Urban Outfitters

Clothes, clothes, clothes. Home décor, books, lomography, gadgets and more clothes. It’s something I can’t help it, such an addiction and here it’s always a good place. The store is nice and spacious, has a good layout, not everything is cramped so it’s easy to shop. Compared to some other urban outfitters I do think this one is nicer.
I like the style of clothes and think they are very appealing. Yes, prices are certainly not the cheapest but the clothes have quality which is always a good investment. Anyway, there is always a sale section to find something more affordable.
When it comes to service, it might be pretentious but at the same time they are not bothering us all the time, asking if we need some help. They let us go pick what we want and then check out.
Basically one of my favourite shops.

This place is ridiculously priced and you have to be a certain kind of person to like the clothes in here, think vintage meets hippie but at designer prices! It’s a bit ridiculous.
The one thing that is kind of cool are the nick knacks and gadgets they have. There’s things in here you never knew existed and it’s great for as spot of Christmas shopping or buying something quirky and unique for that quirky and unique friend!
I would recommend popping in for even just a browse as some of the stuff is pretty unusual and amusing, but clothes wise its a bit awful!

I can’t help but love this store. Yes I know it’s all ridiculously over priced but the fact that you can pick up so many extraordinarily amazing bits and pieces in here just make me love it so much more. For example, I called in the other day and saw a condiment shooter (Think water pistol vs. ketchup bottle) it was so remarkably awesome. That’s only the start of it. There was a ‘F*** my liver’ ***, a ‘What would Audrey (Hepburn) do’ book, the sweetest miniature time piece necklaces, an empty bird cage necklace as well as a cuckoo clock one that actually worked! Every time I call in I’m never let down but the great accessories they have on sale. They have recently started selling a great range of books which include the fabulous Banksy book and a dedicated tattoo book. Urban Outiftters may be pricey, but it’s worth a look in anyway to see what great gadgets they have on offer that week!

I completely agree with what other reviewers have said about Urban Outfitters playing on the Vintage culture that exists in Belfast but I still value this shop for one thing… Christmas Shopping!
If you have to buy a stocking filler for a friend or a great Aunt then you will be sure to find something they will like in Urban Outfitters. It is quirky enough to make it look like you have put a bit of thought into the gift but you can get something small for under a tenner. So it wont damage your Christmas drinking cash too much.
Its location makes it even better for last a last minute gift dash! But for anything else I would go searching in a charity shop and get something original rather than be an Urban clone.

As a girl, who is very much into her clothes I like Urban Outfitters But I do agree that i is ridiculously overpriced. There are some really cool clothes for girls here. There is also some absolutely ridiculously trendoid crap, but as long as you have a discerning eye, you won’t come away with any crap. I got a really cool striped jersey pencil skirt here the other week for £4! Score!
One rule for this kind of shops is don’t pay the stupid prices for stuff in their vintage or second hand sections. Go to a charity shop like Oxfam and I guarantee you’ll get the same belt for £2.99 instead of £29.99. You’re the fool if you pay those prices.
Also I have a secret charity shop (if I told you the name of it, I’d have to kill you!) in my hometown of Dundalk. I raid this store whenever I’m down home. Here’s the secret– they sell stuff from Urban Outfitters, things which haven’t been worn, are perfect and still have the label on, for about a 20% of the price you pay in Urban Outfitters. I got a pair of UO black patent loafer pumps there last week for E8, about £6, which were down from e45! Anytime I have friends up from Dundalk and we’re shopping in UO, they’re always pointing out that the exact same stock is in the charity shop we shall not name (!) for about a million quid cheaper!
The homewares and gadgety sections of this shop are mostly pure tat. If you’re the kind of person who fills your home with that kinda overpriced than you’ve got no imagination and too much money. Saying this I did get a good pressie there recently — an ice-​cube maker in space invader shapes for about 5 quid.
I know a lotta people rant on about these trendy shops but just take them for what they are. My good friend does the window dressing for Topshop in Dublin, which has the same kinda vibe as this store going on. You’d think they’d all be twats but I’ve been on a few nights out with them and they’re actually pretty sound. Now that the Urban Outfitters analysis over.

This is a shop that I like to look around in, but very rarely buy from. It just seems really over priced to me. I have only ventured to the top floor to view the men’s clothes a few times, but it seems to be pretty much the same as you would find in Top Shop or Next. The ground floor is where it sells most of its fun little items, which are great to give someone as a present. It really sells anything kitsch that it can put its hands on. From little cameras, to chopping boards, to funny/​rude mugs it really tries to fit in as much stuff as it can. I will admit to buying some of it, but it is really unnecessarily overpriced.

Hey there, kid! Do you want an expensive ‘designer’ t-​shirt that is just a red t-​shirt with a penguin on it plus some funky wallpaper, a shower curtain and the latest cool music that no one has heard of?
Well step inside and leave all sense of what is expensive and what isn’t outside with the sane people.
This shop is almost the most pointless shop in the world. Basically, every shop has a target audience. And some shops have maybe two target audiences. This seems to be aimed at anyone who wants to come in with money.
I walked around the entirety of this shop and absolutely everything had an extortionate price tag, or looked so out of place it confused me. It’s kind of an up-​market version of a shop selling stuff that as fallen off the back of a lorry, except that the lorry was a very fancy, soft-​top BMW and the box was decorated with diamonds.
The shop specialises in clothes for men and women, accessories, wallpaper, novelty gifts, music, helmets, art, books…
Call in for a look around by all means. If you can work out the point of this shop, answers on a postcard please.

Urban Outfitters is the most ridiculous place I think I’ve ever been to. People think its Über hip and trendy but its not. What this shop appears to do is look at some clothes from the 80’s or 70’s, remake them and stick a price tag 8 million times higher than what it ever would have been when these clothes were originally fashionable. Most charity shops probably sell many of the same things but not for the price of a small four 4 saloon. The place is also a little pretentious. The people who work there seem to believe the shops own hype and thus walk around like they have drunk for the fountain of cool and their £150 pair of drain pipe jeans prove it.

Everyone always talked about Urban Outfitters like it was a big deal and when it came to Belfast I went to check it out but didn’t really think much of it. Its massively overpriced and seems to revel in the marketing and commercialisation of everything that is cool or in anyway individual.
I really do think you can get clothes that are just as nice in H&M, they won’t have the labels you may be seeking but I don’t really care about that so I think this place is a bit too cool and trendy for its own good.
The staff are really dead on, if I’m honest. They’re always helpful and friendly. That and they’re impossibly good looking, which is always good.

I think deep down somewhere I know that I am too old to shop in Urban Outfitters but I also have no shame so I hold my head up high and continue to go. This is the only branch in Northern Ireland and it’s an absolute treasure trove of funky clothes, jewellery, accessories and home wares.
Clothes are of the leggings/​obscure t shirts/​floral dresses type so beloved by teenagers (and sad older people like me), while the jewellery is big and funky and best of all affordable. You’ll also find sunglasses, hats, handbags (big, slouchy and fashionable) and footwear.
There is a section of vintage clothes and jewellery where you’ll find one off pieces that you can be sure no-​one else will have. Also, there seems to be a perpetual sale so although some of the pieces are pricey, you can still find a bargain.
The home wares section has some really terrific stuff — my favourite thing from Urban Outfitters so far is my technicolor Wonder Woman apron. And I am indeed a wonder woman.
The staff in this store are all young and funky and the good news are that they are friendly and super helpful, even when the shop is jammed with customers.

I nearly fainted with delight when I heard a branch of this gorgeous store was coming to Belfast. It’s just on the outskirts of the Victoria Square Centre, on the corner of Ann Street. It’s funky, different and quirky, and I WISH the clothes fitted me. That’s the only downside, but then again, it’s the downside for most clothing outlets — so I can’t fault them for that.
They have lovely boho style outfits, mixed with edgy, unusual styles and accessories. Thier home décor section is great too — with lots of quirky items, colourful cards, candles, clocks and pretty little gifts also. They also sell those fantastic coffee table interest books, you know, the ones that you never feel you can buy for yourself because they are such a luxury? I could sit in that shop for hours, leafing through them. It’s a pricey place though, so I only allow myself to go there when I have no money — so I’m not tempted to spend!