Banana Republic, not that bad

Oxnard · Nov 4, 2009

I have to disagree heartily with the OP, Banana Republic has become the epitome of BAD business casual outfits. Every 20 something who wants to look "professional" buys a tacky BR striped shirt, which they have a seemingly endless array of. Five or six years ago the stuff was a bit less tacky, the knits were nicer, but man their stuff is awful. I bought some t-shirts off their website a year ago on a whim and the cotton was seriously worse than the 3 for $5 t-shirts that they sell at wal mart. Why a thread like this gets made is beyond me.

m7ia · Nov 4, 2009

Originally Posted by uhurit

Besides, the bloody locks on their outwear are extremely annoying

Yeah, I hate that crap... can't even try stuff on off the rack properly.

jet · Nov 4, 2009

It's the de-styling of styleforum.

I vote to merge all these garbage threads into one MONSTER garbage mall brand thread or delete them altogether never to be seen again or talked about again.

Oxnard · Nov 5, 2009

Originally Posted by jet

It's the de-styling of styleforum.

I vote to merge all these garbage threads into one MONSTER garbage mall brand thread or delete them altogether never to be seen again or talked about again.

this, yes. ****** business casual is not fashion and 90% of the stuff that BR carries is definitely not stylish. Its not a price issue either, there are plenty of brands around the BR price level that are enjoyed on styleforum, especially with the workwear brands. But man this **** needs to be squirreled and done with.

a-rock · Nov 5, 2009

"BR is what we thought they were! They're what we thought they were! We bought them in our youth "” everybody wore a three quarter zip argyle! That's why we bought the damn sweater. Now if you want to crown them, then crown their ass! But they are who we thought they were! And we bought them off the rack!"
-Dennis Green

BB1 · Nov 5, 2009

The only point this thread serves is for making fun of BR. Beyond that, it's boring.

modern_leifeng · Nov 5, 2009

Originally Posted by zissou

You know, all the Heritage stuff that I ever bought was returned because I thought the materials and cut were even worse than the main line stuff.

+1 I find the heritage stuff to be worse than the regular line and agree that the fit is often off.

Originally Posted by Bill Smith

Well said on their philosophy, BR's shirts would be great at $40-50 but at nearly $100 and over here in Canada, I think not. There are other options and in my case I can go to BB downtown.

This is one of my major issues with Banana. A shirt there used to be $49.99, now they want $79.99 for a shirt. I have no problem paying more if the quality is there, but they decided to reposition the brand as a "classier, dressier" mall brand (thus as someone else commented, you don't see the workwear trend that J. Crew has done a great job hitting) without addressing their quality issues.

Razele · Nov 5, 2009

Originally Posted by jet

It's the de-styling of styleforum.

I vote to merge all these garbage threads into one MONSTER garbage mall brand thread or delete them altogether never to be seen again or talked about again.
+1 Why come to STYLEforum to talk about this tripe For the life of me I don't understand why people don't spend more time talking about legitimate design Margiela threads fail and this rubbish will stick around

dmash · Nov 5, 2009

Razele · Nov 5, 2009

Your choice of meme fits my seething rage appropriately.

Meme on, son. Meme on.

deveandepot1 · Nov 5, 2009

Robert · Nov 5, 2009

Originally Posted by Razele

+1

Why come to STYLEforum to talk about this tripe

For the life of me I don't understand why people don't spend more time talking about legitimate design

Margiela threads fail and this rubbish will stick around

Judgmental much?

Razele · Nov 5, 2009

Are you going to go A&F after J Crew, brah?

Robert · Nov 5, 2009

I never say never.

uristocrat · Nov 5, 2009

Originally Posted by a-rock

"BR is what we thought they were! They're what we thought they were! We bought them in our youth "” everybody wore a three quarter zip argyle! That's why we bought the damn sweater. Now if you want to crown them, then crown their ass! But they are who we thought they were! And we bought them off the rack!"
-Dennis Green

hilarious... I walked into BR a month ago with my lady friend.. I tried to look at their items but I just couldnt take it.. I agree, it just looks very tacky.

Banana Republic, not that bad

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