I don't do much shopping at chains, but men's clothing in OKC is one area where I will happily shop…read moreanywhere that has nice clothing, made to last, for less than the cost of one arm and one leg. For a while I thought I had found that in Blue Seven, but the men's clothing is just a little too on-trend for my husband, a dad's dad and very laid back when it comes to fashion. Flat brimmed caps, raw denim and grown up skater button downs aren't really his style.
So we usually get a lot of his clothes at Banana Republic, where the quality is undisputed and the prices are reasonable, especially if you're shopping the sales (as we do) and using friends and family weekends and points.
However, since I fine-tuned my life to omit the mall from my errands except for a few times a year, we never find ourselves at BR. We desperately needed fashionable, high quality men's clothing at an affordable price, but we need it in a setting where we don't need to go to the dystopian hellscape that is the mall, nor do we have to just buy his clothes at Target.
Enter, Bonobos. Definitely more on par price-wise with Blue Seven, BR or J Crew, Bonobos doesn't look or feel like the same old same old from those brands. Great colors and fabrics, fun prints... and, it's not at the Mall! You can come to the curve, be outside, split up to divide and conquer, and then wander over to Upper Crust or Cafe 501 for a meal. Classen Curve is becoming more like the Utiqua Square we were promised every day, and this is part of the reason why.
Bonus: I was able to get two shirts on sale (30% off) for fathers day. I asked the clerk if this meant I couldn't return the shirts, since they were a gift and I wasn't totally sure what size would be best, and he kind of looked at me like I was nuts. He said anything could be returned... I know so many companies and stores that never let you return sale merchandise.