Fashion Tomato

Bad customer service. Return policy is awful, they only do store credit. The quality is also bad and they carry super small sizes. Never going back.

Small boutique. Reasonably priced. Several trendy pieces available. A few classic pieces available also. Staff is very accommodating but not overbearing. Very clean. Good music selection to listen to while shopping. No complaints.

This store has very fashionable (or fad) items for reasonable prices. However, they do fit a bit odd on me personally. I wear a S in tops and about 4 or 6 in bottoms, depending on the store brand. So it can be difficult to buy a whole outfit from here. On the other hand, they have awesome selection of accessories– brooches, necklaces, belts, headbands, earrings, clutches, etc. Of course you are getting the quality you pay for, so handle their items with care (ie, necklaces with gem stones, or scarfs that can snag easily). Staff is friendly, but not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. They tend to recommend things that aren’t my taste despite my multiple rejections. Conveniently located steps off the Belmont train stop. Worth stopping in if you’re in the neighborhood.

I have lived in this area for three years and recently in the past two years I moved to LP and now River West so I don’t visit this store as often as I used to. I will say though this place is hard to find a good outfit here. Sometimes things fit weird or are too short or open back. And sometimes its just cheaply made, it will rip after a few wears. When I purchase things here I make sure I really inspect it and it is worth the price. Price point is pretty high for the quality. They have cute jewelry and accessories. Its worth a look if your in the area.

This shop is definitely my favorite in the area. They have a great selection of tops and dresses that are fairly priced for the quality. They always have a new selection when I go in (which is often).
Unlike some of the other reviews, I always find the sales girls are always helpful. They are very willing to help me pair accessories with dresses and grab other sizes and items if I ask.
I definitely recommend this store!

I knew I would have no trouble finding something I liked in the store. I walk by it pretty much every day, and there is always the cutest stuff in the window on the mannequins! I finally had an excuse to go in — I needed a dress to wear to a wedding, and after visiting several other stores was having no luck.
I found three different dresses to try on. They were all very unique, which I like. I cannot stand when I spend a lot of time finding an outfit I like only to see other people wearing it later! All three dresses were incredibly cute and I had trouble deciding. The salesgirl was incredibly helpful and wasn’t fake when telling me what she thought about each one. She actually told me she liked the less expensive one better which I felt was very genuine.
I got a lot of compliments on the dress (please don’t mind my shallowness for a moment) and was very happy with it — it cost less than 60 dollars but didn’t LOOK cheap.
This isn’t a store I would go to to find day-​to-​day outfits, but they have a lot of cute, dressy styles that you won’t see anywhere else. I am ready to find another excuse to go back!

Lure me in with cute window displays, send me packing with cheap goods.
Fashion Tomato you’ve got it all wrong.
Don’t put cute items in your window to lure me in, only to have few things in kind actually in your store, sending me away.
Put cute items in your window, and then have MORE cute things inside the store.
See!
Bait and switch never works in business, does it?
The nicest things they have are certainly front and center in the window display with most items on the racks being a bit, more, um, well, sleazy.
Boho-​chic blouses in the front.
Sequin, halter cutout mini’s in the back.
It’s like a really misleading mullet.
The few pieces I did try on — a dress, two blouses and a skirt — were cut poorly with wiggly hems and made of cheap fabric.
And a sales associate hovered near me in the dressing area the whole time.
She at least made an attempt to act nonchalant about it, but was clearly monitoring for potentially shoplifting.
Ahem.
Obtrusive.
Dislike.
So, onto the accessories.
Which, for the record, are very cute (tons of sexy clutches, cinchy belts, stackable bangles and bright baubles) but priced pretty reedonkulously.
$ 28 for a fabric bracelet?
Quality is Forever 21 comparable and yet 4x the cost.
If we’re talking real fashion, this tomato’s gone bad.

So many super short dresses!
Staff was friendly, and they had some very cute accessories.

This place is HORRIBLE!!! Do not waste your time or money there! They owner is a mean man and treats his staff and customers like crap. They refuse to let you return anything! Everything is really cheeply made and will not last you more than a day. Its way over priced as well. You can get soemthing at forver 21 that is less expenisve and will last you more than one day. There are so many other stores in that area with better customer serivce, quality and price. Never going back there again!

Every time I go here I find something that looks cute but then it feels so cheap. This place is way too over priced for the poor quality. Not to mention the employees follow you around the store fixing hangers and they always look miserable

I was going to give this store a 5 or 4 star review UNTIL last night. I went in on a whim after visiting Michael’s. I was looking for a dress for my bachelorette party and some things in the window caught my eye. None of them ended up working (if you moved the wrong way there would be fully exposed boob… and that was in the Medium and the Small… not a well constructed dress). I did, however, find a very cute purple dress on a mannequin.
The sales girls were very nice and pulled dresses for me; helped me look on the racks. Said «hello» when I came in and were very attentive. I tried on the dress and they were super complimentary. At $ 30 the price was comparable to Forever 21 and cheaper than H&M and is a really interesting cut. So I bought it and an adorable belt with a pleather bow.
Fast forward to my second time wearing the dress. I’m at my bridal shower last night and my fiancé goes to put his arm around me and SLICES OPEN HIS FINGER on a straight pin! Excuse me? Apparently when the dress was placed on the mannequin, the draping on the sleeves was pinned back to make the dress fit better and was never removed before handing it over to me to wear.
I don’t make a habit of searching for straight pins before trying on clothes, but maybe I should now. The woman helping me did unpin the back (it’s common to pin clothes in the back to make them tighter on a mannequin. I know that), but never looked at the sleeves.
Additionally, when we removed the straight pins, the sleeves were considerably less attractive. Did I mention that the store has a strict «no return on almost everything they sell» policy?
Maybe this is why.

Some cute clothes, but all in all not the best place to shop on Belmont. The reggetone music is annoying and the sales people never great you — or maybe its just me. The clothes aren’t made any better than something from forever 21 or discovery. All they do is add accessories, get a nice store-​front, and Jack up the prices. Not impressed, sorry.

First… one should distrust shops that have awkwardly trying to be hip back leaning mannequins. Second… I went in search of a long dress and they had a small selection. Fine, I know long formals aren’t really popular anymore, but wow, the quality was awful. Pulled seams, loose and missing sequins, all tangled on the hangers. It was a huge disappointment and makes me wonder about the quality of merchandise.

I used to live here and walk by the amazing storefront with rows of hot dresses in the windoww. When I went in, they were cheaply made and way-​over-​the-​top in price, as well as hidden amongst other non-​amazing things throughout the store.
It seemed to me like Tomato focuses mostly on trendy tops that are about $ 30, which isn’t bad until they fall apart on you. The techno on the soundsystem moves you to buy them, though, and the hands-​off sales people leave you your space to float around the store and buy waaaay too much — which you cannot return AT ALL, for any reason. The sale prices are decent, but keep in mind, these are things are already in two pieces from damage or on their way there, so look forward to one wear, one washing, one donation to Brown Elephant which they, in turn, will pass on to Salvation Army where someone else will turn it into a kooky curtain.

I think I like this store, but I’m not sure just yet. I agree with Julia T 100% that the window displays are not indicative of what you typically find in the store. You would think this is a dress shop because the mannequins are always dressed in 5 seasonally appropriate dresses. While there are dresses, 90% of the store consists of cute shirts that range from plain tanks to business casual.
A few years ago I picked up a few shirts that I later found to be of poor quality. One (really tightly) fitted shirt completely lost its shape on the first night it was worn. Imagine my embarrassment as halfway through a first date I went to the washroom only to discover that I was dressed like Mrs. Roper!
I’m the type of girl that buys a new dress for every semi formal event I attend and I will admit I am duped by the displays every time. Maybe too much time has lapsed between my visits and when they first put out the displays because they normally only have one or two of the displayed dresses available in the store. The quality of the fabric is much better than the shirts but I haven’t ever been lucky enough to find any cute dresses in a size 8. I often find myself in the dressing room pondering whether or not I’d be self conscious in the 6 that barely zipped or if I should buy the 12 and have it tailored. I often choose just to look elsewhere because I require a specific fit that won’t exploit what I’m packing in the back.
While the only things I’ve ever purchased here were poorly made shirts, I still give Fashion Tomato 3 stars because I know that if I were 15lbs lighter or 40lbs heaver I’d look amazing in the size 6 and 12 respectively. While this won’t ever be my go to store, I’ll continue to pop in and look for dresses on an occasion by occasion basis.

Fashion Tomato is the Forever 21 of Lakeview. They sell cheap «going out» clothes. If you’re looking for a cute top to wear a few times, then I would definitely recommend popping in, but I would not go here to buy a nice dress.
When you are trying clothes on, make sure to check the seams for rips and tears. I once took three shirts into the dressing room, and all three were torn or stained. Also, if the shirt is really colorful, hand wash it alone. I bought a cute blue sundress there, washed it in my sink, and my sink changed colors.

I like this store and can usually find at least one thing that I like. Some of their tops are very trashy but you can find nice dresses and a couple of shirts they are wearable.
The pricing is good– I got a super cute dress for $ 25 recently. However, I don’t think the materials are good, it reminds me of Forever 21.
I think if you’re in the Belmont area, you should stop by and check it out.

Very hit or miss, and they skew on the young and trendy side as opposed to stylish mid-20’s. I’ve found a few cute things, and they actually carry a variety of sizes, but some of the stuff belongs in the half-​off hooker bin.
Prices are right for the quality. Most tops are under $ 30, they carry some cute dresses (and again some ghastly ones) and they have a decent selection of jewelry. Watch out though, because their return policy really sucks.
The best part about this store is that it is located right off the Belmont stop. Hit it on your way home from work, or as part of a shopping excursion along Belmont. If you don’t find something here, you’ll probably find something at one of the nearby stores.

When I lived in Lakeview, I stopped in here about once a week on my way off of the train if I was getting off at Belmont and almost always found a couple items I wanted to pick up. Here’s my breakdown:
+1 for finding clothing here you will seriously not find anywhere else, and you will never be out and see another soul wearing your top or dress since they only care maybe 4 – 5 items of each style
+1 for the prices-​right where they should be for what you’re getting
+1 for having the best dresses for going out, and even a few acceptable day dresses
–2 because the sales people are heinous and do not want to help anyone when asked to

Please note — Sales staff does not check for presence of feet underneath the door and will flash your mostly naked black ass to everyone waiting to go in the dressing room mere seconds after she herself put you in the stall.
And on that note, cute dresses, good prices, blah blah, but i’ll only go back with a bag over my head or send friends in for future purchases.
Oh– there were no locks on the door to prevent this unfortunate incident.