Anybody interested in reading more about Japanese fashion should read "Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style". Uniqlo's story is told there as well,but it paints a picture of the history behind how's Japan's fashion scene evolved from imitating American style to becoming something unique and desirable in its own manner.
The United Nations of Uniqlo
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#22Love the clothes Hate the work culture. I have a few friends who work for Uniqlo on the e-commerce team in the US. They all tell me that the work culture is horrible. It’s very Japanese. - Long unproductive hours gets your bosses appreciation. - Very sexist and male dominated. - They hate working remote even when it was absolutely necessary for the employee. - No respect for maternity related issues. Any company that…
Similar experience working with Uniqlo UK staff, they would call us for support on trivial issues late at night, demanding that is was of the utmost importance some buried marketing text was changed on random content pages.
They mostly sounded like they had no choice but to do as they were told, and looked very exhausted when we met them in person.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Before the lockdown and WFH, I'd say about half my work-casual wardrobe ended up being Uniqlo. Very good quality, good design, and as you say, there's nothing obnoxious about their branding. If they had a similar free delivery option as Asos Premium, would probably use them for pretty much everything. Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers. Edit: as per responses, make use of their alteratio…
> Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers. I don’t have any length issues with their pants due to my height but perhaps they are intended to be hemmed?
I heard in Japan when you buy pants at retailers, they will hem it for you free of charge.
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#24Huge fan of Uniqlo, we're very lucky to have so many of them in London. The clothes tend to be the right side of 'fashionable', ie the cuts are modern and flattering, the price is very comparable with and often better than the other UK high street rivals, and most importantly the quality for the most part far surpasses everything else in the price bracket. It's (generally) far better than buying from Zara or H&M, whi…
I like that there are relatively few models and most of the variations are in colors. I hate shopping for clothes, the lack of choice is a feature for me. I had to buy some shorts the other day, Uniqlo had like three models and 5 colors, I spent less than 5 minutes in the store. And as other people point out in this thread, the quality is in general very decent for this price.
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#25Uniqlo is my favourite brand. They have "skinny" sizes unlike most fast fashion brands.
The clothes are also durable and have good, timeless style.
Their winter undershirts are also great, super thin & breathable but plenty warm.
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#26Huge fan of Uniqlo, we're very lucky to have so many of them in London. The clothes tend to be the right side of 'fashionable', ie the cuts are modern and flattering, the price is very comparable with and often better than the other UK high street rivals, and most importantly the quality for the most part far surpasses everything else in the price bracket. It's (generally) far better than buying from Zara or H&M, whi…
Before the lockdown and WFH, I'd say about half my work-casual wardrobe ended up being Uniqlo. Very good quality, good design, and as you say, there's nothing obnoxious about their branding. If they had a similar free delivery option as Asos Premium, would probably use them for pretty much everything. Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers. Edit: as per responses, make use of their alteratio…
> Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers
Too long can be fixed. Too short cannot.
I have a thin build and that translates to either baggy thighs or short leg lengths in many brands. Uniqlo long pants are great for me because they also offer alteration services[1] so I can always get a good fit.
[1] https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/page/alteration-service.html
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#27Huge fan of Uniqlo, we're very lucky to have so many of them in London. The clothes tend to be the right side of 'fashionable', ie the cuts are modern and flattering, the price is very comparable with and often better than the other UK high street rivals, and most importantly the quality for the most part far surpasses everything else in the price bracket. It's (generally) far better than buying from Zara or H&M, whi…
Before the lockdown and WFH, I'd say about half my work-casual wardrobe ended up being Uniqlo. Very good quality, good design, and as you say, there's nothing obnoxious about their branding. If they had a similar free delivery option as Asos Premium, would probably use them for pretty much everything. Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers. Edit: as per responses, make use of their alteratio…
They give free hemming here in Aus, maybe they do in the UK as well?
Re: The United Nations of Uniqlo
#28Huge fan of Uniqlo, we're very lucky to have so many of them in London. The clothes tend to be the right side of 'fashionable', ie the cuts are modern and flattering, the price is very comparable with and often better than the other UK high street rivals, and most importantly the quality for the most part far surpasses everything else in the price bracket. It's (generally) far better than buying from Zara or H&M, whi…
Before the lockdown and WFH, I'd say about half my work-casual wardrobe ended up being Uniqlo. Very good quality, good design, and as you say, there's nothing obnoxious about their branding. If they had a similar free delivery option as Asos Premium, would probably use them for pretty much everything. Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers. Edit: as per responses, make use of their alteratio…
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers. I don’t have any length issues with their pants due to my height but perhaps they are intended to be hemmed?
I heard in Japan when you buy pants at retailers, they will hem it for you free of charge.
Uniqlo in the UK do too, probably why the legs are abnormally long! I have had a few pairs from them and all have had some alteration done in store.
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#30I have stumbled on Uniqlo while around Tokyo. I was surprised how cheap it is, minimalist the styles were, and how very good the material/quality is. I have been mainly purchasing from Celio, Mango, H&M (ie: the European brands). My experience is that the clothes will last less than a year before becoming too washed to be wear. Clothes I bought from Uniqlo still look very good now 1.5 year later. Looks like they'll l…
> and how very good the material/quality is. I have been mainly purchasing from Celio, Mango, H&M (ie: the European brands). Compared to those cheap brands, sure. I've mainly bought Uniqlo clothes for the last 4 years, and they've been decaying at about a slightly slower rate (maybe 0.75x) than similar brands to those you listed, but for each item, I estimate that it was probably 2-3x as expensive as their cheap coun…
Can say the same about skateboard shirts, I’m still regularly wearing an Emerica shirt I bought in late 2006 and an Emerica hoodie I bought around the same time.