Comments on: See You at Chicos

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:55:13 +0000

Here the H&Ms are so small, so crowded, but so so cheap…I just have to go in.

But only after a few glasses of wine.

By: Heather B.

Heather B. — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:11:32 +0000

I used to spend way too much time in H&M before it was all over the country (read, only in NY), now that it’s everywhere, I’m bored with it. But whomever mentioned TopShop has the right idea. There was one in Madrid down the block from an H&M and I was obsessed with it. The stuff at TopShop is phenomenal.

By: Her Ladyship

Her Ladyship — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:10:51 +0000

Amen, sister! But H&M is still good for cheap crap jewelry and hair accessories. Bonus: no waiting in the Line that Time Forgot to try on your chosen items.

By: Coelecanth

Coelecanth — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:20:11 +0000

Admittedly I’m not really qualified for this discussion, something about that Y chromosome don’t ya know. But I do think that getting older isn’t all that bad.

Sure some things aren’t as exciting, but oh the peace of mind a little experience and perspective brings. I turn forty this year and seeing the dramas that my 20 something employee’s are going through I well, revel, for lack of a better word, in the stability of my life.

It’s not that I don’t have problems and worries, but these days they mostly consist of bigger issues than fashion. I know what I like and wear it without hesitation or apology and count myself lucky to be able to cross that particular concern off my list of worries. Mind you, us guys have less pressure in these things so maybe I’m talking out my asterisk.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:03:13 +0000

I’ve never heard of H&M until this post, and then I visited kottke.org and he links to a story about Prada and H&M. I’m learning so much about H&M all in one morning! I’m gathering from everyone’s comments that it’s sort of like Forever 21, which is a store I’m familiar with and that has some cute clothes, though they always look haggard on me.

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:47:43 +0000

i’m 37 but (and don’t hate me) pass for 30 on most days and if i wear my cashmere hoodie and cargo jeans with a hat and shades, i’m 25.

i find that anthropologie and white house/black market are where i’m buying my clothes with some Calvin Klein and DKNY here and there.

I can’t find anything in H&M. Ann Taylor is where i would shop if i had to go to an office every day. Oh, Kenneth Cole. I shop there a lot. The sales are good.

as for truly inexpensive clothes, I go to Filene’s and kill a few hours trying to find the few things that might fit right.

J.Jill??? No offense, but when my 55 year old aunt is buying her shorts and my mom is getting her blouses there, i am not buying a GD thing from that store (but i’m really skinny, so that may be part of it). a friend of mine has a nice linen shift dress from there. but she dresses older.

By: Lulufadoo

Lulufadoo — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:37:15 +0000

My first comment on your shiny new website and it’s hopelessly mis-punctuated! My apologies.

By: Lulufadoo

Lulufadoo — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:34:17 +0000

Late twenty-somethings and early thirty-somethings live in a demographic netherworld. Neither able to shop at Urban Outfitters/H&M or J. Jill. I second the nomination for British/European high street el cheapo shops: Mango all the way!

By: Jaclyn

Jaclyn — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:31:50 +0000

The only reason my pulse quickens with respect to H&M is when I am forced to enter. Clocking in at a whopping 20 years of age, still nothing in that store fits me. I’m not unusually built, I just have all those pesky feminine features that it seems so preposterous to cut for in women’s clothing.

You know, like, hips. Thighs. Breasts. Those sorts of absurdities.

By: Nez

Nez — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:46:45 +0000

Ladies,

it’s all about J.Jill!