I agree with you on Target Control Freak. I especially by the basic essentials there such as plain black wool cardigan that I have just worn for about 3 days a week for a third winter. Plain straight black skirt and pants for winter - It all depends on fit of course, but I believe you can't tell a $70 from a $400 pair of black pants if they have similar cuts (if you know what I mean).
I used to like brown sugar but I don't think their quality is so good any more. Esprit I always find good quality but try to pick things up while on sale.
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I buy clothes from SES, they range from like $4.95 to max $30 bucks. I get winter coats there (really nice ones) for $19.95 end of season and wear them next season.
I think they are in most Westfields now. Although their clothes arent the best quality, still wearable for a while.
Just subscribing to this thread as I need to get myself a lot of new clothes. Fiona I need to follow your lead and just try some things on. I really haven't bought anything for myself in 5 years since pre-DD1 and I think that I need to revamp my style and my wardrobe. I can't get away with stuff that I was wearing in my early 30's now that I am in my late 30's
Places like Target are usually copying particular fashion styles in a need to get it out there fast, and at a lower price. They send huge orders with harsh deadlines to their manufacturers who fall all over each other trying to get the big contract, and workers end up pulling double shifts in terrible conditions to make it.
The on-flow effect of this is that they don't make em like they used to. Second hand garments shipped to Africa, Asia and South America (you think they end up in Vinnies when you throw them away? Only 5%) are now far less re-saleable because of reduced quality, so end up being thrown out. Not a winner for the planet.
I have linen pants and some jeans I bought from Sussan that still sit beautifully a few years on.
All my country road stuff seems to hold its shape and not pill etc.
I really like the regatta range from Myer - they have great sales on their stuff and it's good quality that doesn't go out of shape or pill if it's just cotton interlock so I get a lot of stuff from there. Ezibuy is quite good too - I've had a few shirts from there that I've had for a cople of years now and a gorgeous red wooll and cashmere Pea Coat that I've had for 7 years.
Snugglybean, I saw a thing of TV ages ago about that - I can't remember what country it was but they had more clothes than you could poke a stick at because all the charities kept sending all their cast offs to them thinking they were doing a good thing and it was buggering their economy or something like that because they had sooo much of it. And even with the recent tragedy in Samoa they were saying they don't need clothing, just money and I assumed it was because they already have truckloads of charity donated stuff as well.
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