https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:06:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1162513 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:08:52 +0000 Lisa 1162513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh goodness, what a wait time.&nbsp; But I'm not really surprised.&nbsp; As much as I adore the city, I have very little patience for the stores because they DO get so packed.&nbsp; Well at least you still picked up something, so it wasn't a total bust.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1162158 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 02:06:10 +0000 April 1162158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Karie -- the Philadelphia&nbsp;Zara is on the north side of&nbsp;Walnut Street between 17th and 18th.&nbsp; You won't wait in line for a fitting room, in my experience. &nbsp;Very easy to get to if you come across&nbsp;the Ben Franklin bridge from Jersey. &nbsp;Within a couple of blocks there is a &nbsp;lot of good shopping -- two H&amp;Ms (yes, two,&nbsp;I don't know why), a big Urban Outfitters, a big Anthropologie, BCBG, Club Monaco, Cole Haan, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p>Walk a block over to Chestnut Street and you can go to&nbsp;Joan Shepp and Knit Wit&nbsp;-- local boutiques, not chains. &nbsp;</p> <p>(Philadelphia meetup, anyone?) &nbsp;:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161899 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:37:54 +0000 CocoLion 1161899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have never had this experience at stores in San Francisco or Pasadena. &nbsp;The store at the Westfield mall in SF can get busy but the Post Street store, which is big (ladies dressing rooms on 2 floors) is never a problem. &nbsp;Then again I don't shop on weekends, only weekdays usually mid-week. &nbsp;I know this is not possible for many people's jobs though. &nbsp;One of the benefits of working weekends and having Tues-Wed be your weekend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161835 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:51:25 +0000 Suz 1161835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, I agree -- it's not teens only by any means -- it's just that teens and 20 somethings tend to crowd the place. Because it's affordable and high fashion.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161821 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:33:19 +0000 April 1161821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think Zara in general is a "teens only" place, but the teens were out in full force yesterday for sure. &nbsp;To be fair, many were accompanied by their moms, who were also shopping there. &nbsp;(Surely it's one of the few places where that's possible without being embarrassing to either of them. &nbsp;Something for everyone.)&nbsp;</p> <p>I did almost give up in that long line, but was so impressed that they had brought me two sizes of something that wasn't even on display yet, I felt I should honor that kind of customer service. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161791 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 17:45:26 +0000 karymk 1161791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awwww. That sucks about the pants. How do they even make stuff look good on those models when the proportions and sizing is so strange? </p> <p>However, you were indeed in Soho, which is a huge treat for moi. So I m jalouse! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161766 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 16:56:10 +0000 Ariadne 1161766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Zara here in Vancouver is the same. &nbsp;Too bad about the pants. &nbsp;They look super cool online. &nbsp;You deserve a medal (or an extra large caramel macchiato!) for braving that zoo scene. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161718 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:49:47 +0000 Janet 1161718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are a far more patient woman than I! I really dislike shopping in a crowded store and have never waited more than 5-10 minutes for a fitting room. If it's that bad I just leave. It makes me feel stressed and overwhelmed. I think that's why I didn't love my only shopping experience at Century 21 in NYC a couple of years ago and have not been back in there, even though I know Zap and others have found great stuff there. </p> <p>I have ordered from Zara online (and been to their DC stores) and that's a much more pleasant experience! But their fits are problematic on me. Tops can work -- bottoms never have. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161716 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:49:10 +0000 ironkurtin 1161716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Suz - huh. In NYC it's all more sophisticated gear. Both Garance and Angie often shop there as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161710 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:46:05 +0000 Glory 1161710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too bad about the pants because they did look promising. At least you saved a return trip by trying them in store.<br />Zara and H&amp;M just recently opened here. I went last week to Zara for the first time - weekday lunch hour - and it was busy but only a small fitting room wait line. I suspect evenings and weekends are a totally different story.<br />H&amp;M was a nightmare both times I went. The store has its merchandise too densely packed and it looks very unappealing - not at all like the H&amp;M I visited in Toronto. My DD stood in line forever to try some pants. She did get them, and a sweater but It was an overall painful experience for me.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161702 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:40:31 +0000 Suz 1161702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hahaha, April - you are hilarious!!&nbsp;</p> <p>IK, Zara's mobbed with teens and young 20-somethings in TO and Montreal as well -- hardly anyone over 30 unless she is a mother of said younger woman. I'm usually the crone in the place. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>Goes back to Torontogirl's thread about regional differences, I guess! Apparently in the Northeast, Zara is busy and thronged with younger women. In Texas, not so much.&nbsp;</p> <p>But couldn't some of this have to do with the fabrications of the clothes? Honestly, I'd hate to wear polyester in Austin's heat!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161699 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:38:26 +0000 Karie 1161699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good gravy, 40 minutes for a fitting room?! And only to come out empty handed?! How awful. And there's a Zara in Philly? My family/friends live a hop, skip, and a jump across the bridge in NJ - I'll have to plan on going over next time I get down there. Although with Zara's shipping being so fast, and returns being so easy, I kind of like the idea of the fitting room being in my home!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161696 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:36:32 +0000 ironkurtin 1161696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April. Honestly I see far more adults in Zara than kids - I never thought of it as only a youngster's store. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161663 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 13:38:40 +0000 kkards 1161663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i used to drag my sisters into that Zara every time i came to nyc, but stopped because its always like that! there are others in the city that are way more manageable.&nbsp;<br />anyway, so sorry the pants didn't work out, they look so cool. i ordered pair of pants early this fall, on line they looked so cool, baggy plaids with a tapered leg. but when they arrived the fabric was so thin you could see thru them. once again, it just goes to show how unpredictable Zara could be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161660 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 13:25:58 +0000 April 1161660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, I've only been to the Philadelphia Zara on weekdays, when it's also quite empty. &nbsp;</p> <p>Since it's the only Zara in the state of Pennsylvania, this always surprises me, although I realize that a large number of their shoppers would be, on a weekday morning, in homeroom. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161563 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 05:19:35 +0000 rachylou 1161563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have that fit issue too with Zara pants... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161443 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:08:50 +0000 ironkurtin 1161443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There's never anyone in the Austin Zara.&nbsp; Huh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161440 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:07:10 +0000 Jaime 1161440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it was probably an especially big mob scene there if you went on a weekend. Also&nbsp;the end of season sale lingers on and on and there are lots of discounts. Both applied when I walked into the Soho Zara last August anyway! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161411 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:39:29 +0000 ATLynn 1161411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That sounds like quite the ordeal for no payout.&nbsp; Thanks for reporting back for the rest of us.&nbsp; Much appreciated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161410 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:38:43 +0000 Jewell 1161410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol @ the stock room comment!<br /> That's a cool-looking pair of pants. Sorry they didn't work out. But I'm glad you got to satisfy your curiosity by trying on a few pairs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161401 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:23:43 +0000 lyn* 1161401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AND GASP - THE BACK STOREROOM EXISTS. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161400 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:23:21 +0000 April 1161400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The funny thing is that I am LOVING my high-waisted Zara leggings, which I sized up. &nbsp;I was expecting all of their pants to be small, but the "velour" ones&nbsp;were definitely not. &nbsp;</p> <p>And [cough, cough] I may have come home with another pair of high-waisted leggings in a heathered grey with zippers, so it wasn't a total loss. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161389 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:18:48 +0000 lyn* 1161389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry from me too for the pants - but at least you got to try them on and know for sure that they are not for you. Onto something else!</p> <p>Zara pants fit me really funny; I think they have a very specific body shape in mind when they cut their pants.</p> <p>Good luck finding your next lust object </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161388 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:17:41 +0000 Suz 1161388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, April!!! That sounds like a total bust. I'm so sorry! I feel as if I owe you big time. The next time I come to NYC if you are there I am going to buy you tea and cake!! (This is YLF; we celebrate Angie style!!)&nbsp;</p> <p>In terms of the overall shopping environment and the wait times --&nbsp;this is pretty much my experience in the Toronto Zara locations (all of them) -- <b>EXCEPT</b> if I get there the minute they open, preferably on a weekday. Then, there is hope. Otherwise, forget it. Since I live several hours from Toronto, I typically order online and return to the store on my regular city visits -- but even then, I aim to get there super early! &nbsp;</p> <p>The online ordering is a completely different experience -- at least for me. <b>SUPER</b> fast. Beautifully packaged. And easy returns should you choose to do it that way. No waiting in line. It's worth it. I send back far, far more than I keep, but I see no reason not to order. It keeps Canada Post in business.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161386 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:17:08 +0000 Joyce B 1161386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry that the pants did not work, at least you tried. Today was crazy busy at the stores but not as bad as what you got. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/reporting-back-from-my-trip-to-zara-soho#post-1161378 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:00:05 +0000 April 1161378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to Zara in Soho today&nbsp;looking specifically for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zara.com/us/en/woman/trousers/combined-velour-trousers-c565234p1709558.html">these trousers</a>&nbsp;and it was an absolute madhouse.&nbsp; After I cruised the floor twice and hadn't seen them, I spotted a SA with a headset on&nbsp;and when I showed her on my phone what I was looking for, she radioed back to the stock room (the stock room! &nbsp;it really exists!) and asked her colleague to bring up two pairs, in two sizes,&nbsp;for me to try on. &nbsp;She then very helpfully suggested that I should get in line for a fitting room and said she would bring them to me.</p> <p>That was very wise, since the line for a fitting room was at least 30 people long. &nbsp;I stood in it for 15 minutes before I took a single step forward. &nbsp;I was beginning to think I would have to buy both pairs, take them home to try on, and deal with returns later.</p> <p>But -- in for a penny, in for a pound, and I waited it out.<i> &nbsp;</i>Forty minutes later, I had a fitting room.<i></i></p> </p> <p>Here's the report on those pants. &nbsp;Their shape is&nbsp;quite appealing, and the fabric is comfy. &nbsp;The "velour" they describe is not the poor-man's-velvet that we mean when we say velour in the US -- it's more like a french terry sweatshirt fabric. &nbsp;<br /><i><br /></i>But oh goodness, the fit. &nbsp;The waist is very large and the pants are very short. &nbsp;On me, the XS could be pulled&nbsp;right off while buttoned, yet the pants&nbsp;only came to my ankles before rolling. &nbsp;And my legs are short.<br /><i><br /></i>So, not a success&nbsp;<i>pour moi. &nbsp;</i>Too bad, because I thought they were so cool-looking on the website. &nbsp;:( &nbsp;<br /><i><br /></i>And it may be a while before I venture down to Soho again on a Saturday afternoon... &nbsp;<i><br /></i> </p>