点评:For those who like outlet shopping, the DFO at Homebush is a large, clean, attractive mall which looks not unlike a regular shopping centre.
The shops are all outlets but unlike some outlet shopping areas they look and feel like normal shops. There are no jumbled racks of clothing, no clutter and everything is well displayed.
Mostly it’s clothing and mostly the discounts are pretty good. I noticed that many shops also sell a range of new season, full-price clothes alongside the discounted stock but this only made up a small section of their stock. Prices can be anywhere from relatively small to really hefty reductions of 60 and 70%.
The thing I liked most about DFO is that there are a lot of high-end stores like Max Mara, Ferragamo, Furla and Oroton. When I was there Oroton had another 20% off the already reduced prices.
We also bought some lovely men’s shorts at Rodd & Gunn which were 60% off.
I had less luck. The difficulty here is that shops don’t have a full range of sizes. They just have what they have. For example in Nude Lucy, I found only one item in a medium size and half a dozen in small size. Disappointingly, everything else seemed to be XXS or XL.
Like any outlet centre, its hit and miss. On a good day, you can strike it lucky and walk away with an armful of great bargains and on another day, you struggle to find anything much.
GETTING THERE:
The DFO is a fair way from the CBD so the easiest way to get there is by car. There’s a big carpark and I’ve been a few times and have always found parking easy (although Ive not ever been at very busy times like pre-Christmas or the January sales period). You get the first two hours free which is great and it goes up in half hour increments but its not very expensive so for 2.5 hours, we only paid $6.
翻译:对于喜欢奥特莱斯购物的人来说,Homebush 的 DFO 是一个大型、干净、迷人的购物中心,看起来与普通购物中心没什么不同。
这些商店都是奥特莱斯,但与一些奥特莱斯购物区不同,它们看起来和感觉起来都像普通商店。这里没有杂乱无章的衣服架,没有杂物,所有东西都陈列得很好。
大部分都是服装,折扣也相当不错。我注意到许多商店除了打折的库存外,还出售一系列新季全价服装,但这只占库存的一小部分。价格可以从相对较小的折扣到 60% 和 70% 的大幅折扣。
我最喜欢 DFO 的地方是这里有很多高端商店,比如 Max Mara、Ferragamo、Furla 和 Oroton。我去的时候,Oroton 在已经打折的价格上又打了 20% 的折扣。
我们还在 Rodd & Gunn 买了一些漂亮的男士短裤,打了 60% 的折扣。
我的运气就差了一点。这里的困难在于商店没有全系列的尺码。他们只提供他们有的尺码。例如在 Nude Lucy,我只找到一件中号的商品和六件小号的商品。令人失望的是,其他所有商品似乎都是 XXS 或 XL。
就像任何奥特莱斯中心一样,它时好时坏。在好日子里,你可以碰碰运气,带着一大堆便宜货走开,而在另一天,你很难找到任何东西。
到达那里:
DFO 距离中央商务区很远,所以最简单的到达方式是开车。那里有一个很大的停车场,我去过几次,总是觉得停车很方便(虽然我从来没有在圣诞节前或 1 月销售期等非常繁忙的时候去过)。前两个小时免费,这很棒,半小时后收费增加,但价格也不是很贵,所以 2.5 小时,我们只花了 6 美元。