Why do people HATE Chicos so much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems most of their clothes made in Viet Nam...use Asian size models to cut the patterns. Asian women and Americam women have different body types, we are bigger boned, so clothes never quite fit right. I hope for an American designer!

Eileen Fisher does well but expensive.

Chicos aims to be chic but does not quite hit the mark!

Db

Fit models work with designers in the states NEVER at factories. That makes no sense. Designs, patterns and fittings are all done here. Then sent back to factories for whatever changes are needed.
Source: I'm a product designer at a very well known fashion empire- which may suit most of the older ladies complaining about style.

[Anonymous]

Chicos has some great quality basics (black turtlenecks, tanks) and I love their jeggings. Call it what you may.

[Anonymous]

When I see older women in chicos, I immediately think they may be fun, cheerful people. It isn't right for me and my figure now, but I see nothing wrong with trying to look like I'm relaxed and cheerful when that time comes.

[Anonymous]

I have a unique answer. When we were teenagers, we had to model Chicos clothes in my grandmas church fashion show. It was mortifying but led to a longstanding joke w my sister and me.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 51, tall and slim. Too old for Banana Republic, hate Coldwater Creek, Chicos, and find J Jill VERY boring. So, I hate to shop.

Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. And I would add that I find J. Crew cheaply made and overpriced.

+ a million. Who buys that stuff?

I'm 45 and I do. I buy their merino sweaters. They're one of the few places that offers fine Italain merino, and they hold up year after year.

I also think Nordstrom on the top floor is good. Not sure what mix of brands -- Halogen, Vince Camuto etc. but that whole corner has come OK stuff.

Garnet Hill can be good and can Boden for basics -- for example they have this jersey shirt they come out with in different prints every year that is very forgiving:

[Anonymous]

Rare...

[Anonymous]

I love chicos clothing someone does for it to stay in buienness

[Anonymous]

I'm 50, 5'5", and 113 lbs. Besides that Chicos clothes don't fit me at all with their weird sizing, I personally think their clothes are cheap looking. It appears most of their flowing clothes are made to hide bodies by draping. I know my body doesn't look like a 30 year old but I refuse to look 25 years older than I am. I'm OK being 50. Even my mom who is 76 looks amazing for her age and won't shop there. Perhaps it's a mindset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wow, lots of real ugly people on this board with a lot of disrespect for older people. guess what? we're all going to get older. hope the door doesn't hit you all on the way out. seriously - you're just mean. is this how you think of your mothers and grandmothers?

as for chicos, i think it's all about the item itself. you can find good and bad stuff anywhere. it's all about knowing what to pick.[/quote

I agree. A sad bunch of snotty snots

[Anonymous]

It's because women in DC are lemmings when it comes to aesthetics. They don't want to go against the DCUM thought police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 50, 5'5", and 113 lbs. Besides that Chicos clothes don't fit me at all with their weird sizing, I personally think their clothes are cheap looking. It appears most of their flowing clothes are made to hide bodies by draping. I know my body doesn't look like a 30 year old but I refuse to look 25 years older than I am. I'm OK being 50. Even my mom who is 76 looks amazing for her age and won't shop there. Perhaps it's a mindset.

If you were 150 pounds, you would love Chico's.

[Anonymous]

I used to love Chicos. Their clothing was nice looking and well made. It is my understanding that their new CEO or CFO came from Walmart. Which would explain the decline in quality of fabrics and the (now) cheaply made clothing. Walmartians want everything cheap- which is fine for Walmart but not for Chicos. What a shame. I'd much rather have four well made shirts that last a few years than four poorly made shirts that may last one season before fading or coming apart. Also, their prices haven't dropped -only the quality and the greed to trade quality for profit. This is, alas, the new American way- and it's pitiful.

[Anonymous]

Chico's actually owns White House Black Market, so I think it tries to push it's more "professional" and fitted styles toward that store.

But I think both have kind of slid in quality while going up in price recently. I used to buy a lot of White House Black Market for work, but now find that other brands offer better quality for the price, or similar quality for lower prices.

[Anonymous]

I'm 50 and I just don't like the style of the clothing there at all. I know I can't dress like a 30-year old, but I just prefer things that are plain

[Anonymous]

Chicos is overpriced for the quality.
Most of the designs are meant for 55+, though I was horrified to see "cold-shoulder" blouses in the window recently.

I also have the hourglass figure at 45, though I'm short. And yes, thanks to melanin and other genetic advantages, I don't look like I've crossed 40 yet. No gray hair, no wrinkles or slack skin. I don't want to dress like my millennial, but that doesn't mean I have to dress like my mother-in-law.