https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:00:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355754 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:56:52 +0000 jackiec 1355754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a couple of things from there but it's been quite awhile. The store we had closeby shut down ages ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355752 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:55:22 +0000 Janet 1355752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, I wondered if that Georgetown one was still there. I haven't seen a Bennetton store other than that in years. I liked their sweaters years ago (in the 90s when the advertising was groundbreaking) but could not justify the price point at that time in my life. It seems that when I looked in more recent years, I just wasn't as impressed with the style or the quality of the knitwear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355749 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:48:57 +0000 Flytigress 1355749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember seeing&nbsp;a Bennetton sweater at TJ Maxx. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355745 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:36:08 +0000 rute 1355745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought two pairs of pants there this year. They have a lateral zip and are very flattering</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://shop.benetton.com/pt_en/woman/focus-on/your-favourite-pants.html">http://shop.benetton.com/pt_en.....pants.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355692 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:06:01 +0000 Anonymous 1355692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Georgetown one is still around! Or at least it was last I noticed.</p> <p>The other local one I know of closed a year or two ago, I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355656 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:43:31 +0000 CocoLion 1355656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I checked and there are a few stores in the US -- mostly NY but also 2 in CA and one in the Dallas area. &nbsp;When I lived in NYC in the 80s it seems they were all over the place. &nbsp;I wonder what happened? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355647 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:52:52 +0000 Jeanie 1355647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been missing Benetton but I thought all the U.S. stores closed down. &nbsp;You have stores there? &nbsp;They had great wools. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355634 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:08:19 +0000 Diana 1355634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I still have a skirt I bought at the DC one at a YLF meetup a couple of years ago. The Boston one closed a while before that and dc is the only place I've seen one recently (it was in Georgetown but I have no idea if it's still there). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355618 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 04:22:10 +0000 catgirl 1355618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved Benetton but have not seen one in ages... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355452 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:09:43 +0000 Anonymous 1355452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The stores&nbsp;are everywhere in Europe especially Italy. &nbsp;I went to several stores on my travel in Europe recently. &nbsp;My friend bought some dress for her daughter, the quality is similar to the Gap. &nbsp;You can order on line in the US. &nbsp;They seem to be quite popular in Europe. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355401 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:21:37 +0000 Ornella 1355401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I still see them in almost every&nbsp;European city I have been to in recent years, but I have no idea what they sell of how the quality changed if it had. The sizing was always way too small for me, so they were never my shopping destination. But, I'll go into my local one next time I'm in the city centre and check what's on offer, now I'm really curious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355346 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:33:39 +0000 frannieb 1355346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a Bennetton wool sweater that is 25 years old and I still wear it every winter. It is one of my greatest sweaters ever!!!!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355322 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:35:49 +0000 doubleh 1355322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually have a wool winter peacoat I bought in Boston in the early 2000s that I do still wear. &nbsp;I've only ever owned a handful in my lifetime, but that coat has held up amazingly well. &nbsp;(Ummlila, I do think Newbury St shut down mid-00s. &nbsp;Probably bc they were selling $50 peacoats. ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355320 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:34:47 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1355320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They seemed to be thriving in London when I was there in December 2011. &nbsp; Cute stuff! &nbsp;&nbsp;Lots of wool, because it was December. &nbsp;I bought a twinset: &nbsp;a cheery little&nbsp;bright red cardigan with little pearl buttons and a matching stretch tank - but I wound up listing them on eBay later because my skin has gotten crazy sensitive to wool.</p> <p>I occasionally come across really cute vintage Benetton. &nbsp;I recently&nbsp;found a really sharp-looking&nbsp;black wool Benetton coat at a thrift store, got it home, tidied it up, and listed it on eBay. &nbsp; This was made in Italy, and has a really fun diagonal textured stripe.&nbsp;As I was photographing it, a greedy little voice inside my head kept purring what a great coat it would be for <i>moi</i>. &nbsp; But I resolutely (for now) ignored that little voice, because I have plenty of pretty winter gear.</p> <p>But that is not to say I won't cave when the temperatures drop, and de-list and keep.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355317 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:21:40 +0000 Faith 1355317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In Italy they are as ubiquitous as the Gap in the US, but I haven't shopped there&nbsp;much since production left Italy (8-10 years ago??) and I started seeing more and more (unpleasant) manmade fibers. I have to say, I always slightly preferred the aesthetic of Benetton's big sister, Sisley, though, and I do have a handful of more recent items from them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355274 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:01:23 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1355274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to shop at the ones in Boston within the last 10 years or so&nbsp;and my husband was a fan of their suits. One of the Boston locations&nbsp;closed and I am not sure if the one on Newbury Street is still there anymore. One of the salespeople there told me that they operate in a way that is something like franchises, and that the person who owned those particular&nbsp;stores was not doing well. Probably the company's&nbsp;lateness in having an online store hasn't done them any good either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355271 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:49:28 +0000 Isabel 1355271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, you see the stores ? &nbsp;They had completely shut down in the US. &nbsp;It would be nice to see them make a come back. &nbsp;Every once in a while when I pick up a European magazine, I see awesome Bennetton stuff. &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355263 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:37:03 +0000 Anonymous 1355263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. But didn't they have some great patterned sweaters back in the 80's? I didn't realize they were still around.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355258 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:29:40 +0000 Anonymous 1355258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a few sweaters (and maybe gloves or a scarf?)&nbsp;from there a few years ago. I also remember someone who was really petite and slender telling me she bought suits there because they were one of the few places with cuts small enough for her.</p> <p>I'm kind of surprised they still exist too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355254 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:24:21 +0000 viva 1355254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a chunky grey wool vest that I bought at a DC Bennetton last year, while visiting my daughter at college. I had not been in one of those stores in ages and was surprised to find something! Remember when the racial/ethnic diversity in their advertising was so groundbreaking? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355249 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:10:35 +0000 kkards 1355249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There was actually a store in my neighborhood that just closed a few months ago. Honestly, I'd go in a couple times a year,maybe once or twice a year,I'd try something on, but I think it was a decade or so since I bought anything. I was always surprised that the store survived as long as it did. I assumed someone was using it as some kind of tax write off or something, cause there was no way it was making money. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-still-wearing-bennetton#post-1355228 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:12:40 +0000 ironkurtin 1355228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's still around, because I see the stores, but I haven't heard much about them since college. </p>