I've long been a fan of the Ralph Lauren brand, because the styles
are classic, the fit is good on me, and the fabrics feel great and are long
lasting. I’ve moved away from severely-classic styles so I don’t have a lot of this brand any more but I’ve always felt I could count on it. The white shirt, jeans, and bag shown I finds are what I have now. I'm talking about the lower end Ralph Lauren, not the very pricey line which is way outside my budget.

I just ordered and received the print floral blouse. It is a lovely print, like a watercolor botanical print with the Latin names of the flowers included in cursive writing style. The style turns out to be a little too classic for me. However the big issue is the FABRIC. It is 100% polyester, and although I’m totally ok with synthetic fabric and have a lot of it in my wardrobe either alone or in blends, this particular polyester feels awful on the skin and looks cheap. It is like something you’d expect to find at F21 for $15US, not a Ralph Lauren item priced at $90. I’d give the brand a pass for one infraction, but I tried a dress earlier in the year that had similarly awful fabric. It was marked 100% cotton but it felt like a cheap, wrinkly synthetic and was almost “noisy” in motion

I get that it’s important to have inexpensive clothing available in the marketplace because lots of people are working with very limited
budgets, and I don’t negatively judge anyone for buying inexpensive clothing for whatever reason. I also get how tough it is in the retail business these days, with enormous pressure on profits and ultimately clothing manufacturers need to stay in business or nothing else matters for them.

But taking a brand known for fabric quality and introducing fabrics of poor quality just to keep the pricing unchanged is going to lose me as a customer. I would rather pay a little more if that’s what it takes. Very disappointing.

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