<p>^^ well seeing as ruehl is aimed at "adults" i guess they're working and that might explain the prices. personally, i dont even liket he stuff in that store.</p>
<p>i shop at american eagle, abercrombie and hollister sometimes, marshall fields because i am in love with bcbg, nordstrom, and guess.</p>
<p>Does anybody else find it kind of ironic that people here consider clothing from PacSun and Express "cheap" clothing? I find the prices at such stores absolutely outrageous, i.e. paying $20-25 for a t-shirt or $30-40 for a pair of jeans. That said, I mostly shop off the sales racks at retail stores like JCPenny and Kohls, as well as Old Navy and Target. I don't think I've ever paid over $15 for a t-shirt.</p>
<p>ya, i agree with you, volteface. i usually get shirts for around 5 dollars off sales racks, jeans 10-15 dollars.</p>
<p>I shop at AE, Express, Abercrombie, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger, etc. Guess I'm preppy eh?</p>
<p>ecko, sean john, polo, southpole, and g unit.</p>
<p>hows this for a mix? the three bs (bendels barneys and bergdorf) scoop nyc, big drop, urban outfitters j crew and the salvation army. hey, it works for me. ;)
oh and i cant forget screaming mimis for their second floor vintage.</p>
<p>most of my clothes are $15 or under. they're from a wide range of stores.</p>
<p>Ambercrombie is horrible! They sell RIPPED UP TACKY JEANS for 60 dollars!</p>
<p>They sell shirts that say "MIddle East sucks ass"</p>
<p>And they won't hier you if you're not white.</p>
<p>Horrible place. Just feeding and dementing the minds of ****tarded white teenagers with daddy's credit card.</p>
<p>I think it's something called "business," or maybe it's "supply and demand," but I've been wrong before...</p>
<p>Yeah, I find all those stores expensive, plus it's not really my style. I shop at Bui Yah Kah, The Body Shop, Rave, DEB, and Foley's (for business casual clothes).</p>
<p>i like Polo, J.Press, Vineyard Vines, Lacoste, J. Crew, Patagonia, etc.</p>
<p>I shop at AE, jcrew, polo ralph lauren, and random other places..</p>
<p>I like all different kinds of stuff. So I shop at a lot of different places. Hollister (better than Abercrombie imo), Aero, American Eagle, Express, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus...and any place with jeans to make the ass look awesome. lol</p>
<p>I shop in downtown Philly or at the King of Prussia Mall, which is the third largest mall in the US. But...in terms of leasable space it supposedly beats Mall of America, the biggest (says the Philly Inquirer). </p>
<p>Oh and Urban Outfitters is the ****. There's one in Center City AAAAND one by UPenn. :)</p>
<p>I hate abercrombie and fitch because it seems you can't buy a shirt there without becoming their walking sales pitch. Also, the music in their stores is too dang loud, the clerks seem arrogant, and most of all, I hate walking through a mall and seeing an abercrombie store every hundred feet. </p>
<p>Meh, as for me, I don't wear jeans, which makes my life a lot easier clothes wise. I go to Eddie Bauer when I "officially" buy my clothes for school, Old Navy when I need to "restock", and whenever I want formal or nicer clothes I go to a nice men's clothing store in my area. Besides the people being really good friends, they sell nice Tommy Bahamas, good suits, and cool silk shirts at great prices. Add a few band shirts from hot topic and I'm all set.</p>
<p>sunglass hut
nike town
old navy
jc penny
sears
costco-less than 10 min. away from my house
online</p>
<p>Let me just start by saying that I totally agree that people shouldn't become walking billboards for brands. I personally loathe wearing shirts that essentially are plugs for whatever store or brand you bought it from.</p>
<p>I buy a lot of my clothes from Urban, American Apparel, and this close out store called Filene's Basement (it's a New England thing, but what is cool about is that they sell all types of brands- from Prada, Marc Jacobs, YVL, to Diesel and Energie to Guess, Lucky, and FC-UK (French Connection) to Plugg and other lower priced brands).</p>
<p>Suffice to say that I don't necessarily buy clothes because of the label, but because of the quality of the clothes themselves- from the construction, to the material, and the detail. Many of you bash on people on spend $200+ (and let me tell you that I was just like you) on jeans, but you just don't know why people spend so much until you have actually tried $200+ jeans. I know it sounds so absurd to spend that much money (heck that's a half year worth of cell phone bills), but the fit/construction/quality of these jeans is just unbelievable. Try them and then come back and say how insane those people are for spending that much. And, to some degree we can justify the price, but that is for a different debate.</p>
<p>I own pairs of G-Stars, Energies, and Joe's Jeans (and I love all them). I buy shirts mainly from American Apparel and Threadless. I buy funky indie blazers from H&M (I have a Euro body type- slim and tall. And it's hard to buy blazers that fit from regular American stores. I've spent so much time trying to find blazers that fit and I couldn't find any, except for H&M). Any store that sells jackets that are just what I am looking for I buy from. Shoes come from any place that sells Pumas or Diesels or Converses (my favorite shoe brands).</p>
<p>Why thrift stores are awesome: Today, I bought 2 pairs of Gap jeans, Gap khakis, a button-up Gap shirt, an AE skirt, two pairs of Adidas shorts, a Saves the Day cd, a book, some Puma sneakers, and three random t-shirts...all for under $30. :D</p>
<p>IMO, it partially depends what part of the country you're in as to what's considered "expensive" and "haute coture;" I know Prada, Gucci, etc., etc. are REALLY the expensive designer stuff, but I know that people around here, anyway, DO consider Abercrombie/AE, etc. to be the designer type stuff because a) they don't have access to the really high quality stuff because no boutiques around here really carry it and b) they probably wouldn't be able to afford it anyway if they had the opportunity to buy it.</p>
<p>I like to buy stuff on the cheap because I tend to go through clothes quickly. I get tired of wearing stuff, so I just kind of toss them in the back of my closet. Also, I've lost weight and gone down sizes lately, so it's a lot cheaper for me to buy stuff from thrift stores...I know that the designer stuff is probably better quality, but it doesn't seem worth it to me because I doubt I'm going to wear it for long enough to get my money out of it.</p>
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I know exactly what that's like! It's so annoying that they don't really fit my body shape. My waist is really really small but when I try on blazers from shops, they tend to make my waist look really wide for some weird reason.. I got this awful pastel pink one (I used to like it.. but now, ughhh) and it was the closest thing I could get that matched my body shape. I'm planning to buy a black one soon.. i hope i can find a nice one.</p>
<p>Ross and other thrift shops. Haha...</p>
<p>The Love Shack and Cloud 9...</p>