How do y'all feel about Old Navy? I see a lot of Old Navy love here and while I wasn't as enamored as some, I was always pleased that they offered affordable and trendy clothes for plus sizes.
I was pretty bitter when they moved to online only and stopped shopping there until I recently received a gift card from a friend. I went online and was so! excited! because I saw that they were having a basics sale -hooray! Alas - I soon saw that there were crazy pricing differences between the plus sized and "regular" sized clothing on the site - a green v-neck t-shirt with no embellishment is $5 on sale from $10 for a skinnier gal, but I have to buy 2 in order to even be eligible for a discount and then my plus size discount is $10 from $14. I was sort of shocked and saddened to see that skinny gals can pay a mere 40% of the purchase price while I have to pay about 70% of the original purchase price -and only if I buy multiple items. I wrote them a letter and got a form letter back "we've passed your feedback on! We value you as a customer and hope you continue to shop with us!"
I guess I was just wondering - is this sort of sizist pricing common? I don't mind paying a bit more on the regular purchase price, but surely the discounts should be the same across the board, right? Like, why is it 60% off t shirts -EXCEPT FOR FATTIES?? Am I being too sensitive? Has anyone else noticed this?
That's what I think, too.
I buy tee shirts there, too, but let's not confuse ON with quality, well-made clothing.
maybe they are afraid if we are in the stores we will eat the skinny women?
What pisses me off about Old Navy's plus sizes is that they often don't have the same clothes in their plus sizes. I'm between their XXL and plus sizes, so finding sometimes I like in the store that doesn't fit as well as I'd like, and then it not being available online at all, that's what annoys me. I don't see why they think that us fats need different clothes than everyone else, as I don't see being fat as precluding me from being able to wear one of their cute sundresses, but apparently they do?
A few times I've been there looking for layering tanks and stuff I haven't seen any.
I didn't even know they had plus sizes in stores until after they were yanked. I'm more bummed about them upping their shipping prices.
But I do have to say its a lot more affordable than Lane Bryant or some other plus chains.
I shop in store quite often, and have noticed that some stores are better than others at carrying enough XL and XXL sizes. I live in San Antonio and the ON at the Quarry is my favorite. I can always find the item I want in a larger size (I wear an XL to an XXL). I wear an 18/20 usually and can usually shop in-store.
I wore a 22 before I went on meds for diabetes though, and could rarely shop in store after they removed the + sized items which made my sad because ON has cute, fun, inexpensive items (I do find plus sized items on the clearance rack that were bought online and returned instore, however). So I really feel your frustration! I DO like that they offer larger sizes than they used to in-store on the website. So that's one benefit'
One store that carries from XS to 3X and does NOT charge more money for the larger sizes is Coldwater Creek. More spendy (but great sales, esp online) and a completely different style but if you are trying to avoid the fat-tax, they are a great company!
I shop in store quite often, and have noticed that some stores are better than others at carrying enough XL and XXL sizes. I live in San Antonio and the ON at the Quarry is my favorite. I can always find the item I want in a larger size (I wear an XL to an XXL). I wear an 18/20 usually and can usually shop in-store.
I wore a 22 before I went on meds for diabetes though, and could rarely shop in store after they removed the + sized items which made my sad because ON has cute, fun, inexpensive items (I do find plus sized items on the clearance rack that were bought online and returned instore, however). So I really feel your frustration! I DO like that they offer larger sizes than they used to in-store on the website. So that's one benefit'
One store that carries from XS to 3X and does NOT charge more money for the larger sizes is Coldwater Creek. More spendy (but great sales, esp online) and a completely different style but if you are trying to avoid the fat-tax, they are a great company!
I think "fat tax" is the right term for this. And I think retailers (not just ON) do it because they figure that fat shoppers are going to be so happy to find reasonable clothes in their size that they'll happily pay a premium. And they figure that fat shoppers won't complain too vociferously, because doing so would be basically standing up and saying, "LOOKIT ME I AM TOO FAT FOR STRAIGHT SIZES!"
And all that is total bullshit.
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BUT! I have generally had a good experience with ON, both plus and non. I can wear both, and they are my favorite to order from. jeans tend to be tricky, but that always happens when ordering jeans online. Otherwise, A lot of my basics are from ON.. I haven't really had issues with the quality of the clothing. I do wash all my clothes on a delicate cycle and I usually air dry a lot of stuff. (I hate the feeling of the clothes after the dryers here at University!) I don't know, maybe I have just gotten lucky. I haven't had too bad of a time with the pricing.
I dont think $10 for a tee shirt is unreasonable, especially because I usually get a LOT of wear out of it.
this has been an interesting thread for me to have read. I hope I've helped!!
Honestly, in my experience, the quality is about on par with Avenue, and not too much worse than LB....my jeans in particular have held up much better than my old LB ones.
Thanks, ON.