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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lament every time a clothing item I own has to be retired because I know I can't replace it with anything decent. 
-40 year old. [/quote]

I have a 13-year-old pair of BR pants.   They are awesome--fully lined, well-constructed, and a classic cut.  They are also my motivation not to gain weight, because I cannot replace them.  [/quote]

I literally cried after I had my first child and outgrew all of my early 2000's BR.  I had suits, pants, beautiful skirts - all 100% wool, lined and great quality.  Their quality blows now for the price.  [/quote]

[b]I pulled out some of my pantsuits from the early 2000s. [/b]Liz Claiborne, Jones New York, Ann Taylor, 100% wool, fully lined, still look great. Thankfully they were a little big in the waist back then. ;-) I also have an AT Loft pant suit, 50% wool, fully lined. Does Loft even make suits anymore?

I also have a silk jacket from Jones that is absolutely beautiful--double-breasted, fully lined, fits beautifully through the shoulders, not a pull or a pucker anywhere. Gorgeous fabric. It had matching pants but, alas, they are nowhere to be found.[/quote]

I agree that clothing has gone downhill and it's harder to find quality pieces these days. BUT - I read your response and it's completely obvious you're stuck in a time warp.  Liz Claiborne suits have NEVER been fashionable.  I really doubt your JOnes New York pieces from almost 20 years ago EVER looked good.  It's not surprising that you're having a hard time shopping if you're looking for jones New York attire from the aughts.  Wow.  [/quote]

I wonder how old you are. Liz Claiborne transformed business wear for working women. From her obit in the NYT:

[i]A strong-willed designer with an acute sense for business, she defied the male-dominated ranks of the fashion industry by starting her own company in 1976 with Mr. Ortenberg, a textiles executive. In an apt reversal of roles, she gave him the corporate title of secretary.

Ms. Claiborne correctly anticipated a market for affordable, professional-looking clothes that women could wear to compete on an equal footing with men in corporate professions. In her no-nonsense way, she became something of a role model, and her label an inspirational emblem, to those who, like her, were looking to break through glass ceilings....

As a designer, Ms. Claiborne did not care to be considered a trendsetter. She placed practical concerns over the glamour of the catwalks and the prestige of designer prices. Her arrival as a fashion brand was precipitous, catching the beginning of a great change in American society as women headed to the workplace in large numbers.

[b]She created a new foundation for a modern working woman’s wardrobe, which had begun, she once acknowledged irritably, as the bland re-interpretation for women of a man’s navy blue suit and tie. Blouses that closed with frilly bows did not appeal to Ms. Claiborne. Her creative expressions were made of colorful tailored separates that could be mixed with other pieces to create many outfits.[/b]
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You'll note that this is exactly what working women on this thread are still clamoring for.

In the mid-2000s (after Liz Claiborne had left the company), the Liz Claiborne label was sold to JC Penney. And that was the end of the Liz that many working stiffs had come to rely on.[/quote]

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