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- From: lewis@linac.fnal.gov (June Cummins Lewis)
- Subject: Re: After the Stork and Hanna sizes
- Message-ID: <ORRVTBETX@linac.fnal.gov>
- Organization: Fermilab, Batavia, IL
- References: <199211131425.AA03595@tuna.wang.com> <1992Nov13.200006.4255@adobe.com> <3906@master.CNA.TEK.COM>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:19:43 GMT
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- In article <3906@master.CNA.TEK.COM> judyd@rosebud.CNA.TEK.COM writes:
- >In article <1992Nov13.200006.4255@adobe.com>, riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle) writes:
- >|>
- >|> Ah, the reason why I love Hanna's. They fit who they say they will
- >|> and they aren't outgrown quickly. Rachel is in a size 90 now and
- >|> almost into a size 100, but she has size 80's that she can still wear.
- >|> I bought her size 70's when she was 4 months old and she wore them for
- >|> over a year.
- >
- >This isn't necessarily true. I haven't had the same good experiences
- >with Hanna Anderson as some others on the net. I first ordered from
- >I recently ordered my daughter some fleece suits and a pair of bubble
- >overalls, both size 90 since she was growing out of the size 80's we'd
- >received as gifts. The suits were _huge_ on her, and the overalls were way
- >too small.
-
- Although I've had good experiences with Hanna clothes overall, I have
- to concur with Judy about the bubbly bibs. Both my friend and I have
- found that the sizing on those is way off--both of our children, who
- have quite different body types, take a larger size than the chart
- would indicate. My son currently wears an 80, but in order for the
- bibs to fit from shoulder to crotch he has to wear a 90. Of course,
- this makes them rather long in the pants. I wish the company would
- wise up to this problem.
-
- Also, I have had trouble washing some of the knits. It's very hard to
- get stains out of them.
-
- Yet in other respects, their quality is superior to many other brands, like
- babyGap (does anyone else out there call the regular Gap stores
- "Grownup Gap"?) Hanna seems to use thicker fabrics and they hold up
- well--I've never had anything from them rip or give at the seams. One
- item arrived missing a snap, and they sent UPS here to pick it up (at
- no charge to me).
-
- Plus, they're so damn cute!
-
- >I like the Hanna concept, but sizing and quality hasn't been consistent
- >at all for me. Not to mention that these things aren't cheap, either.
-
- They are overpriced. I buy almost all things from them on sale.
- Recently, they introduced some corduroy "eurobibs" (overalls) that
- were very cute, but they cost &38.00 a pair! Considering that there
- was nothing that original or extra-cute about them (they were all
- solid colors and a very basic design), there's no way I would spend
- that kind of money.
-
- June Cummins Lewis
-
- --
- "Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their
- feelings is the same as saying that women talk about their feelings in order
- to avoid talking about baseball."
- --Deborah Tannen, author of _You Just Don't Understand_
-