Gap v. H&M basics

[Anonymous]

I find that the style is very similar in terms of basics, but price points are different: Gap will be $35 for a long sleeve cardigan and H&M $20 max for the same article. Is Gap much better quality?

[Anonymous]

For H&M you have to buy the items at their highest price point. Both both places are hit or miss, pretty much for whatever you buy.

[Anonymous]

Does the $35 Gap sweater also include the inevitable 30-40% off code you can find on their website?

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on what you buy. I will always prefer Gap over H&M b/c most of H&M's stuff isn't made well and won't last longer than a season or two. But about 15-20 years ago I bought a dress and blazer from H&M that lasted years (way longer than I expected). When I donated them it wasn't b/c they no longer looked good--they still looked and fit great, I wanted a blazer with two buttons vs one.

[Anonymous]

Both are hit or miss, even from season to season. I used to be able to count on Gap tees as a staple. Now some years the cut is weird, or the sizing is way off or they pill horribly. Then I'll find a good one again.

[Anonymous]

Gap is very inconsistent.

[Anonymous]

H&M is PFAS free

[Anonymous]

This year, for the first year, exactly _nothing_ is 100% cotton at H&M. Not men's, not women's, nada. I know this because I walked through the ENTIRE store, flipping over tags to read fabric content and desperately trying to locate 100% cotton tanks, camis, men's t-shirts. (online doesn't interest me, but I suspect it's the same)

Until recently, you could find some 100% natural fiber items at H&M. A lot, actually, cotton or some linen.

Now everything is polyester and I'm supposed to be thrilled because it's **recycled** polyesters and therefore eco or some shit. No. And vicose is just rayon, stop trying to blow smoke up my a$$.

Sorry for the rant - so does GAP still sell 100% cotton no-frills t-shirts, camis, boxers, etc? Or did they also go to the dark side?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This year, for the first year, exactly _nothing_ is 100% cotton at H&M. Not men's, not women's, nada. I know this because I walked through the ENTIRE store, flipping over tags to read fabric content and desperately trying to locate 100% cotton tanks, camis, men's t-shirts. (online doesn't interest me, but I suspect it's the same)

Until recently, you could find some 100% natural fiber items at H&M. A lot, actually, cotton or some linen.

Now everything is polyester and I'm supposed to be thrilled because it's **recycled** polyesters and therefore eco or some shit. No. And vicose is just rayon, stop trying to blow smoke up my a$$.

Sorry for the rant - so does GAP still sell 100% cotton no-frills t-shirts, camis, boxers, etc? Or did they also go to the dark side?

You actually can still find a lot of 100% cotton items at JC Penny, and not all of it is fuddy duddy looking as one might assume. Forever 21 as well. Brands and their stereotypes don't always apply anymore.

[Anonymous]

I actually bought two dresses from H&M this year that are 100 percent cotton. But I only shop online. I have found that the selection and quality are much better online, and many of those pieces are not available in the store for some reason. I do also find that Gap basics are pretty reliable and especially their jeans are both on trend and inexpensive, with a wide range of sizes (petite, tall etc).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually bought two dresses from H&M this year that are 100 percent cotton. But I only shop online. I have found that the selection and quality are much better online, and many of those pieces are not available in the store for some reason. I do also find that Gap basics are pretty reliable and especially their jeans are both on trend and inexpensive, with a wide range of sizes (petite, tall etc).

H&M online is much better than shopping in store! Gap is 100% hit or miss IME, though men’s clothes seem more reliably decent.

[Anonymous]

I really want to like H&M but nothing in there ever fits me. And the materials any more are just so uncomfortable.

[Anonymous]

Both are horrible. Save your pennies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really want to like H&M but nothing in there ever fits me. And the materials any more are just so uncomfortable.

+1
I often go into H&M with high hopes and leave feeling completely deflated. Some of their prints look really pretty and appealing, but the item itself is a bizarre cut or style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually bought two dresses from H&M this year that are 100 percent cotton. But I only shop online.

I also bought a few 100% cotton dresses from H&M (online) this summer.

I have a trench coat from H&M that is several years old and often gets compliments.

My Gap t-shirts from last summer shrank in length.