Comments on: When Liz clairborne ruled the world: History of budget fashion

By: Catherine Brock

Catherine Brock — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:38:41 +0000

Readers,
Has anyone seen this bag? Let us know!
Catherine

By: Donna Arnouville

Donna Arnouville — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 06:37:22 +0000

I have a Liz Claiborne purse it black got 2 outside pockets one that snap other pocket has a turn closer to open & close the outside pocket it has king of some long straps it’s easy to put it on shoulders for carrying . It has a small zip pocket in the middle, a zip pocket on back side, has 2 little pockets inside on back of purse & 2 little slots like to put a.tube of lipstick. And then it has a strap that closes the to with a snap. I think it’s leather , I have bee looking for on exactly like the for over a year. I purchased that 5-6 years ago I think it was at jcp, & pd a little over $100 I love it it has everthing U need, & it’s well made & u have room to put lots of stuff. & when u need something in this purse it’s easy to find because its design great. Please help me find on. Please help me find one. I would be very greatful. Thank u Ms.donna Arnouville

By: HauteChick

HauteChick — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:50:00 +0000

anyone remember the Liz Claiborne perfume?! That was first ‘signature’ (grown up) scent!

By: Fashion Handbags and Purses

Fashion Handbags and Purses — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:45:46 +0000

Love the little handbag

By: Lisa Bogart

Lisa Bogart — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:04:30 +0000

Since I Became a “professional”in 1985, Lix Claiborne was definitely a part of the shopping mix. Unfortunately, I always found the label a bit fussy and midwestern in its sensibilities. Some of my favorite suits were under the Liz Claiborne label. And the jeans line always was a good fit. But all in all, I was never a huge fan coming from the NY metro area. Ironically, I knew people who worked for the company and went to several huge sample clearance sales. I always thought that the Liz label tried to meet too many sensibilities but never quite hit the mark for me personally.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:45:31 +0000

When I was in high school (graduated ’86), Liz Claiborne was even stylin’ in our young eyes! I had one of her bags in purple (ok to insert cringe here). We considered her line somewhat upper-level and knew the parents of girls who had LC had spent some $$. There was Gap & the more-coveted The Limited (Forenza, anyone?), Esprit or Benetton but not the in-your-face mass-appeal American Eagles-Hollisters-Abercrombies, no $160 Citizens jeans, no Juicy. LC paved the way for a lot of the “what name is on that label?” success those “cult” stores have, & that of moderately high-end but far from “designer” labels like Juicy, Coach, or Splendid. Sad to see the empire has now dumbed down to frumpy, cheaply-made Garanimals for Grandmas.

By: Edith Scheie

Edith Scheie — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:39:57 +0000

I’m old enough to remember Liz Claiborne in the 80’s, when I worked in the fashion industry. Her brand was THE hot commodity. I remember that bag, everyone had it, except me, I just had a Liz Claiborne wallet. She also had a women’s plus size brand, Elisabeth, which I used to wear. When the company had Isaac Mizrahi at the creative helm, I got interested in them again. I bought a bracelet from them, but I think that was it. I loved the clothes, though, they looked like a lot of fun, but the pricepoint was too high for me. I could kind of tell they weren’t doing so well when they started having to give deep price cuts on the website store, which was the only place I could find the merchandise. I thought it was unfortunate that Mizrahi left the company; I thought his designs were wonderful. They had a classy, but carefree vibe to them.