Ha ha ha! I sub at the school where my kid goes. One of my kid's teachers dresses like she just stepped off a runway. She has impeccable fashion sense. She looks out of place because she is dressed so incredibly. My kid asked her teacher where she gets her clothes and the teacher said almost exclusively from Poshmark and eBay. My kid snapped a picture of the teacher's outfit one day last week. I found her dress on eBay, it was Chloe. Her shoes looked like Balenciaga boots. |
Uhhh... I am not that PP, but I mentioned TJ Maxx myself. You have been to the ones with a "Runway" section, right? Even those without that dedicated space have some purple label items that fall into that category. I've bought Missoni/M Missoni, Helmut Lang, Valentino and more from TJ Maxx (and Marshalls-- given they have the same parent company, they sometimes have some good stuff too). Shoes from Stuart Weitzman to Jimmy Choo. Maybe your problem is that you haven't been to TJ Maxx/Marshalls in a decade? Although, no-- I bought some of my high-end stuff there 10-15 years ago. Sure, it's not in copious amounts, but it's there. And even more that is just a hair lower in "prestige," like Rag & Bone or Rachel Roy. I do miss Filene's Basement and Loehmann's, though-- they were even better. |
HHI - roughly $400K. NW - upwards of $10M.
Me: Shopbop, Neiman Marcus, The Real Real, Revolve, Intermix, Nordstrom. I'm a sucker for sales. Kids: J Crew, Vineyard Vines, Nordstrom, basics from Marshalls or Amazon Husband: personal shopper twice a year for a refresh. They send clothes to the house, he tries them on and we ship back what he doesn't like. |
HHI 700k-800k, NW 3m+
Adults: Nordstrom, L.L Bean, Talbots, Boden, Dick’s Sporting, Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, Macy’s. Kids: Target, Gap (sale), Boden (sale),Nordstrom (for formal). |
HHI $350K/$5M NW
I shop Costco, Target, Amazon, TJ Max. I don’t think I’ve ever paid retail when I have gone into a mall type department store (and that was even pre COVID). I buy DH close from same stores, suits from Mens Wharehouse. Kids the same but they mostly wear their sport team shirts. |
Ha this is so true. PP here and this happened almost every time I share the stats (which has happened maybe 4 times). In our case, our HHI went from 200K to what it is now in a matter of 5 years and in the meantime we paid off 160K of student loan debt, spent a lot on preschool for two kids, and bought a house. (We are in our mid-thirties but we had kids early) |
HHI $2m, NW $8m. Poshmark, mostly. For the kids, Old Navy and Target, or Poshmark. DH is a programmer, so his uniform is jeans and tshirts. I do have a black tie event coming up and am considering going to Saks for a special dress, which will be $$$. Honestly I would normally go to Poshmark for that, too, but I don’t know how the nicer brands fit on me.
All that said, on Poshmark I like nicer brands for myself: Maje, Sandro, Alice+Olivia, Brooks Brothers, Kate Spade, DVF, etc. |
Dumb question: is there a trick to shopping at poshmark? I’ve looked at stuff on there and it seemed confusing. |
Riiiight |
My Midwestern state TJ Maxx certainly doesn’t have a “runway” section. They don’t even have a non polyester or real leather shoe section |
Not Pp but another Poshmark shopper. I do NWT and also check the comments. I had one bad experience with a local over a cashmere sweater and no response to my purchase but otherwise all has gone well. |
I believe it, my brother was a teacher for a few years and he dressed really really well. He likes clothes and had help from the bank of mom and dad. |
I haven’t had bad luck with it, but I’m not sure I would use it for cashmere. That wool requires maintenance and it’s not the kind of thing that people get rid of if it’s good quality. Someone else chime in, but for things that are classic and part of a capsule wardrobe, I’d probably buy those new. I use Poshmark for brands where I already know how they fit. |
Oh and kids clothes. My kids have very few clothing opinions. But they do wear their clothes hard so I am not going to buy them nice stuff new. |
HHI 1.5M, NW maybe 5M, late 30s
Nordstrom, Saks, Neiman Marcus, Paige, Joie, Boden, Equipment, Theory, Rag and Bone, Alala, Alo, Splendid Also occasionally Rue la la, Off Saks, Nordstrom Rack I’m surprised by the answers here and wondering if there are a lot of posters who don’t usually frequent Beauty and Fashion? For Dcum I expected a lot more answers like mine and instead everyone is so frugal! Clothing is definitely my guilty pleasure. |