STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Tara · Dooney & Bourke

Please help me understand the GAP

Tati · Chanel

I think the GAP only love SJP!

rocky · Coach

Well keep in mind on camera the material of the pants doesn't come across very well. Plus in the ad she had the whole outfit, and everything is more glamorous on tv.

halleybird · Hermes

I have a sneaking feeling that, while the clothes SJP wears in the ads are Gap, they're not the same clothes they sell in store.

bean · Kenneth Cole

the clothes are made to fit her body perfectly (I don't know if they pin it, tape it or actually tailor it) and the right lighting can work miracles. This probably explains why also that pink blouse looks so good on her and so frumpy and blah on the model on the website.

Meow · Coach

quote:
Originally posted by: Tara
" They must be THE most awful material in the world. They are very thick and cheap feeling.

I am so disappointed to hear that about the material of those pants. I was planning on trying them on when I go shopping next week. In the picture they look lightweight and flowing.

Tara · Dooney & Bourke

quote:
Originally posted by: Meow
"I am so disappointed to hear that about the material of those pants. I was planning on trying them on when I go shopping next week. In the picture they look lightweight and flowing."

I agree - that is why I am starting to think that the SA pointed me towards the wrong pants. But I searched the store up and down and did not find the flowing gorgeous pants that SJP was wearing. I think it is a conspiracy. The GAP hates me. I have not been able to find anything in that store that I like!

Seashells · Dooney & Bourke

I absolutely loved the cut of those on SJP in the commercial. Went it, it reminded me of a pique polo shirt. It was horrible.

Damn marketing people...damn it, I am in marketing

Tara · Dooney & Bourke

quote:
Originally posted by: Seashells
"I absolutely loved the cut of those on SJP in the commercial. Went it, it reminded me of a pique polo shirt. It was horrible. Damn marketing people...damn it, I am in marketing"

You are exactly right! The material was very similar to a polo shirt. It was almost canvas-like. VERY unflattering. AND, to top it off the material attracted random strings and fuzz and stuff. I could never imagine wearing those pants anywhere - everytime you sat down your butt would be covered in lint.

Andrea Julia · Coach

quote:
Originally posted by: Tara
"I agree - that is why I am starting to think that the SA pointed me towards the wrong pants. But I searched the store up and down and did not find the flowing gorgeous pants that SJP was wearing. I think it is a conspiracy. The GAP hates me. I have not been able to find anything in that store that I like!"

I never go shopping at the Gap. The cute stuff in their advertising is never the same in the store. I definitely got fooled into it in the past though. To me, all the stuff in the store is boring and not cute at all (for the most part. Other people seem to find cute stuff there, but not me). I get so bored when I go shopping with other people and they want to go in there. Nothing is nice or special in any way. I don't let the advertising fool me anymore. It is really a crappy store.

I definitely agree with the others that the clothes SJP wears in the ads are made specially for the ads and for her with better fabric and tailoring. They should just sell that stuff and charge a few extra bucks. Or maybe they can run a higher-end line like Guess and Abercrombie did and sell the stuff in the ads there.

-- Edited by Andrea Julia at 15:18, 2005-03-14

rar210 · Marc Jacobs

Those pants are actually very flattering on me and I didn't mind the material. I mean you get what you pay for so I thought they were over all a good deal. I guess things work differently for different body styles. But I don't think those are the ones pictured in the ad. The ad states that they are the Ultra Low Rise Khakis which aren't the ones you have posted. As far as the shirt goes she was wearing in the ad, it looked really cheap to me in person. More the quality of Old Navy rather then the Gap. But everyone has different opinions. Sorry you had such bad luck!