J Crew Can Kiss My Gap-Clad Butt!
Just a quick message for my girls out there who love J Crew and keep buying their ridiculously overpriced crap.
Stop.
I too have worshipped before the hallowed J Crew catalog, drooling over the cashmere sweaters, but NO MORE. I have had nothing but crappy luck with the last few things I've bought from J Crew. My beautiful chocolate colored cords? Crap. One wearing and the knees had the cord worn off them. Seriously, the knees were a completely different color. My lovely Cambridge cable bright pink wool-blend hoodie sweater? Crap. It was all pilled after about three wearings PLUS I found a big hole in it. The same for my two very cute empire-waist, tie-back tops I got last summer. HOLES in both of them, under the arms. I'm not that hard on clothes.
I have a pile of J Crew's cashmere sweaters...cashmere may be the only thing they do right. That and khaki pants, capris and shorts. So, if you still feel the need to give J Crew your hard earned cash, buy cashmere or khakis.
The final straw was today when I discovered that my J Crew bikini is completely losing the hem on the bottom around the waistline. This is the blue polka-dotted one that you sent me Gen, with the underwire top. I think you wore it maybe a handful of times and I have too. Less than 10 times. Crap.
Ladies, save your money. Spend your money at the Gap or Boden. I am loving Boden. I have some new things from them and the quality is fantastic. Or Esprit.
Now excuse my while I go apply my J Crew patch. It helps with the withdrawal.
Stop.
I too have worshipped before the hallowed J Crew catalog, drooling over the cashmere sweaters, but NO MORE. I have had nothing but crappy luck with the last few things I've bought from J Crew. My beautiful chocolate colored cords? Crap. One wearing and the knees had the cord worn off them. Seriously, the knees were a completely different color. My lovely Cambridge cable bright pink wool-blend hoodie sweater? Crap. It was all pilled after about three wearings PLUS I found a big hole in it. The same for my two very cute empire-waist, tie-back tops I got last summer. HOLES in both of them, under the arms. I'm not that hard on clothes.
I have a pile of J Crew's cashmere sweaters...cashmere may be the only thing they do right. That and khaki pants, capris and shorts. So, if you still feel the need to give J Crew your hard earned cash, buy cashmere or khakis.
The final straw was today when I discovered that my J Crew bikini is completely losing the hem on the bottom around the waistline. This is the blue polka-dotted one that you sent me Gen, with the underwire top. I think you wore it maybe a handful of times and I have too. Less than 10 times. Crap.
Ladies, save your money. Spend your money at the Gap or Boden. I am loving Boden. I have some new things from them and the quality is fantastic. Or Esprit.
Now excuse my while I go apply my J Crew patch. It helps with the withdrawal.
Comments
I truly believe that Target has better quality stuff than J Crew does. I even un-subscribed from their catalog.
I'm kind of excited about this Boden place. Never heard of it, so I'll have to check it out soon!!
Oh, and I completely agree with you Gen, when you say that the stuff all looked washed and run over. I'll never forget buying a shirt from J Crew that came purposely twisted into a ball to achieve that "worn" look. WTH? I sent that one back. What a sham!