xxxamazexxx
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As with any other mass market retailer you have to cherry pick with Lands' End (I don't like how Brooks Brothers is indiscriminately upheld as THE standard-bearer while it does make some **** just like everybody else.) If you're in the market for some essential dress shirts you can't go wrong with the Hyde Park or Supima Pinpoint, best dress shirts you can find at $50 or lower. In my mind they are like the handsome, faithful shirts that no one knows cost only $50 and that you have a dozen of, freshly stacked in your drawer a la Don Draper. The same goes with their polos (if they fit), khakis, dress pants, and socks. Casual shoes can sometimes be good (like the Mainstay boat shoes that are now sold out, and the navy bucks that are still available.) Lands' End is a no-brainer for dress basics, which honestly are not the kind of stuff that needs to be super expensive and out of this world.
Lands' End Canvas (aka Lands' End for the under 35) is however a different story. I see it as an attempt to imitate J Crew's aesthetics at a lower price point and quality. Again, it's not like everything at J Crew has to be made and sold at that price, so LEC stuff sometimes makes more sense as they are. However, unlike Lands' End, LEC is not where I go to first when I'm in the market for what they typically carry.
Lands' End Canvas (aka Lands' End for the under 35) is however a different story. I see it as an attempt to imitate J Crew's aesthetics at a lower price point and quality. Again, it's not like everything at J Crew has to be made and sold at that price, so LEC stuff sometimes makes more sense as they are. However, unlike Lands' End, LEC is not where I go to first when I'm in the market for what they typically carry.
