Madewell earns strong reviews for dependable jeans and well-made leather accessories, indicating the brand is good at fit, durability, and everyday style, though basics can be hit-or-miss and some items underperform. Reviewers praise comfortable, flattering denim with multiple lengths and lasting wear, while noting issues like thin or see-through cotton basics, occasional sizing confusion, shoes that squeak until broken in, and inconsistent jewelry quality.
The T-Shirt That Solved the College Uniform
Sending a son off to college apparently involves finding the perfect uniform: something he’ll actually wear, that looks put together without looking like he tried, and that can survive being worn on repeat. Enter the Madewell Allday Tee.
Super soft from the start, these passed the comfort test immediately. The fit hits that sweet spot too: not too fitted, not too oversized, and just polished enough to make jeans, shorts, or sweats look intentional.
The best endorsement? After one week at college, my son called home and asked me to order more colors.
College uniform: solved.
Misleading Website Interface Caused a Bait-and-Switch Experience!!!
This was my first experience ordering from Madewell, and unfortunately, it will likely be my last due to a completely broken and misleading website design.
I went to the site specifically looking for a classic matte leather card case. I found the page clearly titled "Curved Leather Card Case." I clicked on the "Glazed Walnut" color swatch right inside that matte leather menu, fully expecting to receive a standard matte leather product. Instead, I opened my package to find a highly reflective, cheap-looking patent leather card case.
Upon going back to investigate how this happened, I discovered that Madewell has three separate listings on their site: the Curved Patent Leather Card Case, the Curved Leather Card Case, and the Curved Card Case. Unbelievably, all three pages route to the exact same asset selection pool on the backend. "Glazed Walnut" is the only patent option available, yet they allow it to be selected directly under the matte "Leather" heading without any clear warning that you are switching materials.
If a customer is ordering from a page explicitly named "Leather," they should not be sent patent leather by default just because of an unvetted backend glitch. The lack of web integrity entirely ruined what was supposed to be a premium first purchase. I am not a happy customer!
I'm still awaiting both a belt and a scarf, and hope they will salvage their reputation, but they completely earned this review on this particular accessory front.
Madewell lives up to the name. Most everything I’ve gotten from there is made well. I’m careful to check fabric content prior to purchase, but this is a great spot for nice (boring) basics. You aren’t going to blow anyone away with your style prowess, but I’ve never been disappointed.
My only complaint is that the shoes fart when you walk, but I’ve found a lot of leather flats do until they soften up.
I really like the fit of this shirt! The sleeves are cap sleeves which I like and also 100% cotton. It fits well and is a great casual every day shirt. It does wrinkle a bit but thats expected due to the cotton.
4.3
