Favorite clothes shops for middle age women

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- wow thanks for all the suggestions. I haven’t even heard of some of them. lol. I’m in MD if that matters.

I prefer clothes shopping in store as opposed to online. I don’t like fast fashion and I’m trying to avoid synthetics if possible because of all the microplastics in our water/brain.

I’m a smallish size but have a mom belly.

Will have to check out some of these places.

Aerie isn’t my style but my teens love it.
Anthro - I liked in my 20s-30s but not so much anymore. Now I like them for their houseware
Ann Taylor is boring now

I do like White House Black Market.
Will check out some of the others.

Thanks for updating. We'd appreciate feedback on the other suggestions you received. Once you check them out can you update us with what you liked/didn't like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for updating. We'd appreciate feedback on the other suggestions you received. Once you check them out can you update us with what you liked/didn't like?

Sure - I looked some of these.
Some are too $$$ (eg Faherty nice but too expensive for how casual it is, Halsbrook, Sezane, MaxMara, etc)
Some are too plastic-y (eg Athleta)
Some are too young for my taste (Aerie...)

I don't usually follow trends, I just buy what I like and that way I usually keep liking it for years.
I find it hard or maybe I don't have the patience to shop for clothes online - it all looks good on the screen. So much of clothes is how the fabric feels and how it looks on and the color (all hard to judge online) and I'm not into back and forth buy/return. I have no time or patience for all that. Lol.

I like in general what I saw online at Pact, Tuckernuck, Marine Layer, Evereve.
I also generally like White House Black Market, Talbots, South Moon Under, department stores
Will check out Apricot Lane, Evereve, Everlane. Excited to try some new places!

[Anonymous]

OP again - I like Evereve and rag and bone.
Still not feeling it at Anthro but I like their jewelry and housewares.

[Anonymous]

Nordstrom. I love the app and free shipping.

[Anonymous]

uniqlo
zara
levi's
muji

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for updating. We'd appreciate feedback on the other suggestions you received. Once you check them out can you update us with what you liked/didn't like?

Sure - I looked some of these.
Some are too $$$ (eg Faherty nice but too expensive for how casual it is, Halsbrook, Sezane, MaxMara, etc)
Some are too plastic-y (eg Athleta)
Some are too young for my taste (Aerie...)

I don't usually follow trends, I just buy what I like and that way I usually keep liking it for years.
I find it hard or maybe I don't have the patience to shop for clothes online - it all looks good on the screen. So much of clothes is how the fabric feels and how it looks on and the color (all hard to judge online) and I'm not into back and forth buy/return. I have no time or patience for all that. Lol.

I like in general what I saw online at Pact, Tuckernuck, Marine Layer, Evereve.
I also generally like White House Black Market, Talbots, South Moon Under, department stores
Will check out Apricot Lane, Evereve, Everlane. Excited to try some new places!

If you're open to secondhand stuff, Thredup, Poshmark, eBay, etc, are good places to find some of the more $ brands. But you do have to have some patience/stomach for it not working out. You might have to kiss some frogs at first but eventually you figure out what fabrics you like/what sizes you are from particular brands and can be pretty good about getting good things at a much more affordable price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:L’Agence
Vince
Theory
Sézane
Veronica Beard
J Crew
Mother
New balance
Zara
Sandro
Banana Republic
Max Mara


I wear a wardrobe centered in great jeans and cashmere in fall/ winter - dresses and long skirts (I prefer silk maxi with a tshirt or tank) in spring/summer. A good camel coat, black coat, leather jacket, suede jacket, two trench coats.

I’ll note all is helped by being slim and in shape

And rich

[Anonymous]

Madewell
J crew
Reformation
Banana republic
Boden

[Anonymous]

Boston Proper is my go-to. I'm 48. I notice the reviews are mostly women 65+ but I love this line. Great for work, casual, going out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boston Proper is my go-to. I'm 48. I notice the reviews are mostly women 65+ but I love this line. Great for work, casual, going out.

What’s the quality like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for updating. We'd appreciate feedback on the other suggestions you received. Once you check them out can you update us with what you liked/didn't like?

Sure - I looked some of these.
Some are too $$$ (eg Faherty nice but too expensive for how casual it is, Halsbrook, Sezane, MaxMara, etc)
Some are too plastic-y (eg Athleta)
Some are too young for my taste (Aerie...)

I don't usually follow trends, I just buy what I like and that way I usually keep liking it for years.
I find it hard or maybe I don't have the patience to shop for clothes online - it all looks good on the screen. So much of clothes is how the fabric feels and how it looks on and the color (all hard to judge online) and I'm not into back and forth buy/return. I have no time or patience for all that. Lol.

I like in general what I saw online at Pact, Tuckernuck, Marine Layer, Evereve.
I also generally like White House Black Market, Talbots, South Moon Under, department stores
Will check out Apricot Lane, Evereve, Everlane. Excited to try some new places!

I don’t think Sézane qualifies as $$$. It’s pretty mid-market imo.

[Anonymous]

OP here - I can't do online clothes shopping. Just too many factors have to be done in person for me.

I find a thing here and there. No patience/time for thrifting unfortunately. But I kinda know now what the current styles are for our age and this has been very helpful!

[Anonymous]

I've found a few things at J McLaughlin - there are two around Bethesda. The sales people were very patient when I needed multiple sizes and got fussy about colors and what I didn't like (no big prints, deep v-necks, buttons on shoulders, gold trim, etc).

[Anonymous]

I love Eileen Fisher for casual and semi-formal.

Lafayette 148 for business (with a few casual pieces, like jeans and nice sweaters).

Neither are cheap. But nice fabrics. Classic styles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Target
Athleta, Old Navy
Anthropologie, Free People
Aerie
My Sister's Closet (not an actual store just looks like one)
Scout and Molly

How old are you? OP is 50, not 30.