Bessette is the smart (and luxurious) way to shop for less

Every new fashion season brings a deluge of flighty trends – and even flightier price tags – that can feel overwhelming for those who already know what their style is (and are planning to swerve the pastel denim flying around for spring). In which case, online retailer Bessette, the brainchild of ex-Matches Fashion personal shoppers and all-knowing oracles Vanessa Mace and Alli Sims Peter, is a site worth bookmarking.

Bessette is an online shop: a thoughtfully edited mix of timeless, instantly covetable, mostly independent luxury brands and pieces which are, thrillingly, marked down. (Half price Roksanda? Yes please.) The range might be past the current season, but with an aesthetic that leans towards modern minimalism with design quirks, nothing here will date. Its brand roster includes cult ballet-pump makers Le Monde Béryl, fashion-editor obsession Toteme, brilliant British jeweller Completedworks, striking knits from the Elder Statesman as well as Marni, Jil Sander, Proenza Schouler, By Malene Birger and Frame denim.

Mace and Sims Peter launched Bessette, they say, to focus on the customer experience – something they feel is woefully lacking at other off-price stores. “We operate more similarly to a full-price retailer, where we edit our product to offer the pieces our customers want,” explains Mace, who will also host a London pop-up this spring. It is, she says, “access to designer pieces for the price of some high-street items.” For your new secret style weapon, look no further.

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