Which Fashion Brands(Stores) Do You Buy and Why?

[ufdale]

As a petite person I find it really hard to buy pants, but I like Ann Taylor a lot. They are still too long for me most of the time though! Where do smaller women out there shop? (I'm five feet tall) I hate having to get EVERY pair of pants, dresses, and coats tailored! Any suggestions?

I'm a huge fan of Polo oxfords and polo shirts. I think it's a classic.
For summer dresses, I love Lily! It's always summer here in Florida, so I get good use out of bright dresses.
The shopping in Gainesville (FL) is HORRIBLE!!! We don't even have a decent deparment store so I save most of my shopping sprees for trips to Orlando or down south where I'm from.

[Dionysus]

Express and Hollister. I like Express' button down shirts. I like Hollister's polo shirts. I like sweaters from both places. I choose these brands over other's because the clothes actually have COLOR!

[Jimmy Choo]

For casual non-work I still wear American Eagle and A&F. And Gap is good for just hanging out clothes. For work I get everything from JCrew and Banana Republic. Express also has some good suiting pieces as well which really shocked me. For jeans I like Joes, Citizens, and Gap's Long & Lean.

[whiteandblack]

Originally Posted by ufdale

As a petite person I find it really hard to buy pants, but I like Ann Taylor a lot. They are still too long for me most of the time though! Where do smaller women out there shop? (I'm five feet tall) I hate having to get EVERY pair of pants, dresses, and coats tailored! Any suggestions?

I'm a huge fan of Polo oxfords and polo shirts. I think it's a classic.
For summer dresses, I love Lily! It's always summer here in Florida, so I get good use out of bright dresses.
The shopping in Gainesville (FL) is HORRIBLE!!! We don't even have a decent deparment store so I save most of my shopping sprees for trips to Orlando or down south where I'm from.

I hate all the tailoring also. have you tried Petite Sophisticate? their tops are too matronly for me, but their bottoms fit perfect. I haven't been shopping in a while but I heard they were going out of business. so I don't know where I'll shop when that time comes.
I also love Express. they pretty much epitomize my style.

[KatieKate1244]

I'm cheap. I usually get my stuff form Gap/Old Navy/AE. I don't like spending a lot of money on clothes I'll probably get ink on within a month. I'll also do a lot of shopping at Goodwill, because if I get ink on a shirt that only cost me $1.50 I don't feel bad. However, I really like J.Crew and Anthropologie, but right now the budget isn't going to allow me to make purchases from there.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by KatieKate1244

I'm cheap.

Ah, sweetheart...you may be easy, but you're certainly not cheap! LOL
Just kidding...

Originally Posted by OTW

bought those boots for my beer wench costume at the same store Beth Chapman went to to get her wedding heels (Backseat Betty's).

Atta girl....

[BlueBatshit]

I hate the fact that people wear ugg boots. The girls in the chapter I advise wore uggs to prefs.

[blueangel]

Originally Posted by BlueBatshit

I hate the fact that people wear ugg boots. The girls in the chapter I advise wore uggs to prefs.

Yes, I BEElieve you're right! The BBC had an article about how ugly UGG boots are:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3495511.stm

I just love the BBC, don't you?

[BlueBatshit]

I prefer American reporting actually.