J.Crew Factory Store

Suzie Q’s Fun Facts:
Ironically (considering its aspirational flavor), J. Crew began its life in 1947 as «Popular Club Plan,» which sold low-​priced women’s clothing via in-​home demonstrations. It wasn’t until 1989 that Popular Club Plan was renamed to J. Crew and opened its first retail store.
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It used to be that J. Crew outlets were really true outlets — meaning, you could come here to snag excess or slightly irregular clothing that had originally been manufactured for the retail and catalog channels. As such, you could typically find same-​season (or recent past-​season) merchandise at a fraction of the original price, with no decrease in quality.
Sadly, those days are long gone. On a recent visit to this J. Crew Factory store, a sales associate here seemed unembarrassed to admit that J. Crew Factory was now a separate (read: cheaper and lower-​quality) line with no crossover with its big brother.
Armed with that knowledge, it would have been hard for me to stomach buying any of the poor-​quality crap filling this Factory store — especially at the seemingly-​inflated prices that I saw (even with post-​holiday discounts). So while I looked at their stuff, especially jewelry, I would have preferred paying more for regular-​store merchandise (which might not vary that much in price from its down-​market little brother’s stuff).
So I walked out of this J. Crew Factory without buying anything whatsoever.

SO MANY SALES. The end of season sales here are ridiculously good.
And if you’re a student, show your student ID card and get an additional 10% off.
Just bought shorts that i was eyeing at the regular J. Crew for 62 dollars, instead I just bought it here for 16 dollars. Seriously a steal. The staff are super nice, and accomodating, especially when I tried on 20 different items, and needed different sizes. They came back with my size right away. Super accomodating.

I am a big fan of J Crew Factory. I easily buy half of my clothes here. It is on trend and more affordable than standard J Crew.
I visit at least every other month, and it is not uncommon for me to purchase quite a few items at the start of each new season. The deals you can get on clearance are amazing.
The only downside… Sometimes I can not find a single thing I want to try on. And occasionally I feel like some items are way overpriced for outlet quality.
Overall this store offers great items at discount prices.