Dear J.Crew,
My friend Carol has forever been talking about how you have THE cutest clothes for kids so I finally looked at you and it was truly love at first sight. I’m so in love with you. I would totally buy my girls’ clothes from you in a heartbeat, EXCEPT for the fact that your prices are ridiculous. Who would pay $128.00 for a little toddler’s skirt? Seriously? And $118. for a pair of shoes(but so cute, might I add) that my little girl will wear for 4 months??? Why are your prices so ridiculously high? I used to shop from you a lot in Jr. High and HS until your prices sky rocketed out of nowhere. Why did you do that? Especially while the quality is going down? Now I have to just look at you longingly and day dream about the day when I can afford you. I’m sorry if I sound bitter. Maybe I sound bitter because I just can’t afford you right now. But even when that day comes when I can afford it, I would rather spend $10 on a cute skirt elsewhere and spend the rest of the $118 I have left on something like… helping the poor? My girl’s college fund? I can instead save the lives of 12 innocent, sweet children in Africa whom can’t afford mosquito nets and die from malaria everyday.
Unless you tell me you charge this ridiculous amount of money from rich people so that you can help the poor and donate the money to the needy, I don’t understand your motive and I think you’re very greedy.
Sincerely, Me
P.S: I still love you and will forgive you if you lower your prices. Just sayin’.
Jihyei says
Sarah, I agree with you! Have you checked out their clothes for us? I thumb through their catalogs longingly… Their children's stuff are amazing, too. But you're definitely a better person than me. I'd buy their clothes if I could afford them. 🙂
darcie says
and seriously sarah, some of these (like the ruffley/flowery t shirts are sooo easy to make. i've already made some for my nieces out of $5 walmart shirts. but yeah, jcrew=cute.
Q and Rachel says
So I tried to leave a message earlier but I guess it didn't work. ha ha I agree with darcie. I alter all of my ugly clothes to make them look like the ones on the catalog. It saves so much money and I wear the altered clothes now since they're so cute! I'll have to post some pics of my outfits that looks just like some of the pages of j-crew. hahaha yes it's like the prada copy prado bags. I'm the j-crew wannabe wearing homemade r-crew. haha
LeeRae says
oh Jcrew used to be my favorit stare and drool place but I was utterly disappointed when I found out that you can't access the website in Korea…
Sarah says
Oh Jihyei, I'm not that good of a person, I would buy their clothes too if I could afford it, just not for my daughters who will wear it for 6 months. (unless for special occassions)I think it's perfectly fine to invest in good clothes for us adults since we'll never grow out of them. well let's hope so haha.
and yes I've made one flower shirt for me but it takes way too long and I just don't got the time with 2 kids! but it is fun and I'm gonna do it more often. 😉
peggy aplSEEDS says
i love this post! i agree, i would rather spend the money on the poor too