J. Crew catalog Fall 1993 (more of this please!). Image via Worthpoint.<\/p><\/div>\n
It’s deeply saddening to know how J.Crew’s many employees nationwide could suffer in the fallout of the brand’s bankruptcy. But with the context of their huge debt burden and desperate attempts to borrow their way out of the red and into the black, it’s not so surprising that they’re falling apart.<\/p>\n
J.Crew will undoubtedly resurface after reorganization, but unless the brand does something to distinguish itself, what point does it serve except to pay its executives’ salaries? The brand’s current wish, which seems to be dressing us as watered-down, bargain store Kennedys doesn’t really resonate right now and in this writer’s humble opinion, they should either get back to the quality that earned their name in the first place or fully embrace the descent into fast fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
J.Crew‘s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy marks the first of the major American retailers to fall during the Covid-19 era,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":154893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4934],"tags":[39105,37399,776,39106],"acf":{"published_feed_date":"2020-05-14 00:01:13"},"yoast_head":"\n
Private Inequity - Breaking Down J.Crew's Bankruptcy<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n