tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post3668649546201475126..comments2024-01-02T10:16:13.926+00:00Comments on The Thoughtful Dresser: Retail trendsLinda Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126115924247248057noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-33781793345030794752007-12-06T23:25:00.000+00:002007-12-06T23:25:00.000+00:00At 50+, I was very happy to walk into Forth & Town...At 50+, I was very happy to walk into Forth & Towne - and walk right back out again. Their styles and colors were very restricted, the stock was limited, the lighting was poor - in Los Angeles, at least, they did a lousy job. I hope somebody will take up this demographic and do a good job...with prices lower than Coldwater Creek!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-41280958115805982472007-12-06T17:07:00.000+00:002007-12-06T17:07:00.000+00:00Well, the marketing didn't seem to keep anyone out...Well, the marketing didn't seem to keep anyone out of my local F&T. It was always packed, and I dropped a bundle in there in the few short months they were open. I still keep hoping someone will pick up that mantle and run with it, even if they market it differently.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005855250089328310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424698162327097126.post-13244188466670283162007-12-06T16:11:00.000+00:002007-12-06T16:11:00.000+00:00"A 42-year old woman who walks into a department s..."A 42-year old woman who walks into a department store isn't making a public branding statement about her being 42, as she does when she walks into Forth & Towne. Hence the plug-pulling."<BR/>Ah, the "Fredericks of Hollywood Effect". Buying a sexy bustier in the lingerie dept. of a dept. store is just fine - being seen walking into a Fredericks of Hollywood(or even Victoria's Secret)is NOT. <BR/>Chico's is perhaps not great, but they are still way ahead of another retail purveyor or "grown up ladies' clothing", Coldwater Creek, which still insists that women over 40 crave things that have snowmen, snow-women, Christmas trees, etc. embroidered all over them. Nothing screams "old lady in polyester pants" like a snow-person embroidered on a sweater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com