Romy Style

I first found Romy back in October when the store first opened. The giant «50% off Clothing» sign caught my attention.
Romy is a small women’s clothing store in the PV mall (with additional locations at Arrowhead, Chandler, Desert Sky, Fiesta, San Tan and Superstition).
They have a boutique selection of clothing; they’ve a lot dresses and far more silk items than I’m used to seeing. I walked out on my first visit with two jackets (one was a business jacket for less than 10 bucks!) and two shirts. All total I think my bill was $ 25. Every other time I’ve been there they’ve had amazing sales. There is a current one going on that’s 75% off the entire store…
Now I know you’re probably thinking «Four items, two of them being jackets, for $ 25 bucks? Seriously? They must be made horribly!»
Not so. The fabric is of good quality, the stitching is as well (only a few times have I found something sewn poorly but I’ve found that in Anne Taylor, Macys, Target or Learner New York as well) and if it’s not a silk product the cotton is heavy. From what I was told all the stores have a direct point of contact with the manufacturer/​designer so they don’t have to go from Designer to Manufacturer to Store and it cost them less in the end.
Each time I’ve gone in, and it’s every few weeks, they have new items and fashions so their product updates often enough which is good.
One down side that they’re trying to fix is they have only 2 dressing rooms. When it gets busy, the wait can be upwards of half an hour. Another is that their sizes run slightly small, so if you’re a small get a medium and so on.
The staff is rather helpful and in the dozen or so times I’ve been into the store I haven’t had a bad experience. In fact when I was last in there this weekend and there was a line for the waiting room they were ushering people into the bathroom and the people in the dressing rooms were offering to share their mirrors.
I recommend giving them a try. Go into 2010 looking with cute new clothes! :)