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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The stuff is horrible.  The material is so thin and cheap.  "Tissue thin shirts" are the worst invention ever.  Who decided that was a good idea, and then decided to sell it exclusively at ATL? [/quote]

I think J Crew started that fad, actually - that, and their cousin the "embellished" tees, which I think have finally died a long-overdue death. Ugh. If I wanted threadbare shirts with rhinestones all over them, I'd wear my clothes for 15 years and bedazzle them myself.

I'm another person who thinks ATL is crazy with the vanity sizing, and I am no skinny humble bragger.[b] The fact that they've had to introduce XXS says it all[/b].

As for the snobbery - it's because ATLs are ubiquitous, unremarkable, appeal to the mainstream middle-class (gasp! the horror!), and sometimes, but not always, drift into dowdiness. I have a few cute things from there, including a few tops I loved and wore all summer, but facts are facts, there's a lot of frump in there too.[/quote]

This is not unique to ATL by any stretch.

Unless someone is shopping exclusively at boutiques and Barney's, it seems those criticisms of ATL could be made of any chain.  The ATL hate seems aimed more at middle age/middle class - not surprising targets and sad commentary on our society.[/quote]

Didn't say it was unique. Quite the opposite - Anthro is terrible with vanity sizing, too, and that's a more upscale/youthful store. I'm just stating a fact. And I agree with the rest of what you're saying - sneering at ATL is really sneering at the middle aged and middle class. [/quote]

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