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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP of this post and I just wanted to give you all an update since my shopping "spree" is over (sorry it’s so long!).  I spent about $2,500, but it was totally worth it.  I got some classic things that I will wear for a looooong time, I feel terrific, and I'm at a point in my career where I need to look good, so it had to be done.   I haven’t bought clothes in ages because they got puked on or I gained/lost weight so frequently due to pregnancy/breastfeeding.  But now I feel like I’m settled and ready to look better.

To recap, I'm 30, tall, slim, and straight up-and-down.  I found that J Crew fit the best on me - very slim and straight.  I liked some Boden stuff, but their clothes seem to be cut for shorter, curvy women.  For example, their skirts didn’t fit me – the waists were too tight and they had extra hip material on me – and their blazers were for larger busts than I have. I also ordered shoes on Zappos and Piperlime.  Found no jewelry online (ordered some from Piperlime and it seemed junky), but did get some earrings, necklaces, and a pair of sunglasses at Nordstrom Rack and necklace I love on sale at Banana.  Still in search of jeans and the perfect work pants.

Here are the other places I ordered from:

J Crew Factory – Kept a few blouses and a necklace, but otherwise returned everything.  Quality disappointing.  For example, I purchased some fantastic quality J Crew skirts on sale for around $80.  The J Crew Factory skirts didn’t fit well, weren’t lined, the material wrinkled really easily, etc.  The J Crew sale stuff seems to be only slightly more expensive than the Factory stuff anyway.   Will stick to regular J Crew.

Anthropologie – Pretty much returned everything except two pairs of fabulous shoes.  Sizing was all weird (sometimes a 4 was huge, sometimes a 6 didn’t even fit), styles were a little too funky, quality just wasn’t there for the price.

ModCloth – I was psyched about this site, and literally returned every item.  Quality was terrible.

Nordstrom – I would only buy lingerie and shoes online in the future.  On the plus side, shipping and returns were free, so it was really easy.

Banana Republic – Got some great basic sweaters and a work purse I adore, but didn’t order anything else.

Old Navy – Shockingly, loved their collared shirts, everything else went back.  Seems like it’s cut for size 12+.

And here’s basically what I ended up with:

JCrew – Long wool winter coat (black), 5-6 basic skirts in various lengths and colors, light spring military jacket, a few layering sweaters in basic colors
Old Navy – collared button downs in various colors, layering camis
J Crew Factory – some basic shells and a few other blouses
Banana Republic – A few neutral cardigans (black, gray, blue, pink), plain ballet-neck light sweater tops (black, gray)
Boden – two great dresses, cropped cashmere cardigan, a couple of basic tunics to wear with leggings/skinny jeans
Nordstrom – basic Chantelle lingerie, Calvin Klein shift dresses (black and white stripe, purple)
Shoes – Cole Haan knee-high black boots, black ankle booties (Ecco), black pumps (Nine West), nude pumps, black suede heeled strappy pumps (Boden), ballet flats (gray, black, nude, pink – J Crew), a couple pair of funky heels just for fun (Anthropologie)
Jewelry – a few neutral “statement” necklaces, a few pair of simple earrings, a few pair of slightly dangly earrings
Accessories – tights and hose, a few scarves in various basic prints, sunglasses, large work purse, smaller neutral bag
Sephora – Got a makeover, ended up with about 5 shades of NARS lipstick, NARS blush, eye liner, some awesome mascara, a Sephora eye shadow set,and some pressed powder

I feel like I’m all set (until the summer at least – ha!).   I got mostly neutral stuff, so I’ve been able to mix and match really well.   Thoughts?  Anything else I should be looking for?  Also, I need jeans!!!  I tried on some Hudsons per recs on here at Nordstrom Rack and they were too low-cut and wayyyy too long (although I guess they could be hemmed).  Maybe I’ll just not wear jeans and stick with skirts, leggings, and my one pair of Loft skinny jeans that I adore.
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