Tell me about J. Jill.
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Anonymous
I used to get pants from J. Jill for the same exact reason. |
Anonymous
| I do buy the occasional thing at J.Jill and I am of average build in my late 40's. Most things are too frumpy, but the plain black stretchy pants are great for around the house. |
Anonymous
| 8:22, I could have written your post. I wore JJill when I was a size 16 and was looking for a way to be comfortable without wearing sweatpants. They do have some cute flowy linen pieces but now that I don't have to shop there anymore, I don't. |
Anonymous
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Well, I have shopped at
Jjill for easily 20 years. When I first started shopping there I was tiny and their clothing was much different than it is now. Very expensive. Unique. Tailored. Beautiful workmanship. At some point they became more mainstream. Someone described it as a less expensive Eileen Fisher style. That's not a bad description. Although, I definitely take issue with the nonsense that the clothes are frumpy. I am a high school English teacher. No one is more acutely honest than high school kids. I am constantly complimented by my students on my c!othing. They tell me I am the best dressed teacher in the building. I dress in Jill dresses and leggings and boots and scarves and flats all year long. |
Anonymous
Me too! I shopped there for the first time during second trimester for sweaters I plan to wear postpartum. My mother always shopped there when I was growing up in New England. She was an elementary school teacher and their styles coordinated with her dangly earrings. As a DC attorney, I used to shop at Talbots for tailored lined wool woven work pants (back when they were always lined) that fit and flattered my size 12. Now that Talbots stopped lining its pants, I don't shop there anymore. |
Anonymous
Talbots still lines a couple of its pants each year--you do have to read the descriptions carefully. |
Anonymous
| JJill is a god send for the older larger woman! They have very nice basics that fit well have natural fabrics and frequencly on sale. Very comfortable. They have s great selection of linen (linen tees wonderful in the summer). JJill the affordable Eileen Fisher. Chico’s has s lot of problems. Something wrong with everything & they are in bankruptcy. Talbots makes quality clothes but the colors are loud. Also their plus size is only for curvy plus. It takes a lot of looking to find something you like at Talbots. The most stylish casual older lady I know shops at anthropology but she is rich and tiny. |
Anonymous
| When you are 60 plus years old matronly is kind of an inevitable look. Sadly. |
Anonymous
| I have J.Jill linen dress I bought at 35, but that's also the only piece that fit me. The size says S, but I'm certainly not small at 175 pound and 5'7". |
Anonymous
| Cold water creek has serious quality issues. |
Anonymous
| JJill I think of baby boomers and their pregnant daughters. |
Anonymous
No it’s not. Google Angela Bassett |
Anonymous
OK she’s a beautiful thin black model/ actress like many DCUM posters. Haha |
Anonymous
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JJill is for women past 30 who
* want to be comfortable so they can put all their energy into their work * their fashion goal is that nobody will notice their clothing, for good or for bad, and will only notice their work (and also want clothes that will discourage unwanted attention from males that are 65 plus) * have a figure that is not conventional. the shapes of women vary more than men, and if you have an unfashionable shape and cannot afford tailoring or don't have time to get it done because you are a working mother, you are best with less shaped clothes. |
Anonymous
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JJill was awesome during pregnancy and post-partum for some stretchy work clothes. But now I can’t bring myself to shop there out of total fear my mother would wear the same thing. And since I’ve lost baby weight, I have gone back to Ann Taylor, Boden and Anthropologie.
OP, have you looked at Boden? Some love it and some hate it. |