After seeing lots of my UK blogger babes wearing clothes from River Island Plus and finding out that they do in fact ship to New Zealand, I decided to give them a try. It turns out that River Island not only does petite, straight and plus size womenswear (sizes 6-28 or US 2-24) but they also have menswear (including big and tall) and kids clothing. I love being able to order pieces for my whole family from one place, so that’s a real bonus.
WHAT I PICKED OUT:
River Island Plus Scoop Neck Tank in size 24
River Island Plus Scoop Neck T-shirt in size 26
River Island Plus Batwing Top in size 26
All in all, I’m pretty happy. Every one of the items that I ordered was a great fit, although I would have liked longer sleeves on the tees and shorter on the batwing top.
Discount codes for River Island regularly pop up on the website, so make sure you check before you shop – I only found mine by chance and I’m glad I did because 20% off is pretty good! Standard delivery to New Zealand is £10 and takes 10 business days, and I *think* the reason I wasn’t charged for shipping was because I spent more than $50 but that wasn’t clear from my invoice and I couldn’t find anything on the site that confirmed that the free standard delivery applied to international orders. Confusing, but I’m stoked not to have to pay that £10 nonetheless.
If you want to know more about the pieces I picked out or my experience shopping at River Island, let me know. I’m more than happy to answer any questions you might have! I’m also really keen to shop with more places so that I can report back and let you know what the fit, selection and shipping was like, so if there is somewhere you’d like me to review, let me know and I’ll get shopping!
Have you shopped at River Island before?
Let me know which of the pieces I picked is your favourite.
I love this colour. So vibrant and beautiful. When I lived in the UK I loved River Island. I was smaller then and fit into their straight sizes so haven’t revisited them since I went up a few sizes. Might have to give them a go 🙂
It’s gorgeous right? I was wrong about my mum’s reaction BTW – she “oohed” at it in that way that means “that looks nice and if you leave it unattended for long enough I might just yoink it” haha.
Haha I hope you guarded it with your life while she was over 😛
Haha I just made Doug check my drawer to make sure it was still there 😂