Nanette Lepore

Nanette Lepore… I have cash no more…
What a fantastic designer. She’s got such solid dresses that are versatile, feminine, and dang expensive.
I really love this boutique – I’ve been to her boutiques in other cities and I think this store is so beautiful with the amount of room and the natural light, casting a beautiful shadow on the clothes. Like God wove together the thread of the clothes with the beauty of the sun. Too much?
While there is a lot of feminity to her designs, don’t let the pink fool you – she’s got edgier clothes with amazing lines, and crisp cuts… just all-​around sharp dresses.
Thank you Nanette Lepore for adding class to my closet and balances to my credit cards!

Looooove. (Except the pieces out this season, I’m not a fan of. it’s just not ME. maybe for you but not for me) Nanette Lepore is hands down one of my favorites for dresses and tops. In the summer I live in dresses, and this is the place for it. A little dressed up or going for casual, come here. And I have to add that I own a very cute bikini from Nanette Lepore! Nanette Lepore, quit emptying my bank account! How dare you take advantage of my weak will power to say no when shopping. Unless I have friends that come along and tell me sternly: Step Away from the dress… Now walk away. Or most recently: Do you REALLY need that?
yes. yes I do :-*(

These clothes are amazing!!! Love they way they look, fit, and move. Lovely! I have to say I have mixed reviews of the sales people. I have been in about 5 – 6 times and most of the time I have some very nice and sincere salesgirl helping me. The store is clean and bright and makes you happy to shop here. WAIT for the sales, they are really good, usually 50% off and they almost always have all the sizes. I think there might be one man who works there who can be a bit fussy and odd, but overall I like shopping here! These clothes can fit many people and look great on a range of sizes. I wear a 4 and am petite but have curves and I love her clothes, someone taller and thin could wear these as well as taller and larger. Home run!

3.5 stars (this has NOTHING to do with the clothes what so ever!)
Nanette Lepore always designs the most beautiful feminine pieces without going over board with the pink, the flowers and ruffles.
scored the burgundy colored lace and silk top I’ve been wanting but could never find my size.
the store looked neatly stocked but not cluttered like most. adorable dressing rooms that don’t’ have those «fat» mirrors.
the sales girls were a little too friendly like they were trying hard to sell you a dress. a little tip — honesty! if you say something looks good on someone, their friends tell them it’s horrible well there goes your reputation!

I love Nanette Lepore, I always have. Very beautiful, feminine designs that work for many body types. (Be open, you will be amazed!)
They also have beautiful color palettes that are offered in many styles, so if you love a black cute cropped jacket but are tired of black they usually have a few other colors to choose from.
Very clean store as well with cute dressing rooms. The staff has always been very helpful and very nice! I can’t get enough of this store and its apparel.

It seems a few people had some bad experiences here… luckily I did not have the same experiences. The sales people were great, friendly, and accomodating. I didn’t buy anything, but I also didn’t feel like I needed to be doing anything but looking. And even with that intention, they were always willing to keep bringing more and more sizes. Nice job nanette.

I’m updating my review because I’ve had several really awful experiences with the salespeople here. There’s one in particular, a sour mop of a girl who either suffers from terrible insecurity and gets her ya-​yas from belittling the customers or is simply a bad sales person, and has yet to learn that friendliness, empathy, and a smile will win over even the most cynical and doubting of customers, who has rubbed me the wrong way on more than one occasion. I’m sorry dear, do you not like the way I dress when I come in? You of all people should know that you should never, ever ever judge a person by how she dresses. Many of us who work in formal settings choose casual for shopping, and casual, my dear, says nothing about spending power.
Darling, why don’t you take yourself to the New York, LA, Boston, or Vegas stores and study the technique of the sales people there? Surely you’ll learn something about good service, politeness and helpfulness.
Because right now you are striking out on all three.

«No, no, Nanette!»
Oh…yes.
I have loved Nanette Lepore’s style since the first time I saw one of her suits at a small store in the town where I went to college. After trying on the pants in my size, I came to realize that her clothes are mostly for tiny rich girls. And that’s OK.
Because I bought the perfume, in a gorgeous little bottle covered in flowers and tied with a black polka-​dot bow, and was content with the tiny piece of Lepore in my life.
But then I strolled into the Bucktown boutique last weekend with my mom. To my horror, every dress I tried on fit perfectly. From a strapless teal number with perfectly contoured ruching to a long brocade dress with a pyramid neckline.
Oh yeah, and a wonderful trench-​style swing jacket that happened to cost $ 480. The button was a FLOWER.
Nanette Lepore spells disaster for me. Thank god I already had a lovely dress to wear to the wedding I’d been invited to that night, or the credit card would’ve been swiped, signaling the beginning of the end for me.
The sales staff was incredibly helpful — so helpful, in faaaact, that they conveniently brought me other designs that would look nice on me – and conversational to boot.
I always find it refreshing when retail employees can be honest about the fact that they’re as obsessed with macaroni and cheese as I am.
This is a great shop. As soon as I get my next sugar daddy lined up, I’ll be first in the door to buy the place out.

Superior customer service. Make friends with one of the sales associates, you will get notified about sales, new merchandise… and free shipping and thank you notes. I appreciate the help because I live outside the city and it is difficult to check back in more once a season. I am an avid fan of Lepore and this is a very well-​stocked store.

I absoluetely love Nanette Lepore. Her designs are fabulous! Too bad they are very pricey :(
They only have the smallest sizes on the racks (but don’t worry, more sizes are in the back) and the store overall is pretty small. The service is not that great and the guys working were just standing around the whole time. They weren’t rude or anything but weren’t that kind.
The sale section was pretty pathetic and didn’t find anything worth while or that inexpensive. Sigh, I can’t wait until I can buy stuff there without thinking twice!

My 900^th review is dedicated to Nanette Lepore, which I’m ecstatic has finally opened in Chicago! Nanette along with new friends Cynthia Rowley and Marc Jacobs (both just down the street) has made bucktown one dangerous shopping destination! Thank goodness I don’t live in the area or I’d have to get a second job just to fund my daily walks around the neighborhood.
Like Nanette’s clothes her store is absolutely beautiful– feminine with just the right amount of pink. I was a bit distressed to see that most of the clothing on the racks was sized for super skinny b*tches (size 0 – 2), but the sales woman, shannon, approached me to let me know there were more sizes in the back. Phew– was worried I’d have to become anorexic just to be able to shop at Nanette’s new boutique!
I few things caught my eye while in there today, but I especially loved this one red sundress that I’ve had my eye on ever since admiring it in Saks about a month ago. It fit perfectly and I decided to think it over, but what the hell… I“m going back for my sundress before one of you get to it first!
Welcome to Chicago, Nanette!

God Bless you Bucktown… you seem to have attracted all my favorite fashion pleasures to your storefronts like bees to honey… moths to a flame… flies on… well… that may not be the best analogy…
Nanette Lepore is my hands-​down favorite for standout pieces that will last and last and last. They are made impeccably well and her style ranges from unique and bold to feminine and demure. Nanette single-​handedly was my financial downfall this summer when I purchased more dresses than there are days in the season.
The winter collection has brought great structured suits, coats and more of the fabulous dresses and tops she’s known for. Having an NL mecca is a blessing, no more hunting through the department stores and their limited selections. I only hope these sacred pieces don’t become another mainstream craze. Tons of chickies in Lepore outfits and Ugg boots is too nauseating to imagine (back to the flies with that one…)
Well, I hope Nanette Lepore also sells tents, because I’m moving in… Bucktown’s latest just made me one happy camper.

Just opened in Nov 2007, a beautiful, gleaming boutique.