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Now, I'm not one to usually rant – especially about someone else's website and what they do with it…
But wassup with all the Jenna Lyons hype [love]? Her styling reminds me of a child who uses too many different Crayons (except they're all varying hues of grey & brown) in one drawing.
1. Jenna doesn't style the collection, she designs it.
2. We've criticized J.Crew when we think criticism is deserved, but right now, it is THE most important brand on the high street. Whatever you think about the clothes, you can't deny the influence. That's why we write about J.Crew a lot, because they are just as important to retail right now as Marc Jacobs or Phoebe Philo are to high fashion.
Cool beans….point taken.
Eh, probably a dumb question that I could figure out easily, but who styles it? Their stuff is always just piled on.
And on that note…I understand what you're saying about their significance in the “high street” market, but am I the only one who just thinks the brand is STILL very basic and stodgy? Don't get me wrong…the fits are great (like I said on here a couple of weeks ago I tried a pair of the silk/wool blend [I'm pretty sure that was the fabrication] slacks and I loved them, but the color was soooooooo bland and what I thought was way too much for J. Crew [close to $300]) and I enjoy the fabrics, but it just doesn't move me like that….
IDK.
I totally agree. I've found J. Crew to have become boring to the point of being insufferable (and I used to LOVE its whimsy and color). It just filters fashion trends into something completely bland and uninspiring–and at a higher and higher price point than it merits. And a lot of their hyper-success that is so important to the retail world was fueled by Mrs. Obama's sponsorship, not just Jenna's. But now that everyone's on the boat, there's no stopping it and/or Jenna (who can do a LOT of wrong). Personally, I think J. Crew has become pedestrian at best. It doesn't even have a point of view anymore, just some sloppy mishmash of urban/runway trends.
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Oh YES!!!
And I completely agree. The colors are dreadfully uninspiring; not even basic greys and browns – which I can deal with (and actually like and have interspersed throughout my wardrobe) – but DULL shades of brown and grey, with little to no jewel-tones for variation. It becomes almost a uniform of Jenna – Lyonites, if you will.
Don't get me wrong…I'm not saying that the world should be full of eye-popping color and vibrancy, because, let's be honest – after a while, that gets old, too, and we need a bit of basics to balance it all out. But we shouldn't have to live in a world of sepia and slate, either, for goodness' sake!
And don't even get me started on the lack of original ideas. You hit the nail on the head.
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