# Is Walmart fashion’s best kept, bargain secret? We wore it to a week’s worth of events to find out

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/is-walmart-fashions-best-kept-bargain-secret-we-wore-it-to-a-weeks-worth-of-events-to-find-out/
- Published: 2026-11-13T17:02:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T17:25:22+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/lifestyle/is-walmart-fashions-best-kept-bargain-secret-we-wore-it-to-a-weeks-worth-of-events-to-find-out/
- Topics: Culture, Fashion, World

## Key points

- A $36 Walmart dress was mistaken for designer fashion.
- The writer tested nine items priced from $12 to $67.
- Fit issues included puckering and non-adjustable shoulder ties.

## Summary

Walmart is trying to make its clothing lines, including Free Assembly and Scoop, appealing to style-conscious shoppers, and a fashion writer tested whether the low prices deliver. A $36 printed dress drew compliments from fashion insiders who mistook it for designer wear, illustrating how the retailer’s image has shifted.

The writer ordered nine items priced from $12 to $67, after Walmart hired former luxury executive Denise Incandela in 2017 and designer Brandon Maxwell in 2021 to guide its fashion lines. Some pieces impressed, but the dresses puckered at the waist and the tested dress’s fixed shoulder ties could reveal more cleavage than intended. Walmart said online marketplace revenue from households earning at least $100,000 rose 40% in February.

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