Talbots Rediscovers Boomers
We all know the frustration of trying to shop after 40. Where do you go? What do you buy when it seems like there’s nothing out there but 0 sized trendy teen clothes or boring and dowdy mature fashions?
Shopping used to be fun. Now it’s like hunting for the wooly mammoth!
Boomers are being left high and dry. Now a recent U.S.A. Today article called Clothing Stores rediscover boomers says stores are waking up to the fact that we want to look hip, modern and fashionable and we do have the money to spend. (What took them so long?)
Bloomingdales started the trend.
Now, Talbots, is trying to modernize their line. We’ll see what happens. I (Deb) have had good luck with their summer sandals, but everything I’ve ever tried on is too conservative and hugely cut to be fashionable for me. JoJami bought a jacket there before because it was fantastic color, but it was very boxy and she had to have it taken in.
We went on line to see if there was anything interesting on their site since having read the this article. As soon as the site popped up we were oohing and awing at their home page. The cute and colorful doublebreasted pea coats looked exciting and fun.
Next, we clicked onto accessories and again, were impressed. Looked like a few things we wouldn’t mind checking out like the croc embossed clutch or the hair calf flats or cute brown ankle boots.
But when we got to the clothes, we’ve got to admit, we were disappointed. Nice classic stuff but so classic and plain it was boring. We like classic, but give us classic with a modern twist. We did, however, give them points for this top from the plus size department which we thought was fresh and slimming for curvy glam gals.
Maybe they haven’t got their new clothes on line yet? JoJami has a client next week and she is going to take her shopping, so will test the waters.
Where do you shop? What lines do you buy? Tommorow we’ll talk about what is working for JoJami and me.
