March 24, 2007
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It's depressing when a company with which one has shopped for years begins to lose its wits, ignoring its core market and chasing after who-knows-what-market.
For at least ten or more years I've purchased a lot of my clothes from Silhouettes, first from their catalog, then on-line. Over the past year or two, however, it's been harder and harder for me to find anything I'm terribly interested in. Instead of nice cotton knit dresses....once so many were offered it'd be a difficult business having to choose only two or three...they've gone heavily into rayon and linen.
Okay, when one thinks of "easy care", rayon and linen are not fabrics that leap to mind.
Not only the fabric has changed, but the styles and the models. Check out these two photos from their latest collection:
Oh yeah. There's a look I'm eager to make my own. When I feast my eyes on her, why, it's as if I'm looking in a mirror.
Not. Silhouettes is a company featuring clothing for those of, ahem, Reubenesque proportions. We don't usually wear stuff like that, never mind the finger-in-the-electric-socket hairdo.
And it looks like the buyers at Silhouettes are trying to break us free from the shackles of matching colors so they work well together:
Blue chambray shirt paired with an orange/yellow/lime (it shows up better in the catalog than on the website, but trust me...the lime's there) skirt?
You go first.
Comments (6)
I thought everyone knew that the best way to draw attention to your size was to have unmatched clothing for top and bottom-- and that conversely, the best way to look slimmer was to have your clothing be one color from top to bottom. You're right, their designer ought to be shot. And get a haircut, lady.
Exactly! Could you see me in such a get-up? But that's the way the catalog is trending, with myriad styles that I not only don't like, but would look ridiculous wearing.
What's the point, then?
How about Blair? They have a number of knit dresses and I also like their calcutta cloth seperates.
I've been shopping more at Lane Bryant recently...will check out Blair, though! Thanks ever so.
There's LaneBryantcom and Lanebryantcatalog.com. Most of the stuff at the former is a bit too hip for me, and more expensive, too. Also, Jessica London has great stuff, good prices.
And those clothes are strange. I get that catalogue too and find it fascinating, wondering about the target market. Amazing. It's a pet peeve of mine that they use size 6 (or smaller) models to sell 14-28 clothes. SHEESH!
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Just don't forget to tell them why you're taking your business somewhere else. You could include these comments. Wouldn't that be satisfying? And you'll have done your civic duty to Capitalism. Nothing like improving the system.
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