Banana Republic

ive been shopping at banana republic factory this whole time thinking it was the same as regular banana republic with the expensive prices… turns out it’s not 😭 same thing with jcrew factory.

im trying to slowly upgrade my wardrobe away from just fast fashion and into better quality basics, but clearly im kinda lost. where else should i be looking that’s a step up in quality but still reasonably priced?

edit: not saying factory is bad cause it’s “factory,” i just didn’t realize it’s a different line made to be lower quality than mainline brands

Just wondering which is better quality…Banana Republic Factory or regular Gap?

This may apply to almost lot more stores, but definitely J.Crew/Banana Republic/Gap Factory Outlet. Don’t buy anything from the physical store without checking the price for the same item online. You most likely will save money buying online for in store pickup and could very well save A LOT of money.

Just today, I saw a sweater in store that I liked. It was priced on store at $100 but 30% off. So price to me would be $70. That was way more than it’s worth to me so I decided to check the website. The same sweater was priced at $90 online and was “50% off” so the price to me was $45 instead. Definitely worth that to me for this sweater.

So just by pulling out my phone and doing a quick search I saved $25.

And that’s not my first time. I will often shop in store so I can physically browse and then actually purchase in the website for in store pickup. I’ll then carry my items to the front and say “hi, I have a pickup order for all this stuff right here. Here’s the order number.”

If you feel weird about that at all, the people in store seem like they are happier with this arrangement because they don’t have to pull the merchandise like a more typical online/in store pickup order.