Gwynnie Bee Clothing Subscription Review + Free Month Coupon

For those that are commenting on not getting what you want and them being kind of stuck in the closet, does the prioritizing option help with that at all? I don’t know if it’s a new feature or what but I just started my subscription over the weekend and saw that you can put priority on the things you really want. It kind of reminds me of Netflix where they send you your next available movie but you can move things to the top of your queue. Anyone have experience with that?

I’m getting very frustrated with GB, I’ve been a subscriber for 5 months now and I’ve had weird shipping issues. I checked my account today and still have items ‘stuck in my closet’ that I returned more than a month ago. I had two items I returned last week and they’ve been removed from my at home section. But things I returned weeks-2 months ago are still in there. I don’t get it, I’m just getting frustrated, also frustrated that I pay a small fortune to try their service and they give out free subscriptions to nearly every blogger out there. I love reading the reviews don’t get me wrong, just seems a little unfair that we pay upwards of $40 to try their service on a month to month basis. I feel the bloggers get more attention, they never seem to have problems and get items super quickly. For a couple weeks I did receive my items very quickly. But lately I had one item in shipping limbo for weeks, there was a shipping label created but they never sent it.
Another time I was supposed to get a coat and two dresses in a shipment, I received the two dresses but no coat, and the coat said it had been delivered. I never received it, so I contacted them and they said they’d look into it. The coat showed up like 3 days later, in a dirty box that had already been opened. It was just odd, now I have these items in my closet that I returned long ago that are still in my At Home section. It’s possible it’s just me having these issues, who knows. I do wish there was a Golden Tote plus size option, I’d jump on that in a heartbeat.

I loved Gwynnie Bee, but stopped subscribing for two reasons: 1) I don’t wear dresses and dresses make up the VAST majority of their inventory and 2) there were some items that I really wanted to try but could never seem to get–even after leaving them in my closet for months! Seems like the latter issue is being addressed (yay!) but still way tooo many dresses for it to be worth my while.

I absolutely love this review, as i too have been wanting to try GB for a while now. I am now waiting for my first box to arrive and have taken all the helpful hints and tips from your article to help me in building my closet. thank you for being our guinea pig. 🙂 this was so helpful!

Thanks!

I’ve wondered myself, since the average American woman is a size 12-14, why are there so few clothing choices for 12+?

This article explains why, part of the reason is cost, plus size clothing is far more expensive to produce
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01plussize-t.html?pagewanted=all

Do you feel like they run true to size? I can usually take a size 16 in dresses but run an 18 in pants.

I should really learn how to read. missed the whole ships to US. as in US only. Got too excited, signed up then realized they don’t ship to Canada. This is such an amazing business. Do you know if there are clothing subscriptions that also ships to Canada? That is aside from Golden Tote which I already love.

Since they’re really the only sub game in town for plus sizes I wish this appealed to me, but it just doesn’t. Something about renting clothing just doesn’t sit right with me. Please someone do a plus size sub like Golden Tote or Stitch Fix. You will make out like a bandit!

Thanks for reviewing this! I use LeTote but their sizes don’t work for my sister and a couple of my girlfriends. They have been wanting to try something similar but I didn’t know where to send them. I will be telling them about this!

Thanks for posting! I just got my first shipment in yesterday. I am keeping one thing and sent the other two back already! Can’t wait to get three more! 🙂

Does anyone know if there is a way to prioritize items once you have closeted them?

I couldn’t figure out how to add clothes to my closet before subscribing. The first month is free so I’ll see if I can find anything I like. I’m not a dress wearer so may not work for me.

I attempted to try this sub out using a code for the first month for free. They literally had nothing in my size (size 10). They said my first shipment would be delayed for a few weeks because of the low inventory. I just cancelled without ever having tried anything.

This is off topic but I wasn’t sure how else to contact you: I got my O Circle of Friends try and review item and it’s the Burt’s Bees Tips and Toes set which retails for $13. This, along with my special gift (which was Footnanny lavender foot cream) and the Oprah Glossy Box don’t really seem worth the price of the subscription. Definitely wouldn’t have signed up for it if I’d known it would be like this.

Thanks so much for the review, Anna!!! I’ve been wanting to try out Gwynnie Bee but it’s so hard to find unbiased reviews (unless I’m just not looking in the correct places). There is a question I had though, if I were to do the 1 item a week and decided to keep that one item for longer than 4 weeks would they assume I want to keep/purchase it and charge me? I hope that made sense.

I’ve been a member for over a year now and love the service. For me, I’ve been losing weight and having a closet full of gorgeous dresses in the size I am NOW has been terrific.

You do have to keep your closet up, however. You should remove anything that you can’t wear anymore due to weather (for example all of the sweater dresses need to go), and if you change size you need to go in and change the size of the items in your closet (which means deleting and re-closeting).

I also STRONGLY suggest paying a LOT of attention to the comments on garments. They will tell you if something runs big or has odd fit issues that might make a garment unwearable for you.

Finally, to get the most out of this subscription you need to love dresses. They have some pants and skirts, but really just a fraction of the number of dresses they have. However this is also a really SAFE way to try on styles you might not otherwise ever try. Same goes for colors and patterns that you would shy away from buying. No risk, which is nice.

(Shipping is somewhat slower if you are closer to the west coast. I live in AZ and it takes a good 3-4 days to turn garments around. Make sure you notify them when you return items; they appear to check all the tracking codes on bags they have sent you and, once the tracking code shows up in the USPS system, they ship the next items out.)

Thank you for this review, Anna! I’ve been really wanting to try this out…and I love that IGIGI top!!