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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Crains NY Reports on Major Plus Size Cuts
It appears that in the downslide of the downturn that department stores and brands are cutting their plus size lines citing larger losses in their plus size market.
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20090531/FREE/305319991
This is ridiculous, these manufacturers and stores are passing up an opportunity. Us plus size women are more than willing to spend money on quality fashionable clothing. It's no wonder they lost market share because they were always trying to sell us something 2nd rate at high prices. That's a fashion fail for sure!
Re/Dress NYC offers those (soon to be hard to find) brands of plus size clothing at a recession-friendly resale price, including the remaining inventory from Abby Z's Soho store.
With Re/Dress NYC we can shop green, look fabulous and thumb our noses at those shortsighted department stores who don't care about plus size women.
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Any store that cuts out plus-sizes DESERVES to go out of business, IMHO. That's just bad marketing, plain and simple.
They're snobbing themselves to death. And yes, I realize "snobbing" is not actually a word.
I take a balanced approach to this - after all, this is a generalized article, we don't know what each individual store's running costs are to know that their plus departments AREN'T the cash cow we say they should be. Companies are just looking to make it through the recession without going out of business - why would they get rid of the product that helps them keep the doors open?
At any rate, nice pic of the two City Chic model search girls.
ellen tracy and classique entier were trying to sell you something second rate at high prices? it's the really good quality lines that are closing up shop, the lowend lines are going on.
funny how everyone wants to blame the plus lines, when even fantastic plus lines like classique or david meister or lafayette or donna ricco or sweet pea or due don't get anywhere near the attention on plus fashion blogs than torrid.
(and if it's second rate, is it any better when sold second hand?)
personally i'm sorry that some of these lines didn't get the $ they need, because they kept me clothed.
Hi Anonymous,
I'm sorry but I cannot agree that Ellen Tracy was worth the money. So much of the high end styles while made of beautiful fabrics had boxy and shapeless cuts.
I'm a huge fan of the indie designers like Igigi, Kiyonna + Svoboda who sell gorgeous clothing as not cheap prices but not insane mark ups like $400 for a Lafayette 148 blazer.
I'd totally agree that Donna Ricco is a winner in the price/design category and have been a fan of their for years both professionally and personally.
Out of all the dept stores selling Plus, I think Nordstrom is doing the best job being innovated with their designers and also they've been keeping their prices as a much more reasonable level. I see them as a leader in plus and would love to see Saks and other folks follow suit.
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