Chicago Premium Outlet Mall
We could see the mall from the highway the last time we went down to the Korean grocery store in Naperville, but we did not stop because we were in a hurry. Since today is T’s day off from work, we decided to stop on the way to check out the Chicago Premium Outlet mall.
This is indeed a shopper haven, you can find 120 impressive name brand stores all at one mall! Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, Calvin Klein, Coach, Elie Tahari, Gap, Giorgio Armani, J.Crew, Kate Spade, Kenneth Cole, Lacoste, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sony, Theory and many more.
When you hear the announcements in English and Japanese, you could guess they must have a lot of Japanese tourists shop here. We do see a lot of Asian women who look like they were tourists buying handbags at the Coach store. I do wonder the woman who bought more than ten Coach handbags resells them or just a Coach fanatic? 
We were there for about one and half hours, we could hardly “see” everything, in fact spending more time backtracking T who sat on the benches along the stores instead of going with the shopping flow! It’s fine since it was just window shopping. The name brand clothing and shoes may be less expensive compare to Asia, but they are till high priced items. However, you can still find bargains for things on closeouts or last season’s clearance. I found a pair of really comfortable leather shoes for about $10 after 80% discount!
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