https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:03:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426797 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 05:20:03 +0000 Debbie 1426797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found out today ours is closing to. There are others here in town and I don't think any of them are closing. I am sad because the store was so close to me but I will have to branch out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426644 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 23:41:51 +0000 unfrumped 1426644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I almost never paid shipping because I would order the minimum. At fist it was a workaround and then just necessary because I couldn't predict my size.<br /> I still often bought in store because they'd run 40-5o% off often enough that I could just get a single item, whereas I would not do that online. Also I like to check out the fabrications IRL.<br /> I will likely still look online at skirts and curvy pants if they keep the fit the same, because usually either my regular size fits or the item just doesn't get me. But it would move me more toward some kind of semi- annual or quarterly AT- try-on for business wear, since I would now have to pay $9 or so to ship back. And I would be<br /> less likely to try tops &amp; sweaters. </p> <p>Time to branch out anyway! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426643 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 23:41:11 +0000 gryffin 1426643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfrumped - sorry to hear it.&nbsp; I used to buy my entire wardrobe, for the most part, from AT.&nbsp; In the last 10 yr we've parted ways, they changed their fit model and outlook.&nbsp; But in the last year, I found some really nice pieces - the snow leopard coat particularly.&nbsp; If you know your size well enough, at least there is online (sorry I know that is cold comfort).&nbsp; Everything good goes away, I know it's not true, but something it feels that way.&nbsp; Here's hoping they reopen somewhere that is still close to you!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426631 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 23:05:53 +0000 PalmFronds 1426631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our AT was turned into a Loft instead. No unusually good sales when it closed here:-( </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426604 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:29:20 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1426604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Suz, maybe they'll have some really good inventory reduction sales before they close!</p> <p>The Forbes story that annagybe shared reminds me that the Ann Taylor stores around here are so weird. One, in the rich suburb mall, moved to temporary digs and then opened a new bigger store which I think is one of the concept stores they mention in the article. It's big and has lots of stock but the layout is awkward and they always have a ton of mega-clearance stuff on the second floor, which seems counter to the high-end image they were otherwise aiming for (does it all come from that store or is it brought in from other stores, dunno?). The store in the slightly less swanky mall is small and always very bare, with a lot of suiting and very little for business casual or smart casual, which is how 90% of people dress around here. The store in the other big mall is also very suit-oriented and I see a lot more people buying stuff at Loft than AT proper. Talbots beats them both, as far as selection and quality for the price, it just is aimed at an older customer. </p> <p>tl;dr I have a lot of Ann Taylor stuff, but almost all of it was bought online or at the Factory Store. I find the Loft mall stores much more apt to have something I want to buy, but never buy from Loft online because their prices seem much higher than the B&amp;M stores, or at least they have less sales. I find their brand 'statements', or whatever you call them, very inconsistent across stores (even in the same geographic region) and between stores and online. I think it's strange.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426502 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:26:33 +0000 annagybe 1426502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perhaps your store was underperforming</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/07/17/whats-driving-ann-taylors-store-count/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/gr.....ore-count/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426461 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:20:02 +0000 catgirl 1426461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no! I've never had one and their shipping costs are outrageous but I am sure the loss of a staple store is painful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426440 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:43:45 +0000 Suz 1426440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear -- that is going to be tough for you for sure!! wow. I hope they will have some great sales at least.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426435 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:41:43 +0000 kkards 1426435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The AT that was in my neighborhood closed about 2 years ago, there's still one in my city's big mall. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mothership-setting-sail#post-1426416 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:06:32 +0000 unfrumped 1426416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I posted this already--but it disappeared, I think&nbsp;I must not have clicked right.</p> <p>The Ann Taylor store here is closing in a month!</p> <p>Oh my--"challenge and opportunity" for my wardrobe,&nbsp; no doubt.</p> <p>Anybody else's AT going out of business as brick &amp; mortar?</p>