[djstex]

With All you said is true!
Being in the retail world for 20 years plus is always the same quality is expensive and I buy them sometimes with my once in awhile double discount! ha! Then again I just can't help myself and love the way Vince Cumoto fits on me and pay 150.00 on a blouse! No wonder I'm still working at age 63 soon to be 64 in a few days! LOL!
But the trash and ugly colors be it name brand or not are ugly and way too expensive!

[nopardons]

We're on the same page, as usual! LOL

I wish that we lived close by!

Truth fully, Orvis' linen summer trousers are still well made, wear VERY well; however, again...the colors are NOT as good as they once were and less of a choice. Thankfully, they wear like iron, but my madras patchwork ones are about to give up the ghost and they no longer make them. :-(

And they're far better than this season's Eileen Fisher stuff, which are HORRIBLE in every way possible! The colors and "clown pant" styles are, IMHO, UNWEARABLE!

I'm jut thankful that I can still wear a lot of my older things!

I don't understand WHY, but summer clothing seems to just be getting worse and worse and WORSE.

Always but and wear what fits you best, no matter the cost; they will no doubt last you a long whine and therefore NOT be a waste of money.