Gap quality

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I feel like the last few dresses and shirts I have bought from Gap for Ada have been really thin and not the best quality. Am I just buying the wrong things? I do get her tights there, the bear butt ones, and I love those. I feel like they used to be better quality than ON but now they're equal?

Anybody know which cheap-ish store has the best quality? Now that Ada isn't growing as fast I want things to last but sadly can't buy all HA lol

[jnoellee]

I got a few dresses from GAP and thought the quality was good, but maybe because I usually buy old navy and Target brand stuff. The best quality items I've noticed that we have had were HA, ETA- which I can only afford when it comes to Costco

[jnoellee]

The girl ON shirt quality sucks. The boys is better. Anyone notice that?

[ktstorm]

We've had good luck with children's place and jumping beans (from Kohl's) for better quality cheaper clothes.

[fusion]

the boys gap shirts are fine to me, still thick enough to pass down to D. Not sure how much girl stuff I have from them, I think most of her things are more gymbo.

[honeybee503]

Oct 5, 2015 11:25:40 GMT -5 jnoellee said:

The girl ON shirts quality sucks. The boys is better. Anyone notice that?

Yes! Last spring I bought each kid a graphic tee from ON. Nolan's held up and he still wears it, Natalie's got a tear in the seams after about a month.

[jnoellee]

Oct 5, 2015 11:32:55 GMT -5 honeybee503 said:

Oct 5, 2015 11:25:40 GMT -5 jnoellee said:

The girl ON shirts quality sucks. The boys is better. Anyone notice that?

Yes! Last spring I bought each kid a graphic tee from ON. Nolan's held up and he still wears it, Natalie's got a tear in the seams after about a month.

I'm glad I'm not crazy! I swear the girls shirts are way thinner. Elias' shirts from there always hold up way better! Speaking of which I just saw I got my ON delivery for Elias! I only got a few things for the girls because of that.

I prefer target or carters shirts for the girls, they seem to hold up better.

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Oct 5, 2015 11:25:40 GMT -5 jnoellee said:

The girl ON shirt quality sucks. The boys is better. Anyone notice that?

Interesting. I've avoided their shirts for Ada because of quality but that's good to know the boys are better!

[irishsara]

I went into ON this weekend and they've changed the quality/design/style of their boy graphic tees. They are terrible now, IMO.

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How does H&M quality compare? We are finally getting one nearby and like their style but don't know much about quality.

[laurack]

Oct 5, 2015 11:55:01 GMT -5 @lindy said:

How does H&M quality compare? We are finally getting one nearby and like their style but don't know much about quality.

I buy a lot of stuff there for the kids. it's not bad! I bought matilda several of the basic cotton dresses and she wore them all summer and they didn't fall apart.

they usually have some good deals on the basics like 3 for 2 etc.

[laurack]

I bought a few gap things for the kids but it was only a week ago, so I'd expect them to still hold up at this point lol. I can't remember when I last bought stuff from there ...

I placed an order there a while back when they were having that sale with the coupon stacking but then my stuff was cancelled. jerks

[artgal84]

There stuff is not as good, you're right! I got a new sweater for Lil and it had a hole in it! The stuff gets faded and stretched easily. We do love the bear tights too though.

For inexpensive clothes I actually have had good luck with crazy 8. Their plain colored shirts hold up great! Lily wore one yesterday with a little flower on it. I also like target clothes. We haven't had good luck with Oshkosh (shrinks a lot). Recently Carter's has some cute stuff! Mini Boden has 40% off some things right now, I got Lily a sweater and sweatshirt today. and cords for Luke.

[carawestt]

All the Gap and ON stuff I have for the boys are made really well.

[rxbeth]

What are these bear tights!

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Oct 5, 2015 15:05:39 GMT -5 rxbeth said:

What are these bear tights!

These m.gap.com/product.html?dn=gp693484002&dv=0&shopid=0&pdn=gc1033898&outlet=false

They are normal tights with a bear on the butt. They are thicker than similar priced tights I think.

[charmediamsure]

Yeah, I've been almost exclusively buying Gymboree because I'm really disappointed in Gap quality for the price I pay. I expect a cheaper $5 shirt from ON to only last a season, but when I am paying Gap prices I expect more.