Zara lately

April

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All winter long I wanted pretty much every single thing at Zara.

Now -- nothing.

I just looked at 100 tops on their site, 95 of which could only be worn by braless pixies.

What's the deal over there? Anyone have a recent Zara purchase that might renew my faith?

10 years ago

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Suz

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Well, I am sort of a bra-less pixie. Not literally, but. You get the idea.

I bought this one.

My problem with many tops is too-open necklines and lack of structure.

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10 years ago

Peri

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I ordered two tops but sent them back from not liking the material, so I'm no help. Both were stiff and scratchy and hot.

10 years ago

doubleh

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I was perusing last night and noticed the same thing! All the arm holes seem as large as head holes and the cuts make them impossible to wear with a bra. I have been wanting to give Zara a go, but came to the conclusion that they might not be for me. This summer anyway. Sorry, no help. But commiseration!

10 years ago

Jaime

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It is always that way for me with Zara - one time I want everything, the next nothing. The stock changes so fast that I know it will switch again soon.

10 years ago

April

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HH -- yes, and even if you were a candidate for bralessness, you'd need a fair amount of fashion tape to keep everything covered.

Suz -- that's one of the 5 or so tops under which one could actually wear a bra. Very pretty!

10 years ago

Nicole D

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Well, I love all of the jackets and blazers that I saw on the website recently...but haven't seen any of them in person lately. I must say I love Zara designs but their quality is variable.

10 years ago

sarah

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Another "NOT a bra-less pixie" here. I bought 3 tops but sent them back, as the fit was really off. But I find that about Zara often. Back to Nordstrom's for me.

10 years ago

bella

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Hmm, I don't know about the online selection, but they always seem to have interesting stuff in store.

10 years ago

Angie

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Actually, I have to hold myself back from not spending hundreds of dollars at Zara each time I visit this season - which is weekly. Maybe I'm a braless pixie who wears pretty bras?

I have a problem with their one size fits all knitwear at the moment though - which is size M. I drown in it. And I love high necklines - of which there are very few.

I just bought this jacket though:

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10 years ago

Diana

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I never love Zara for summer because they use so much sweaty polyester!

10 years ago

deb

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Diana, I am with you on the polyester. Angie, the M size is one size fits all? I thought they were just out of the other sizes.

10 years ago

Angie

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Deb, some of Zara's hectically oversized knitwear is only being made in one side - an M. I guess they believe that it doesn't matter how it fits. Well - does to Queen Pedantic About Fit. xo

10 years ago

rachylou

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I got this navy Zara coat at the start of spring, and I am getting just a ton of wear out of it.

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10 years ago

viva

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I am definitely buying a Zara coat this fall. I want to wear the heck out of a coat with a cool shape like rachylou's.

10 years ago

Gigi

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Diana and Deb, I am glad I am not alone on the polyester thing! I was just on Zara's website last night trying to find something. Every single item that I eyed had enough polyester content to be a dealbreaker. *sigh*

10 years ago

Neel

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I thought I was the only one with this problem! When I step into Zara I never ever find tops that are not deep/wide necked or super sheer or have huge arm holes. I have had good luck with bottoms, jackets and shoes though :). DH although found two tops for me (in his US trip) and I love both. Seriously .... How can that even happen?

Mango on the other hand gets me and I love their tops!

10 years ago

dashielle (Ann)

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Echo most everyone else on the quality. Tops never available in sizes suitable for a 38" chest, with or without bra Jackets are really good this year, whether or not the style "works" for me. I don't even bother with their pants, again, the larger sizes never available in store. That and you have to bring help with you to retrieve additional sizes or dress/undress multiple times. Love that pistachio jacket you bought Angie. Similar shape to the cream one of yours I also love, but the neckline is too high for me, so no twins for us, LOL.

10 years ago

Suz

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Angie, what a great jacket. It's not available in Canada. Boo! (Not that I can wear that colour, but still....) Sometimes it takes a week or two for them to add it to the Canadian site, so maybe we will get lucky.

How different is it to your white one in cut?

10 years ago

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Oh, I hae been stalking that one on the US site!! I hope it makes it to Canada. I tried the tomato one but I just couldn't get over the tacking stitch, even though I loved everything else about it.

I guess I am fortunate that I am most Often a Zara M!

10 years ago

dashielle (Ann)

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I was wondering that too Suz, so here's an illustration.

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10 years ago

April

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Angie, no matter how pretty your bra might be, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't wear the top shown below.

I'm beginning to see the problem here. It's tops I need, and tops that Zara is not providing for me this season. I have sworn off buying more jackets, and their jackets are, as usual, fabulous.

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10 years ago

Angie

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True, April. I'd feel far too naked - and COLD.

Ceit, what is it with you and me and tacking stitch? It was such a gorgeous jacket otherwise.

Suz, high five. Zara is one of the few places where I get a good fit.

The lime and white jackets are a similar angular and boxy silhouette. Completely different colour and fabrication - and slight differences in styling.

10 years ago

lyn*

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ROFL - I ran into the "braless pixies" problem too - I just didn't put it as eloquently as you! Still lusting after that red skirt that Rute has though!

10 years ago

Suz

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Dashielle, thank you! Super instructive to lay them side by side like that. It is pretty much what I suspected from the photos.

Well, I can't wear lime. But I can wear white and off-white. So I think I know what I am doing here.

10 years ago

Vildy

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I enlarged the photo and stared at it - what is a tacking stitch? Where is it?

10 years ago

Suz

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I think Angie an Ceit are referring to a red jacket that they both ordered from Zara, Vildy. And it had that kind of visible stitching in white (or cream) -- large stitches that look like tacking (you know, rough sewing just for testing a garment while you're making it -- intended to be pulled out) . This was detail on the outside -- meant to be decorative. But too fussy for Angie's or Ceit's style.

10 years ago

dashielle (Ann)

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Suz, I can't wear it either, at least not near my face. It looks nice in my hand though, on a purse or a cocktail

10 years ago

rachylou

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Zara pants don't fit me that well, I'll say that. Too short usually.

10 years ago

Cindy S

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Its not just Zara, everywhere I usually shop seems overrun with poly this year...not much cotton unless it's a tshirt, and silk seems hard to find, too. The knitwear has been the only appealing look in tops, and I can only do so much of that...

10 years ago

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