Can you pls explain, what ARE the selling price point ranges at which Bridge, Better, Contemporary and Designer RTW stand?

They also have a Better-to-bridge lines - upper price point women’s sportswear sold principally to specialty stores, department stores and catalog houses.

What is a better line? (price points)
What is a bridge line? (price points)
What makes something better-to-bridge? (price points)
Where does the contemporary line come in?

The lines between categories are never clear but if anyone out there has a better description, feel free to jump in.

The categories generally refer to pricing and quality level. I’d consider contemporary to be branded mid-level fashion lines you’d find in department stores. I don’t shop much (at all) so no names come to mind. I am not familiar with Nanette but I reviewed her spring line on the web and she’s hard to peg although I’m assuming her stuff runs at higher price points. Personally, if I were consulting with her, I’d recommend that she split her line up into different labels because it looks to me that she’s doing three categories, bridge, contemporary and contemporary sportswear. While I wouldn’t exactly say that some pieces were orphans, I think the different styles should be grouped accordingly. Just my opinion.

You said he was talented. *shrug* And I maintain that I am ignorant because I don’t work in fashion at all. I just dig clothes.

Yeah, his “matching” ensemble, in my opinion, only matches color-wise. It does not match in mood at all. I think the dress is pretty formal (in a sorority girl way) and the jacket is kind of business casual or even weekendy.

I liked the blue coat best also, it seemed to be the only thing that was individual. I see how the seams look offset and that it ruins the flow.

As for that pinstripe jacket, I hate those particular pinstripes on it and I don’t think the shirt matches.

And my least favorite is the white lace ensemble.

I would love to see a line review (for this or any line). You drew my attention to things I completely didn’t notice when I first looked at the clothes. I got distracted by the model I guess. I think she is lovely.

Marj, you’re not the slightest bit ignorant so stop fishing.

Who said I liked Mr Hollis? There were any number of other designers I could have picked; it’s just that I ran across his name three times in as many days. He drew my attention because he’d be ideal for me to do a line review. And you’re right, some of those pieces don’t belong there, they’re not that unusual. The pieces don’t go together. The coats don’t match anything and he has cocktail dresses. Weird. This isn’t his whole line here, he also has some sportswear. If you’re going to do coats and cocktail dresses, they should match each other. He only had one matching ensemble that I could see, most of the suiting pieces didn’t match anything either. It’s as tho he put together a line of orphans. He had one coat that was kind of interesting but I thought he ruined it with the style lines of the pocket not matching the seam between the upper and lower front side panel. How he’s done it just makes it look choppy (in my opinion). That just broke it up too much. I also don’t like the dot things, whatever those are on the bottom of the coat.

The piece I found most interesting was this jacket but the photo obscures the look of the pattern. Make note of the stripe and how it changes direction (shoulder and front that you can see). Pity that the photo of this style obscures the most significant feature of the jacket.

My ignorance is showing, see?