If one liked dresses, etc., it used to be Talbot’s, also for years. Then they hired a “new CEO to give their signature looks a fresh, young look!” (Like our kids wanted to look like their mom’s and grandmothers - NOT!)
When Talbot’s shed their much ballyhooed “fresh, younger look” and tried returning to their signature styles, unfortunately they had done away with most of their tried and true classic fabrics, to that “fresh, young look” of cheap polyesters and cheaply made clothes from “other sources” outside USA manufacturing. Not much is as they were without all the Lycra and spandex in everything!
JJill is another store featuring “classic and semi classic styles,” less expensive but a bit on the dowdy side. A really classic, stylish yet modest and very feminine store/catalog is “Soft Surroundings.”
Definitelty for moms and not the Forever 21 look!
I LOVE Soft Surroundings they are a bit pricy however, BUT have GREAT QUALITY!!!!