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J.Crew Goes Girly for Spring

by Britt Aboutaleb

jcrew ss10 .jpgEditors swooned over J.Crew’s spring/summer collection at the company’s Astor Place headquarters yesterday.

Creative Director Jenna Lyons presented a slouchy, girly, heavily layered look. There were liberty print rompers (that won’t make it into stores, even though I’d buy five), camo jackets, sequined shorts and tanks, a bunch of grandpa cardigans and one great gown all paired with brogues and what looked like Kork-Ease wedges.

There were touches of neon everywhere (even more than for fall) and chunky jewelry layered atop itself on wrists and necks, including those Miriam Haskell pieces Lyons was so excited about.

Pants-less looks made more than one appearance, with plaid ruffled high-waisted bloomers and what looked like grey knit short, short shorts. And though the clothes were fantastic, it’s the brilliant styling that made everyone want to jump in and live in J.Crew world.

That and the pigs in a blanket they were passing around.



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posted by guest

Oct 22, 2009 9:59AM

i think j crew does chris benz better than chris benz.

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posted by Shauna

Oct 22, 2009 10:14AM

love the orange, sequins, and baubles...
www.newandworthy.com

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posted by guest

Oct 22, 2009 10:28AM

Wow, this is great. Totally wearable. I want. Especially those sequin/paillette top/dresses. and that suede jacket! aiiii.

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posted by guest

Oct 22, 2009 11:08AM

J. Crew will always promote a layered look! More layers = more purchases for one look. I can't remember a time when J. Crew didn't recommend layers...

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posted by guest

Oct 22, 2009 11:35AM

i can't remember a time when i could afford jcrew. and yet their price point keeps going up and up.

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posted by Sean

Oct 22, 2009 12:20PM

Yes! J.Crew's styling is, to quote RZ in spite of myself, "on another level." I die over their website, which I have literally started to check every single day. But the price point thing is an interesting J.Crew issue that I've never heard resolved. Like, for instance, they have a $2,500 shearling jacket for sale online. Who would buy that? Who expects to find a $2,500 shearling jacket in a J.Crew? Still, it's awesome looking and Jenna Lyons is nothing less than a dynamo! If only she was the creative genius behind menswear my world might start to make sense (and if she is in charge of menswear please don't tell me. I'd like to absolve her, if possible).

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posted by RashomonRebel

Oct 22, 2009 12:41PM

Sean has a good point.

Everything looks good but do you think the regular JCrew girl dresses like this?

It's going to be a challenge for Jenna to create a Marni girl from the west coast, in price and appearance.

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posted by Clar

Oct 22, 2009 1:12PM

Just because you're writing about fashion doesn't mean you have to write like this. Give Strunk & White a once-over sometime. Did you editors really "swoon"? Would you really have purchased five liberty print rompers?

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posted by Reenie

Oct 22, 2009 1:16PM

Seriously. The catalog looks great, and then you stop and say, "you're wearing a button-down shirt, under a turtleneck, under a jersey dress, with a cardigan, and a blazer, AND a BELT wrapped over all of it, plus 5 necklaces, pumps, and socks."

I mean, don't get me wrong, I love their catalog and think it looks great, but I agree that all those layers are probably not wearable.

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posted by Reenie

Oct 22, 2009 1:17PM

Clar, I love S&W. I keep the illustrated copy on my desk with the Chicago Manual of Style. But...I'm a legal intern, so I guess that's different.

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posted by werewolf

Oct 22, 2009 1:19PM

Clar, I was just going to suggest that if you don't like the writing style of a publication, you should probably read something else, no?

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posted by mrsPILATI

Oct 22, 2009 1:24PM

ughhh J Crew, why are you soo irresistable?

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posted by guest

Oct 22, 2009 3:41PM

Wow, some cute clothes. By the way, Liberty should be capitalized. It is a brand name (Liberty Art Fabrics, from Liberty of London), after all. Shouldn't fashion writers know such things?

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posted by rickeyg303

Oct 22, 2009 7:05PM

ew @ #13.

and obviously the catalog isn't meant to be copied directly. it's meant to inspire women to LAYER. period. it doesn't have to be a thousand layers and belts and jewelry and men's shoes. just, to be creative and pair things you normally wouldn't. DUH.

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posted by guest

Oct 22, 2009 11:10PM

I adore J.Crew but I simply can't justify the price. They charge far too much for what they have to offer. If I'm spending $130 on jeans, am I really going to go to J.Crew to buy them?

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posted by guest

Oct 23, 2009 1:35AM

Can't believe someone said "ew" because someone else noted a misspelling! Is that really worthy of a "ew"?

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posted by Reenie

Oct 23, 2009 7:17AM

What's really ew-worthy is #14's attitude. DUH, really?

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posted by kate

Oct 23, 2009 1:57PM

Ever since J. Crew has started selling items at a higher price point (which has been years now, btw) I have been confused and grossed out by people's responses. They can't justify spending that much for something from J. Crew. I don't understand why people don't understand that they are actually getting MORE for their $ when they buy $130 jeans at J. Crew, because they are NOT paying for the name or the certain design on their pocket (plus, no designs on the pocket proclaiming a brand name = yay, of course), they are paying for the quality. I just think it is sort of label-whorish not to want to spend money there, if you have that money to spend at all, especially when their countless catalogs painstakingly explain why their python ballet flats are well-made enough to cost $400, when you will pay that much for, say, gucci logo flats or something that are made by the thousands in a sweatshop instead. Silly.

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posted by guest

Oct 23, 2009 2:32PM

Dig. Dig. Dig.
And I agree with #18.
BUT, I don't buy their shoes because I don't spend $400 on shoes with synthetic linings and soles.
That's the one quality 'fall down' that I get with them.

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