ModCloth Stylish Surprise Box Review + Coupon- March 2017

My orders were crummy. I posted this on the other Surprise Sale post:

I am sooooo disappointed in all of my clothing surprises. I ordered 3 shoes, 4 apparel, 2 dresses. The tops that I received are definitely not my style. Like, I can’t stand them. The two dresses that I received are not flattering at all, which is a bummer because they’re both pretty. The shoes aren’t bad but only my boots fit well.
So $130 converted to Canadian $$, plus shipping, plus the $23 I was charged at the post office… around $233 for a pair of $90 boots that I like. I’ll keep one of the tops for pj’s, and I’ve worn the pair of booties that I received, so they’re dirty and I’ll keep ’em. I don’t think I’ll be purchasing again. I also ordered a skirt, blouse, and shoes full price and will be returning the clothing items. Should be fun, doing an international return. Womp womp.
If anyone in Canada is a Plus size 2 clothes, or 8.5 shoe and would be interested in me posting these to Pinterest or somewhere, let me know! Just a general idea of what I got…
Tops –
mustard coloured blouse with tiny racoons on it (what even?!)
flowy sleeveless blouse in a splatter paint print
maroon tee shirt with crochet inset
Dresses-
Pink with lots of lace
satin and cream with flowers printed on the skirt
Shoes-
Red heels
My full priced items-
mid-length black skirt
dinosaur blouse 🙂

Is anyone else having issues with customer support?
I’ve contacted them three times now, even started a new email thread and each time they send an auto reply that someone will get back to me shortly. It’s been over a week with no replies or assistance. But I see some people on here have gotten help from them. They sent me 3 of the SAME dress, and one oversized enormous and beyond hideous sweater, even though I ordered Mediums. I just want to exchange or get credit back, and even sent them pictures.
Any advice would be helpful, please and thank you!

I ordered apparel and it is awful! Should be a top but looks like a weird pajama dress with odd cat print….seriously? Ugh!

I received my box today and it wasn’t so bad at all. I ordered two shoes and two jewelry. The jewelry was a pair of dangle earrings in gunmetal with small crystals and a small but still a statement necklace of brass and wood. The earrings are a miss because I don’t wear long earrings. But they are quite pretty. My shoes were both flats by Chinese Laundry. One pair blush with cut outs and a small bow. One pair suede like and cognac color. Both wearable and pretty. Maybe next time I’ll go for a dress or two as well.
This was waaaay better than the cents of style box I got, thank goodness!

I think after this and Cents of Style, I’ve learned to wait until I drop a few more sizes before doing any more mystery clothing bags. I got 3 XL dress, 2 1x apparels and 2 jewelry. 2 of the dresses are sized 14 which seems the small side of XL and they’re all sleeveless (which is a universal gripe, not just for this company). Two of the dresses look like little girl Easter dresses, all lace, one yellow, one peach. Remarkably two different brands, but they look very similar. The third dress is nice enough, navy with white polka dots and a hot pink sash, but it’s a 14, so I’m afraid to try it on at the moment.

The apparels were the big clunker. One is this weird chiffon-y blouse in an ugly green with big flowers that looks ill-fitting right from the get-go and the other is a black crochet shrug that I would barely call a medium and I am definitely afraid of trying to get on my shoulers.

The jewelry was a weird arrow/chevron necklace set (not my jam, but that seems to be on trend) and a cute set of earrings with planets and astronauts which is actually the only thing I would have picked out for myself, lol. Still sad I missed out on the shoes, since I think I would have had more luck there.

This was my first stylish mystery box, and I have got to say that I am so pleased! I opted to go on the safe side and snagged a dress and pair of shoes. For the dress I got an extremely cute Liza luxe floral navy dress. It’s something I would pick out on my own, so definitely a plus for me! For the shoes I received a pair of tan qupid ankle boots. Not something I would normally pick out, but I love the surprise and can’t wait to figure out when to wear it 😊

Unfortunately I’ve placed my last order with Modcloth. I just can’t support a company owned by Walmart or in this case a subsidiary.

I love that dress, the boots, and the skirt! Okay, pretty much everything but the chokers. But that’s a good batting average!
I ordered one Apparel item, XL, and got the most adorable teal-colored coat I could imagine. I’m floored. And I wish I would have maybe bought a few more surprises! Although knowing my luck, they would have turned out to be duds. I’ll cut my losses with a new favorite!

I got some very boring but comfortable shoes, two necklaces that I’ve already swapped, a dress that’s cute but too big so it’s on swap (even though I picked apparel), and a tank that I ended up giving to my yoga teacher because it may have been labeled a particular size but it was definitely not that size!

Overall, not a good first experience, but that’s how boxes go.

This is my 2nd time trying Stylish Surprise and it’s a bomb again. Absolutely awful sleeveless floral see through blouse that I won’t even be able to give away. The 2nd item was a super thin see through t-shirt with flamingos on it? Tacky, cheap and useless. I can’t wear either item. The same thing happened last year and I thought for sure I would get a t least one this time I could wear! I have never seen clothing this awful on the modcloth website? With all the money I wasted on Stylish Surprise both times I could have bought something nice for that $70 I wasted. I wish I had learned the first time 🙁 Both items straight into the trash like last time. It’s such a bummer as all the blogger reviews show great items, that even though some of are not my style, I could still at least wear to work.

Everything looks really great on you!

I ordered two “shoes” and one “accessory” item and am so pleased with what all I received. A pair of strapped booties ( which is a style I had been eyeing on getting ) and also a gorgeous pair of sparkly twilight / champagne pumps that match a dress I have perfectly.
So happy! The accessory item was a pair of earrings…Gudetama ( which I love, actually have a phone case of this character ).

Haley, you look gorgeous in everything, especially the dress! But I’m glad I didn’t get the stylish surprise this time. I would have gone with a dress or two, and I just wasn’t sure about sizing (I just had a baby last month, so my size is very fluid right now lol). In the end, i couldn’t bring myself to gamble on it because there are just too many things on their website I would never wear. I bought 4 last year and two were a complete miss for me. I did, however, get two of the Synergy mystery grab bags and it looks like it’s out for delivery today. Very excited to see what I get with that!

This is my second time doing this and while it was a better box this time (last time 1 item was wrong size and others all varied greatly in sizing) I still never get anything as good as what these reviews get.

I ordered 1 dress, 2 apparels, 2 shoes and 2 pieces of jewelry.

My dress is the winner (surprisingly last time all of my dresses were bombs or I’ll fitting). It is a floral watercolor dress on a cream background. Something I could wear to a wedding. Two issues are the cit if the top and the zipper. The dress requires a strapless bra and someone to help you zip and unzip and I like a little more flexibility in my clothes.

The apparel included a very basic floral tank which is a little dated, not cool vintage just dated, floral print on a white background. It probably isn’t worth much but could be one of those just lounging around tops.
The other is a top I loved at first sight. That should have been my clue. It is a houndstooth cap sleeve top. Super cute. It is technically my size but it is vintage and hence a vintage cut which means it is way too tight.

The shoes…argh. I keep buying these hoping for boots or quirky stacked heel shoes but I think I need to stop. I have very flat feet which makes it impossible for me to comfortably wear ballet flats or stilettos. I got a pair of stilettos and ballet flats… Not their fault. I have weird feet and should stop throwing my money away on these surprise shoes.

The jewelry. I got a pair of Gudetama earrings. Actually nicely done but I’m not a Gudetama fan so just not my cup of tea. And I got a pack of Star Wars earrings. Imagine a set if earrings like you can get at Claire’s. I am a Star Wars fan but these are a little too junior for me.

Oh well, maybe one day I can get the apartment surprise. A girl can dream…

Man, I hate my stylish surprise. Darn!

I usually have pretty good luck with Modcloth’s Stylish Surprise. I’ve gotten things a few times that I never would have picked for myself that I absolutely loved when I put them on. Here’s what I got this time:

1 shoe – a pair of simple, heeled black oxfords. Perfect!
2 dresses – One emerald formal one that’s very pretty, but I’m not sure if I’ll ever have an occasion to wear it; one white one with some embroidery that isn’t really my style, but is pretty and I’m sure I’ll have no problems finding a home for it.
1 jewelry – A really great wood and gold statement necklace
3 apparel – a t-shirt that I may wind up using as pajamas, but it is super soft and comfortable; a beautiful teal green tunic; and great blue and white striped wrap shirt.

Mine was a total bomb. I’m not even sure anyone will want to trade, nor will any consignment stores take them. Going to go lick my wounds now 😉

Yikes. I was so bummed about my boring jewelry items I started perusing the clearance section. The environmental expedition backpack was back in stock- 1 left. Of course I had to have it. Now I wonder if I will actually love it in person.

This was my first SS, and I took the safe route…two pairs of shoes. (I figured unless I ended up with six-inch stilettos, I’d be okay.) I was happy with what I received…a pair of red flats that’ll be perfect for spring and a pair of camel-colored ankle-length boots. A tiny part of me was hoping for something a bit more distinctive, but both pairs will be easy to style around, so for $20 I’m pleased 🙂

I got great surprises. I got the same dress as Hayley in mint green,the same boots as Hailey in nlack,a pair of metallic purple pointy toe high heels,a really pretty statement necklace with crystals and rose gold toned roses,a cobalt blue v neck short sleeve sweater and a lemon yellow tank top with rhinestones. Everything fits fine and looks great. I got 2 shoes in size 6 and 1 dress and 2 apparel in size xs. Good luck to everyone!!

This was my first stylish surprise and unfortunately two of the three dresses I ordered were messed up in sizing (ordered XS and got 1 XS, 1 S, and 1 size 4). It was a shame because I liked the size 4 dress the best out of all three (it was this dress but in black: https://www.auctionmaxx.com/Listing/Details/27365499), but it’s about 3 inches too big in the waist. Luckily after contacting customer service, they agreed to ship me out two different XS stylish surprise dresses and are sending me a shipping label to return the two that were too big.

The other dresses I got were this dress in Canary, that came in the correct size and is quite cute: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B019QTUZOQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489579566&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65
And this dress, which looks cute on the model but came in the wrong size for me: http://www.shabbyapple.com/shop/evelyn-tie-dress-blue/

I also ordered two jewelry and two apparel. For the jewelry I got the exact same chunky plastic bead layered necklace twice, one in mustard yellow and one in aquamarine. The apparel items are a long-sleeved light blue floral top with buttons up the back that’s cute but quite wrinkle prone AND hand-wash only, and a graphic t-shirt with a hot air balloon and a whale on it, that’s soft but fits like a S and has huge arm holes.

So for anyone who received items in the wrong size in your order, Modcloth will either send you out a new stylish surprise if they’re in stock still or refund your purchase for that item (I used the live chat and had it resolved in about 10 minutes after sending pictures verifying the incorrect sizes).

I’ve been loving the reveals thread in the forum!

Haley, you look lovely in everything you got! Those boots, rawr!

I was not so lucky, but I knew it would be a big gamble for me since I’m on the large size of 4X and can’t wear heels above an inch or so. If it wasn’t for swapping, I wouldn’t have (I hope!) ordered anything but jewelry.

I got an awesome pair of brown boots that lean a little toward moto/biker styling — but my calves are too big for boots. I got a gorgeous lace dress — but it has soft lace cups and guess who is too big for those too! Fingers crossed for the colorful large scale vegetable print on white dress, and the lightweight small scale floral print top with tucks. On the fence about smallish sparkly gunmetal earrings, lovely but kinda plain for my tastes.

But! Set of three pairs of different gold-tone dinosaur post earrings? Heck yes!! Not worth the $75 I spent, so I hope to find good homes for the clothes and boots. Just gotta find or take pics and look at the protocols for posting clothes for swap.

My one and only attempt at the Stylish Surprise was such a bomb I just can’t bring myself to try again. But I love seeing and hearing what everyone else received.

This is my 3rd time going for the Stylish Surprises. I know that ModCloth items tend to run small on me, so I chose the 1X size even though I’m about a 14. Because I know it’s a “mystery”, I should not be disappointed that I received sleeveless in 5/7 items. I do not wear sleeveless anything so it will be a challenge. My daughters, however, do wear tanks etc. so I do have someone to give them to.

I tried to buy the shoes, which in the past are a true gamble, but they were out of my size. I’ve received darling booties before, and gaudy flip flops. Never quite know what it’s going to be! But considering ModCloth’s prices, I know that $20 for a dress is a bargain.

I hope to get to my email first thing in the morning the next time they have Stylish Surprises!

*I also chose a $5 jewelry and it looks very inexpensive. Next time I will stick with the decor and dresses. 🙂

So this was my first time trying out this company. I got 2 shirts and 4 dresses, all in medium. One tshirt fit my 7 year old daughter, and an enormous tunic sweater that is literally HIDEOUS. 3 of the 4 dresses were the EXACT same dress. Color, size…..EXACT. Why would they send 3 of the same dress?! Does anyone know if they can be sent back? That is insane.