The April Cornell Clearance Center is the prettiest store I've ever been in. The displays are beautiful, with gorgeous fabrics and everything looks so comfy and homey. Focusing mostly on women's apparel, this store also has a section for menswear and children's clothing and there is even a pretty large selection of home items. The fabrics are mostly florals, with beautiful colors and designs. They are reminiscent of Laura Ashley or Vera Bradley, but with more bold colors and different designs. If there are people with you who are bored with shopping, they can sit down on the main floor and visit with the birds that live in the store. The clearance center has some good deals and there are often items on sale on the main floor, but the real deals are found in the basement. I've seen items priced as low as $20, and there are usually racks of clothing that are 40% off. Most recently, I found some very pretty items that will be put away for future gift giving. There are comfortable dressing rooms, plenty of parking out front and even if you don't buy anything, the atmosphere of this beautiful store is worth the visit. read more

April Cornell Clearence Center - Cute overalls in the bargain basement - Women's Clothing Near Me - Burlington, Vermont

See all

It's beautiful clothing is like Laura Ashley redux. Always a fun trip for dress, housewares and whatnot!

Simply the best place to shop for women's clothing ! I always look forward to the next season's catalogue . I always get compliments wherever I go in my A.C. clothing ! read more

This is where the clearence center is for April Cornell beneath their main office. The Pink sign noting SALE and Clearence center drew this shopoholic to venture inside! I was so excited because this is first time I have heard of this fashion designer. I work in fashion so I was excited to learn more about this French and local designer. There were racks of flowly dresses outside the gargage like entrance. Bright and Neon Colors, patterns of flowers galore, and paisleys and eylet fabrics. Fashion for her and for the home. Lovely! There are fitting rooms - the flowery fabrics are use as the fitting room curtain. Her fabrics are similar to the designs of Vera Bradley. I was attracted to the fabric bags but the biggest disappointment of this sale was the PRICES. Here are the prices I came accross: 22.99 for a fabric handbag. $39.99 for a cotton knee lenght dress and blazers. There was an additional 20% but I still wasn't sold. I love a sale but I did not believe the mark down prices were worth the fashions. There were lots of inventory here and do not see how they are going to sell all of it. Also, it is the end of the season, and most fashion businesses need to sell out their summer stock. They need to advertise better that this is a clearence center. I found this place by accident when I visited the boat dock. The Pink sign signaled me from the back of their building, but I have to wonder if the locals even know about this place. Other people wandered in here like me because they just happen to be visiting the boat dock. From a fashion business perspective, this clearence center needs to advertise to in order to attract more customers. This place is conveniently located by the Hilton and Courtyard Hotels. Attracting out of towners like to me to shop here is one way. Another way is to mark down those prices some more. read more

See all

I liked their style, but their terrible customer service made me run away. They never reply to my emails. I returned a sweater, which had low quality, and didn't get any response after one week, so I called them. They told me they had received it and would send me the credit code by email. After one week, I got nothing. So I called them again. This time they said they made a mistake and hadn't received the sweater. The sweater cost me about $70, not to mention the $20 shipping fee. Even though I still have $35 credit code of them, I will never visit their website again. Update: I just got their email, and they gave me the credit code for the sweater. Their customer service is better than I thought, so I change to three stars. read more

Flagship location. Worth a stop. Bargain basement always has a good deal happening. Every summer they throw a huge tent sale! Great time to stock up on linens. read more

I was so excited about this place before I actually went inside. The merchandise was definitely the bottom of the barrel. The stuff that absolutely did not sell. The thing is, it was still expensive!! I didn't feel like there was a single deal in the place, and I really WANTED to buy something. Oh well. A tourist waste I guess. read more

I had no idea April Cornells flagship store was located in Burlington... My loss for sure! I have two 20 + yr old April Cornell dresses, her designs are timeless and made for women with figures. This will always be a stop when I am in Burlington from here on out. After being dazzled upstairs I/ we spent 2 hours downstairs! Most helpful and curtious staff! Tried on a dozen dresses at least ~ bought one, two shirts and a nightgown. I will faithfully revisit when I return to VT! read more

If you pay for overnight shipping, be sure you read the fine print. I paid $36.00+ for overnight shipping for a dress for my wife's birthday. The dress was shipped on Friday and my wife's birthday was Saturday. They shipped via UPS and UPS delivers on Saturday. So no problem, right? Actually, it turns out they do not ship overnight for arrival on a weekend, even though they have that option. If you pay for overnight shipping, they can choose not to pay UPS for overnight shipping and there is no recourse. Customer service pretty much just read from a script that it was my fault for believing in the literal meaning of 'overnight'. There are many companies out there who value their relationships with customers enough to not do this sort of thing. I'll do business with one of them in the future. read more

Very disappointed w/ tablecloth, brown fall design. The brown was dull, the material so rough. I will never buy from them again, returned, now I have spent $30. on shipping back & forth. I am a tablecloth lover & have a large collection. I thought since they charge so much for their tablecloths it would be lovely quality. WRONG. I can get better quality material at Bed Bath & Beyond. I gave them 2 stars because the matching kitchen towels ate vibrant brown, softer material than the tablecloth. read more

This store used to be on Church St and I was worried it wouldn't do so well when it moved to Battery St as it lost lots of pedestrian traffic. However, I have to say that I love this store even more. First, there is actual parking now. Huge plus. Second, it transformed an old dumpy video rental building into a beautiful, colorful attractive store. The waterfront area is on the up and up, and there are lots more people venturing there now than before. It's in a prime location for the tourists staying at the fancy hotels across the street. Third, this shop is actually composed of two separate stores: The April Cornell Flagship Store and the Bargain Basement Outlet. While the new in-season selection is gorgeous it is pricey. There is usually a section upstairs with 50% off or so, of older designs, that are still gorgeous and well-made. The basement sometimes paradoxically has less of a markdown than the upstairs! But it is filled with beautiful goodies and you can easily get lost in there. Table linens, bedding, etc. The clothes for little girls are very sweet and my daughters received lots of compliments when they wore the dresses to a wedding. Overall, definitely a must-see if you love fabric and/or decorating. read more

First, let me say that I have never even been remotely interested in posting a Yelp comment until I read these two comments and wanted to weigh in. I am the sort to lurk rather than speak up. This place ROCKED my trip to Burlington, VT. Like M.T. (first post) I found the store by accident. I was down by the docks to enjoy a morning walk and discovered the place. I don't usually shop for April Cornell. In fact, I own no clothes by this designer mostly because I consider the price way out of league. I visited the upstairs (you must enter through the upstairs during the winter, they close the basement entrance during the cold months). Per usual, the upstairs merchandise was still too pricey even with 50% off sales. Then: downstairs. Perhaps I just walked in after a major discount. They had $1, $5, and $10 bins. It was heaven! There were still racks downstairs with clothes that were marked down but these were the real steals! The merchandise in the bins were only clothes. And these clothes might have seen a bad zipper (hello tailor/seamstress, but even so, the nonworking zipper was a non-issue - I found the BEST dress for $5 and I could slip it on over my head without needing to zipper) or had a little makeup stain or was bleached by the sun (whatever, the fabric looks v. cool in its new shade, I didn't know). So awesome. The woman who helped me (a redhead) was fantastic and able to help me navigate the bins. She gave me the scoop on the merchandise (read: she told me why specific items were in the bins) and how I could easily fix the issue. Bottom line: I walked out of there having spent $50. The clothing bill would have been easily over $1000. Amazing! I don't think I had been so deliriously happy with a shopping experience since the days of the original Filene's Basement in Downtown Crossing when I could go rooting through bins and discover TRUE BARGAINS really worth getting excited about. read more