Here are the best Black Friday clothing deals to shop this year

Looking for the best Black Friday clothing deals in 2021? Yup, us too: the event is just around the corner and there's A LOT to on our wishlist this year.

Black Friday is the best time of year to shop for decent clothing deals. Not only does it occur before Christmas, which is great for gifting, but it's usually when you can get the best blanket discounts (sometimes up to 30%). Which means, new-season steals, baby! Yup, you can finally get in there before your size has sold out and only the dregs of the clearance remain – no more fighting over the last size 12.

We've always recommended y'all swap pavement pounding for online browsing. Obvs, in previous years, we didn't really have a choice because Black Friday occurred during lockdown but we loved how chill it was, tbh. Who doesn't like shopping smugly from the comfort of their own sofa, skipping the queues and avoiding the chaos?

Still, it doesn't hurt to be prepared. Why not start browsing now and compile your wish list? It's essential to go straight for the kill on Black Friday, so you don't get distracted by those sparkly stiletto sandals when you actually need a new coat (or, maaaybe, just buy both?).

Navigate the vast new-in pages now with our helpful guide to the best Black Friday fashion sales and clothing deals in 2022.

When is Black Friday 2022?

Black Friday always falls on the last weekend of November which, this year, is the 25th. From our experience, clothes shopping is a little easier than tech or beauty, because there's less of a panic.

What even is Black Friday?

Black Friday kickstarted in '30s America when the department store Macy's cashed in on the annual Thanksgiving Day parade (if you love Gossip Girl, you'll remember Dan and Serena watching it on TV in season six). The term 'Black Friday' wasn't officially coined until years later, with the event becoming more of a thang during the big capitalist years of the '80s (ya know, Working Girl, Wall Street bankers and, um, all the independent ladies reading Cosmopolitan).

FYI, it's always been manic AF, that's why we prefer to shop online from the comfort of our homes. Amazon was the first retailer to bring Black Friday over to the UK, offering customers online discounts and deals on the same day as the sales in the US. Supermarket Asda was next, creating some serious fuss (and physical fights, for real) with huge discounts on TVs and tech in-store. Soon the rest of the UK caught on to the potential pre-Christmas profit and the rest is history.