This shop offers a very large selection of bags, travel bags and suitcases, all at reasonable…read moreprices. Styles vary from fashion bags with icons on to your more traditional designs. You can get bags you carry, bags you put on your shoulder or back packs. They also sell purses. Whilst they are quite cheap the bags can seem quite tacky at times, all depending on your sense of style. For example they used to sell quite chavvy style bags, although i'm not sure if they still do.

This is a nice shop, but rarely has what I am looking for. THey sell handbags, luggage and purses…read more I guess I am quite fussy about my bags, but although good quality and priced well, they just dont seemanything special in here. I did buy a lovely brown italian leather bag last year that I still use occasionally, but although I am a bagaholic, I dont buy a lot in this store. The staff seem friendly enough, and when I had to return the leather bag as the stitching was coming undone, they gave me a new bag with no hassle.

In recent years, a relatively small area by Southchurch Road has become known as Southchurch…read moreVillage. Why? It's not a village. I thought this was estate agent hype, but it seems that the rail operator, C2C, bought into this because they recently added for Southchurch Village under Southend East on their station signs. The area is trying to be a little like Notting Hill with quirky, trendy shops and cafes It's not a bad thing considering the main shopping area in Southend is incredibly bland. In the middle of the village is Zu, a clothing store catering to those with European tastes and a good deal of money. I have bought a number of special outfits for my kids from this shop and I have to say, it is wonderful. I wish I could afford to shop here all the time. They were one of the first shops in Southend to stock Crocs and Uggs (I'm not a fan but you can't argue that they're very popular). Their Mexx and Oilily dresses are unusual, well made and covetable. Small Paul clothes for the boys are everything little boys should be - smart and a little bit cheeky! They also stock Camper, Kenzo, Diesel and Leli Kelly. I would award 5 stars if I could get a dress for my 3 year old for less than £40!!

Lovely clothes for a special occasion. Staff helpful and good advice. Shoes also available.read more

I love Matalan and this store is no exception. They always have great offers on their already cheap…read moregoods and they always have so much variety. These include mens, womens, childrens, homewares, toys and kids. Their baby range in huge and they have some lovely bits. The cues are never long and they always call more staff to help. The changing rooms are clean and the store is well organised. It is in the retail park so be sure to take a detour when visiting lakeside shopping centre.

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Matalan is very good indeed .always parking available . Good prices especially menswear , ive found…read more. Dinner suits superb and really good value . Homewear dept is varied and cheap with some good reductions all the time.

Big out of town shop with loads to choose from. Lots of bargains. Sometimes can't believe how cheap…read moreit is. Good amount of free parking outside. Does wide range of different clothes from smart to casual, underwear, shoes. Staff friendly.

Quality clothes in this little shop. Expensive designer labels available. If you like to pay a…read morelittle more for quality and service visit here. Parking can be a problem as road is always parked up. There is a pay and display car park near train station.

Very cheap handy diy/builders supplies, not the most polite staff in the world but that's quite…read morecommon for this sort of place

This is in an excellent shopping mail with lots of amenities in one location (restaurants, café's,…read moreinternet café's etc). The store has very trendy things and something that everyone will like. The main reason for shopping here will be that most of the time when I cannot find what I am looking for, I will pop into here for a quick look to see if I can find it in here. For instance, this Christmas, I was looking for a friend was looking for a leather jacket in size 6, and could not find it anywhere else, so, she popped into Miss Selfridges, and there it was. I do think that they the prices are expensive and I could buy same quality

Miss Selfridges is a womens fashion store which stocks many nice clothes. Although the clothes are…read morequite nice, I can never find something I want because the clothes seem to be muddled about the place, and this is not just in the Bluewater one, I went to the one in Bromley and up London and had the same problem, and this can be annoying if i have found something on the internet that I like and want to try it on, and then I can't find it in the shop. The clothes are really good quality but they are a bit overpriced but I would say the shop is good if you are looking for something in particular.