posted by matteo at 5:19 PM on May 30, 2005

There's Citadel Outlets in Commerce, off of the I5 South. Look for the aggressively vibrant video billboards.
posted by brookedel at 5:28 PM on May 30, 2005

You may want to check out the downtown LA Fashion District - blocks and blocks of outlet/knockoff clothing stores for every taste.
posted by DandyRandy at 6:04 PM on May 30, 2005

gen may be thinking of the outlets in Barstow. I have not been to Barstow's, but have been once or twice to all the other places mentioned, in addition to Ontario Mills (a mix of retail and outlets), usually on the way to somewhere else, and found them pretty good. The Citadel is probably closest for people in LA. There's a Nordstrom Rack at the Howard Hughes Center. (A little off-topic: REI & Eddie Bauer have extensive online outlet clothing offerings.)
posted by PY at 7:43 PM on May 30, 2005

Desert Hills, Camarillo, and Ontario Mills are THE 3 major outlets in the area, especially if you're looking for wide selection and outlet prices on higher end clothing. Besides the standards (GAP outlet), these outlets have stores like Hugo Boss, Off 5th, Coach, etc... With the exception of the outlet in Barstow (which is more out of the way), the rest don't hold a candle.
posted by drpynchon at 8:07 PM on May 30, 2005

The outlet mall in Cabazon, on the way to Desert Hot Springs, Joshua Tree and Palm Springs is packed full of shops. The last time I went past the Outlet mall near Barstow - August '04, it was more than 1/2 empty - bleak.
posted by asparagus_berlin at 7:30 AM on May 31, 2005