I have made my last purchase at Lane Bryant. They have forever lost me as a customer. I can still fit into their clothes at the moment

DH and I went to the mall. I tried on pants at J.C. Penny, Sears, Dillard's, Foley's and consistantly wore a size 18 pants (sometimes 16's) and 1x shirts. I then went to Lane Bryant. I couldn't even get a pair of 20 stretches on my butt. I would have to buy at least a 22 or 24 to be able to button them!! I would have had to purchase a 22/24 shirt at L.B. as well.

I don't know if they (L.B.) are wanting to make women feel like they are to fat to shop elsewhere or what. But that is a real morale killer in my opinion.

I went back to Sears and bought a pair of comfy 16's. Anyone else have any experience like this with them?

Since I am only in most things for a short time before it is too big I am doing loads of thrift store and resale shopping. I also love garage sales. My whole closet was LB and the new stuff in the stores is 1) ugly and 2) expensive for the short time I am going to be wearing it. They USED to make the best jeans and then when the low-rise craze hit, their jeans started to suck. I just read in a fashion magazine that low rise is on it's way out and most clothing manufactures are going to make regular and even high rise jeans for the winter and spring seasons. I just bought regular rise levis at walmart for $17 and love them. Since losing weight my tummy is very soft and has extra skin so low rise is like a shelf for my tummy. I am glad that regular rise is back, as I am high waisted and low rise jeans are like plumbers crack jeans on me too. So on me they look bad in the front and even worse in the back, hooray for regular rise jeans.

Lane Bryant Catalog is deffinately a rip-off...its not even close to the stuff yuou get at lane bryant.

I swear by www.avenue.com now. Seems their stuff is in most cases cheaper than lane bryant and if you sign up on their website you get coupons in your email weekly for 20% off and all kinds of discounts.

But what I HATE about the Avenue stores is all the "Buy 2 get 1 free" or "Buy 1 get the other 1/2 off." It really irritates me because I usually only want ONE. There has been many a time I walked out w/o buying anything because I hated the ripoffness feel of it.

I don't love LB stuff. I think alot of there stuff is a littel too young for me and the quality is not there. I also would like to buy stuff that is not polyester, ya know?

However, I do love their panties - they are like strechy and stuff. And the bra's!

Kristen

You gotta pay by the yard at Lane Bryant, that is why they are so expensive. I've shopped there for years and the styles change, some years are good, some not. I am short with tiny little legs and big in the middle, so no jeans fit me right, I am a big Fashion bug fan and I love TORRID...for us younger folks, thier clothes are hot!

Torrid all the way for me. I used to shop at layne brynt but I felt It didn't really fit my taste. Although they have plenty of cute things. I prefer a funky edge to my clothes. For me Torrid has real upto date fashions and I love them. Can't just be the skinny chicks that get to wear todays fashions. If you never had a chance to check them out you should. they have some fun stuff.

I wish torrid had more casual stuff. The one near me (just south of Chicago) has loads of dresses and more dressy stuff. I am a tomboy at heart and wish they had more funky casual stuff, more like Hot Topic (they are the same company) I will be thin enough for Hot Topic soon enough, my hubby said that when I hit my goal he will send me on a shopping spree in Hot Topic with $3,000 to spend, woohoo!!! ~Mandy

I go to the one in woodfield mall. Since you live in chicago it's not to far of a trip. I don't think they have to many dressy things. I get all my jeans and t-shirts from torrid. Maybe you will have better luck at that one.

Lane Bryant Catalog is deffinately a rip-off...its not even close to the stuff yuou get at lane bryant.

I swear by www.avenue.com now. Seems their stuff is in most cases cheaper than lane bryant and if you sign up on their website you get coupons in your email weekly for 20% off and all kinds of discounts.

This is very true, the reason being that that Lane Bryant is a completly seperate company from the lane bryant catolog. It is sort of a long story but Lane Bryant used to be owned by the express company, While they were the express company sold the name lane bryant to the catolog and i think they could use it for 10 years (not exactly sure). Well then Express sold lane bryant the the Charming shops company (they own fashion bug, and catherines). But the catolog can still use the name.

I used to work part-time at lane bryant to get a discount on the cloths.

I still buy quite a few things there, In Maine they are pretty much the only option I have besides fashion bug. I am counting down the days though that i won't be fitting in their cloths.

I like Lane Bryant in a fix, because I need talls and when I know I need a certain something, I go there, even though it is RIDICULOUSLY expensive. And I know what you mean about their khakis and stuff, you can see the fat dimples which is most unflattering. The tops don't fit me too well, I mostly buy the jeans. Yeah, $18 for panties is silly. HELLO, TARGET!!!