jumping doris

I like Anthropologie and we have one just 5 miles from my house
but it's so expensive

Jerseygirl

I like Limited, Ann Taylor and some of the designer brands from the large stores. I don't rate The Gap and Banana Rep. at all. I have also bought the odd thing from Costco.

Always bring a load of new clothes back from the UK...this trip I brought back about a dozen tee shirts, boots, shoes, sweaters, swimsuits.

anabella

I try to do most of my shopping while I'm in England and Spain too but I only go back once a year .. I'm shopping in Vegas next month, I'm sooo excited about it!!

Jerseygirl

Great...I love to shop when I'm away from home. Makes the trip just that little bit more worthwhile.

TruBrit

i didn't shop at the weekend in vegas, tbh they are all the same shops as we have here.

anabella

There are only designer shops where I am .. I go to Boulder fairly often but there isn't much there either, there are only two shoe shops (one is Clarks) but they sell mainly hiking and comfortable footwear, people around here are very practical with their outfits . Next time I'm there I'll drive to Cherry Creek in Denver, that's the most decent shops I can find in the whole state and they are still not that great though..

GeraldineGray

I buy lots of stuff from Ann Taylor Loft (not Ann Taylor which is a bit elderly) who make things for girls with boobs and bits.
Should add that I lost 50lbs last year (and kept it off) when I stopped eating out all around Houston. Went from a 14 in BR down to a 2! - Funny coz my English friends just said "honestly, who is a size 2?" Well, I was a 14 but am now a 2 or 4 so I guess it's all relative. I say that I was the fat chick and no one told me!!
Kept one pair of pants to try on every now and then and to laugh at - you can fit two people in those.
So, Boden, Banana Republic, and Ann Taylor Loft usually come up trumps for me. Then again, I don't shop anymore either - I guess the weight and the retail were linked...

TruBrit

my girlfriend lives in cherry creek, i visited her there a couple of yrs ago and i remember there seemed a few nice shops.

TruBrit

i went into an ann taylor last nov just by my house and the stuff was really old fashioned and it was then that i realised that i had shopped previously in ann taylor loft

GeraldineGray

Oh yes, two very different places. And their stuff lasts the American washing machines - all my Next things seem to shrink over here (and no, *I* didn't get bigger!) ha-ha

Emma M

I miss New Look, Dorothy Perkins, Primark, even Peacocks!
Most of my clothes are t shirts and jeans now... and the quality of clothes seem to be worse here.

Oh yeah... and ebay comes in handy!

shazza777

I miss a washing line too! these dryers shrink them more than the washing machines

Jerseygirl

I'm not happy with laundry over here. Even though I have a front loader...it's nowhere near as good as my Hoover back in the UK. The colours seem to fade and the whites go a yucky, mucky colour. The washing isn't as clean when it comes out of the wash as it used to be.

I agree...tumble driers do shrink clothes.

looselips

Hey you still got it!

I haven't come across much like New Look or Primark online.... maybe Rampage : http://www.rampage.com/ or http://www.nyandcompany.com

I love Nordies..... they are pricier but I think their shipping is only $8 (free if you spend over $200) and they have such a great return policy. http://shop.nordstrom.com

After that it depends what I am looking for but some other websites I have used are:
http://www.bluefly.com/
http://www.espritshop.com/
http://www.us.redoute.com/
and someone else mentioned this one:
http://www.bodenusa.com/

I stumbled upon this website recently http://www.glimpse.com .... you plug in what you are looking for and it trawls lots of clothing websites. I didn't find it very user friendly but it was useful to draw attention to clothes sites I hadn't heard of before.

Phew. That was a lot ....and I hate shopping!

jumping doris

I agree too. I have a front loader but it isn't as good. Perhaps it's the washing powder but I don't think things are as clean.
I miss the smell of washing hung outside and I think the tumble dryer shrinks things (thats my story and I'm sticking to it because I am not an inch bigger )