“2. Talbotts”
I was an avid customer of Talbotts during the period 1981 to 1991. At that time they were a rather small retailer known for their “preppy”, conservative styles, made from natural fibers: cotton, silk, linen, wool, and cashmere. They had high end prices. I carried three credit cards from clothiers, and they were one.
In the early 1990s they began to compete with retailers catering to a younger clientele and trended away from classic styling and natural fibers for which they were so well known. I stopped buying from them in the mid-1990s.
The Talbotts should return to their original premise as a clothier. There is an open niche for the classic styles made of natural fibers. They would get me back as a customer, that is for sure.
Of the other two credit cards I carried, only one still survives - Nordstrom. The third, I.Magnin disappeared quite a while ago.
My wife is like you but if I tell her Talbots is about to disappear it may still cost me a few grand.
She will go into mourning.
I shopped at Talbots in the 60’s, and I was just there a few weeks ago. If they go under I will miss them, but you’re right, they should go back to their original model.
In the early 1990s they began to compete with retailers catering to a younger clientele and trended away from classic styling and natural fibers for which they were so well known. I stopped buying from them in the mid-1990s.
The Talbotts should return to their original premise as a clothier. There is an open niche for the classic styles made of natural fibers. They would get me back as a customer, that is for sure.
Of the other two credit cards I carried, only one still survives - Nordstrom. The third, I.Magnin disappeared quite a while ago.
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Boy, I was surprised a few years ago when I stopped in looking for some pendeltons. Instead of the classics, they were clothes you could get anywhere.
Two extinct breeds: The Cro-Magnon Man and the I. Magnin Woman.