OMG, tht's awesome

Brooches instead of badges, love it! The olive sounds great and easy to pair with a few of the brighter accessories from spring/summer.

DINGY looking clothes. they look like they came out of a back alley

Can't wait for the sales. I love shopping at J Crew but only when they have there sales.
Great buys. So usually check once a month or when I get an e mail from them.. Great time to get some good deals.

ULGY STUFF

Helena Bonam Carter dresses like this and ends up on the worst dressed list all the time. I think it looks like a bunch of homeless people who are wearing there entire wardrobe instead of carrying it. Like J. Crew not a fan of this. Especially all the layering for a hot summer. Its a hot mess. Sorry.

Can't figure out which is uglier the clothes or the models !

Looks like roadkill. Disgusting

Icky, dingy, drab, Goodwill wouldn't accept w/price tags in place!

Sequins and metallic fabric are never really wearable in the real world. But other than that, this look reminds me fondly of the thrift-shop chic that my generation put together back in college in the '70s. We did go for a little more variation in color, though - all-khaki gets boring pretty fast.

Looks like the cast of "Annie" all grown up. The photos should show them scrubbing the floors on their hands and knees singing "It's a Hard Knock Life." J.Crew now caters to orphans??

ugh, looks like everyone went to Goodwill and got dressed in the dark! What happened to the edgy but classic J Crew that the First Lady wears??

To put it mildly, This is very bad. All I see are emaciated models wearing drab looking clothes. I woud not even allow my 16 year old daughter wearing rags like these. I ususally love J Crew but this current collection STINKS.

C'mon J, Crew, these are pretty bad. Only the edgiest people could get away with these concoctions. I was just in J. Crew a week ago and saw really great clothing, bought some summer white jeans. Didn't see ANYTHING that resembled these hideous styles, and I use the word "styles" lightly. Is this just for shock value? Michelle Obama wears a lot of J. Crew, but may be changing her mind after seeing some of these getups.

I find the clothes from J.Crew to be cheaply made; cheap fabric and poor quality.

Horrible.

I worked at JCrew years ago and loved the quality and colors of their clothing. I'm so aggravated at what the company has become. The clothing is drab, dingy-looking, and well overpriced. The quality of their clothing is poor--it's made in China and other third world countries just like any other cheaply made clothing, yet everything is outrageously priced. At this point, buying their clothing is nothing more than a status symbol and sign of having more money than brains. The truly stylish and classy can look elsewhere for their fashions and not get wrapped up in a brand name.

I'm really disappointed with the fur in this collection! I thought that J Crew was better than this. Style-wise and fur-wise.

I think that this collection is absolutely brilliant! It captures the essence of it's inspiration (Eddie Beale and Grey Gardens) to a T and was very well executed. It is what fashion should be: daring, fun and original, and I particularly like the feminine fabrics paired with the masculine silhouettes. I am very much looking forward to getting my hands on several of the pieces! Additionally, given that this was a styled shoot, I think that it is only meant to serve as inspiration for customers and not necessarily a uniform for the fall. It is, afterall, merely an exaggeration of upcoming trends. I hardly think that J Crew would expect its more conservative consumers to show up to an office party with a hunting jacket over their cocktail dress, but I do think the shoot gives a lot of great ideas of how to incorporate some whimsy into an every day look.