Is Madewell stuff ugly?

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've said it on this site before.... Madewell looks like you're an extra in the last scene in Dr. Zhivago where Alec Guinness tracks down Lara's daughter in a post WW2 soviet factory. They're looking better than they were during the Russian Revolution, and they've added some dye lots to the fabric, but it still looks like something made for the worker proletariat in bulk.

LOL. Spot on! I just went and looked at the site before reading your comment. Ugly, frumpy, baggy and ugly colors. no thank you! (and I'm old!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've said it on this site before.... Madewell looks like you're an extra in the last scene in Dr. Zhivago where Alec Guinness tracks down Lara's daughter in a post WW2 soviet factory. They're looking better than they were during the Russian Revolution, and they've added some dye lots to the fabric, but it still looks like something made for the worker proletariat in bulk.

LOL. Spot on! I just went and looked at the site before reading your comment. Ugly, frumpy, baggy and ugly colors. no thank you! (and I'm old!)

Yes, absolutely! I frequently like the cut of their pieces but refuse to wear their mustard-khaki-griege palette.

[Anonymous]

I don't care what anyone says, I love Madewell.

I'm wearing a pair of grey balloon-shaped Madewell pants right now in fact. Most days I am wearing something from Madewell. It fits my "aging hipster bird watcher" aesthetic to a t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've said it on this site before.... Madewell looks like you're an extra in the last scene in Dr. Zhivago where Alec Guinness tracks down Lara's daughter in a post WW2 soviet factory. They're looking better than they were during the Russian Revolution, and they've added some dye lots to the fabric, but it still looks like something made for the worker proletariat in bulk.

LOL. Spot on! I just went and looked at the site before reading your comment. Ugly, frumpy, baggy and ugly colors. no thank you! (and I'm old!)

Yes, absolutely! I frequently like the cut of their pieces but refuse to wear their mustard-khaki-griege palette.

Even the colors all look post WW2 soviet factory

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am in the exact Madewell demographic: 40, in a creative field, casual dresser. I feel like I should like their stuff but everything looks very ugly to me. I accept that I am getting old and out of touch, but am I THAT out of touch that I no longer recognize fashion? Am I wrong or is Madewell full of aggressively ugly clothes?

Im 42 and in a creative profession and I completely agree. The clothing is not flattering, particularly for slim people.

Casual clothes that work for me and look flattering: COS, Free People.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am in the exact Madewell demographic: 40, in a creative field, casual dresser. I feel like I should like their stuff but everything looks very ugly to me. I accept that I am getting old and out of touch, but am I THAT out of touch that I no longer recognize fashion? Am I wrong or is Madewell full of aggressively ugly clothes?

We sound similar and I admit to wearing a decent amount of Madewell (and still, J. crew). Maybe I am clinging to the delusion that it is a slightly more fashionable alternative than LOFT or Target? My playground contemporaries seem to favor the "rose all day" type slogan tees and what I consider an Instagram mom aesthetic, which doesn't really appeal to me. I like my Vejas, high-waisted jeans, and bold framed glasses. Where do the casual 40 year olds who aren't ready for Chicos go?

Agree w the poster who suggested Marine Layer and I have actually found some good pieces at Garnet Hill

[Anonymous]

Madewell is for women who wore Target in their 20s and now make slightly more money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am in the exact Madewell demographic: 40, in a creative field, casual dresser. I feel like I should like their stuff but everything looks very ugly to me. I accept that I am getting old and out of touch, but am I THAT out of touch that I no longer recognize fashion? Am I wrong or is Madewell full of aggressively ugly clothes?

Im 42 and in a creative profession and I completely agree. The clothing is not flattering, particularly for slim people.

Casual clothes that work for me and look flattering: COS, Free People.

Order or are there COS stores anywhere?

[Anonymous]

Their jeans fit me well.

—weirdly shaped 45 year old who doesn’t like most jeans

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care what anyone says, I love Madewell.

I'm wearing a pair of grey balloon-shaped Madewell pants right now in fact. Most days I am wearing something from Madewell. It fits my "aging hipster bird watcher" aesthetic to a t.

I love your aesthetic! I want one. I have no particular style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am in the exact Madewell demographic: 40, in a creative field, casual dresser. I feel like I should like their stuff but everything looks very ugly to me. I accept that I am getting old and out of touch, but am I THAT out of touch that I no longer recognize fashion? Am I wrong or is Madewell full of aggressively ugly clothes?

Im 42 and in a creative profession and I completely agree. The clothing is not flattering, particularly for slim people.

Casual clothes that work for me and look flattering: COS, Free People.

Order or are there COS stores anywhere?

There's one in Georgetown...
It's owned by H&M and better quality than fast fashion but not really premium.
Personally I find the silhouettes too long/baggy, as if these clothes are made for tall people. Trying on is a must...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care what anyone says, I love Madewell.

I'm wearing a pair of grey balloon-shaped Madewell pants right now in fact. Most days I am wearing something from Madewell. It fits my "aging hipster bird watcher" aesthetic to a t.

I love your aesthetic! I want one. I have no particular style.

I bet you do! Start a new thread where you post some links to things you like or wear and we'll brand it for you.

I feel very comfortable with my aesthetic, in both senses of the word.

[Anonymous]

I’m a fifty year old woman in a common, ordinary American shape (as in, 20 pounds overweight) and could not find any jeans at Madewell that felt good and were even vaguely okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am in the exact Madewell demographic: 40, in a creative field, casual dresser. I feel like I should like their stuff but everything looks very ugly to me. I accept that I am getting old and out of touch, but am I THAT out of touch that I no longer recognize fashion? Am I wrong or is Madewell full of aggressively ugly clothes?

Im 42 and in a creative profession and I completely agree. The clothing is not flattering, particularly for slim people.

Casual clothes that work for me and look flattering: COS, Free People.

Order or are there COS stores anywhere?

There's one in Georgetown...
It's owned by H&M and better quality than fast fashion but not really premium.
Personally I find the silhouettes too long/baggy, as if these clothes are made for tall people. Trying on is a must...

It's a good casual option... They do use real fabric (silk, cotton, wool) and I find they know how to cut clothes to nip in at the natural waistline, so it looks flattering, especially on taller slim people. I like COS. My most eye catching casual outfit is from there (a long skirt and crop top, extremely hourglass-creating.) But the bulk of my casual clothes are from Free People, and I started buying Levis for pants and they are just great.