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johnnywas.com
bohemian, avant-garde, casual womenAge 26-45, 46-60, 60+
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johnnywas.com
+1 866-942-8806
USA
Johnny Was is part of Oxford Industries, Inc.
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Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: Oxford Industries, Inc.
Target Gender: women
Target Age Group: 26-45, 46-60, 60+

Shipping

Shipping Cost: $7
Free Shipping: sometimes
Free Shipping Detail: for orders over $50

Returns

Return Policy: not free
Return Instructions: uunworn, unwashed, and unaltered with original tags intact and returned in its original packaging
Return Cost: shipping fee

Sustainability

Sustainability Score: Not Good Enough
Recycling Program: no

Product

Style: bohemian, avant-garde, casual
Body Fit: regular, petite & short
Available Sizes: Women's (S, M, L, XL)

Customer Service

Support Channels: phone, contact form
Support Phone: +1 866-942-8806

Payment Options

Payment Methods: card payments, PayPal, Apple Pay, Amazon Pay, financing
Buy Now Pay Later: Afterpay

Membership Programs

Rewards Program: TopCashback

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Johnny Was Reviews Summary

Johnny Was has a rating of 1.3 stars from 77 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Johnny Was most frequently mention customer service, credit card and return label. Johnny Was ranks 239th among Designer Clothes sites.

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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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North Carolina
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Whatever you do, DO NOT buy their masks!
October 14, 2021

The masks are not returnable if they are tried on and how are you supposed to know how they fit if you don't try them on? The elastic is too short and stiff and your whole face would be distorted and look prematurely wrinkled if you wear them. And then you will have an outline of the mask on your face for a long time!
Please beware the even if you didn't try on the masks, you will still have to pay $10 to return the $25 masks.

Date of experience: October 14, 2021
Alabama
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I bought a dress from them that I love.
Based on the measurements posted on their site I bought an other one. It turned out it was much shorter then described and I needed to return it.
I called customer service and asked them to waive the return shipping fee as their website description was inaccurate.
They refused. They also refused a request to speak to a supervisor. They send me to their damages department -and they refused as well.
Very unprofessional, unkind and customer service in the name only.
K. L.

Date of experience: September 23, 2021
Missouri
1 review
5 helpful votes
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All white models, Not the women in America I know and admire.
Why do they all look alike. How superficial. Take my name off your catalogue list.

Date of experience: August 9, 2021
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Very expensive
June 9, 2021

Very very expensive. Unfortunately the clothes I ordered were made in China. As a result I ordered extra large

Date of experience: June 9, 2021
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I received the Jonny Was coat today. I looks great, even better than I expected. Also I like the packaging, it so tasteful and beautiful! Thank you!

Date of experience: April 15, 2021
South Carolina
1 review
26 helpful votes
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Scammers
March 25, 2021

Ordered a $200 bathing suit from JW website; tried it on, looked awful on me, so I returned it a day after receiving. All tags were attached, as well as the liner inside. After 3 weeks I get an email stating they're sorry but they can't refund my item because it didn't meet their "conditions"? Was not a final sale item, bought directly from them. Can't even get a human being on the phone. They have an hour to call back before I open a dispute with my credit card company. Completely shady behavior from what is supposed to be a reputable business. Never again!

Date of experience: March 25, 2021
Oregon
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Quality issues
November 23, 2020

I love Johnny was styles but find the quality does not make the cut, especially silk items which tend to not hold up even when washed by hand. Overpriced!

Date of experience: November 23, 2020
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I adore beautiful fabrics and flowy styles. I own 4 blouses - purchased from Neimans and the website - and a set of cotton masks. The blouses are all beautiful and well-made. Finishing embroidery is lovely. The fabrics make me smile... visually and tactfully. The masks look so nice... that gorgeous fabric again. But, I will lengthen the elastic - no biggie - and note that there is no nose wire. My online order was prompt and correct. I'll continue to purchase Johnny Was, and hope that others have more successful orders and enjoy the products as I do.

Date of experience: November 18, 2020
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I hate that I had to give JW one star. Don't let the beautiful clothes suck you in. DO NOT ORDER ONLINE! JW stores do not reserve online orders. Your ONLINE order will be sold to the first customer that walks in the store that wants to purchase the same item. You will receive an email two weeks later saying JW no longer has the item. Don't waste your time.

Date of experience: November 1, 2020
California
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I came online to put in feedback how pleased I was with the October 2020 catalog and the beautiful models they use... Online as well, diversity in beauty is being flawlessly executed. Kudos. I cannot speak for any online customer service. Living in California and having visited Denver, I will say that in store, the customer service is first rate and rivals anyone's. As for the merchandise, they are doing limited runs of unique embroidered designs. The fabrics alone they use are not only expensive, but slanted toward easy care (machine wash/tumble dry) and that is a super fine line to walk. I am sad people missed their opportunity to buy something they wanted for super cheap. If it has sold out it's gone. If you love it, pay for it when you see it. As for masks, I will point out this company was one of the first to do this when everyone else was sewing their own or bugging their friends who could just to get anything, and they donated an equal amount to healthcare workers as part of the deal. That means something to me. I give them five stars. If they have outsourced their online customer service, they can consider investing in that like they do in their design and materials... but as I'm lucky enough to be by a store, they have my business.

Date of experience: October 8, 2020
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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No costumer service
September 21, 2020

False advertising, zero costumer service!
Item that I purchased on sale was not available, but is still on the catalog and still on sale. The second order I made I received the wrong items. To talk to customer service was impossible, I called 20 times but no response. I regret buying from this company.

Date of experience: September 21, 2020
District of Columbia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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False advertising
September 15, 2020

Items that you purchase on sale are not available, then you still see item on sale a week later and reorder to be told not available. Is this not FALSE advertising? Also, WORST customer service ever. Some items I have ordered just went into nowhere. I have order numbers and snapshot of purchases but never received items since May. I have called with no answer to customer service. No reply on email except a ticket number that has never been answered. I am DONE with this company and will Never order again.

Date of experience: September 15, 2020
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Again no customer service
September 2, 2020

I was on their site this morning and tried to purchase some items at 40% additional off. I go to pay and it just spun and spun.
I got out and went back on this time in line to get on their site, only to have made my purchase and entering the code EXTRA40, ONLY TO HAVE IT CHARGE ME THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE ITEM. IF YOU TRY TO CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY WILL EITHER DUMP YOUR CALL AFTER YOUVE HELD FOR A HALF HOUR OR IT GOES TO VM. IN MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE THEY NEVER RETURN YOUR CALL. SO PISSED. FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME!

Date of experience: September 2, 2020
Oregon
2 reviews
22 helpful votes
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I've been a customer for years. It's never been good. It's impossible to reach a human, they don't respond to emails and they often forget to ship orders. Recently 6 out of 6 items ordered were cancelled after 3 weeks of waiting for them to be shipped. One by one I received emails apologizing for this. I was then sent a 50.00 off coupon to make up for all the cancelled pieces. I ordered another item that was also cancelled after 2 weeks. The coupon is no longer good and they don't respond to calls or emails to replace the coupon.
It's like being in an abusive relationship.
I'd rather buy their clothing elsewhere and often do, but lately the quality is also lacking.
I think I'm giving up after 15 years and thousands and thousand of dollars...

Date of experience: September 1, 2020
GB
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Online Order Nightmare
August 25, 2020

I am absolutely shocked that this company is still functioning, they have the most appalling customer service I have ever experienced and don't care about correcting their mistakes! Buyer Beware. I called their CS dept to advise that I was relocating country and wanted to upgrade my shipping, not cancel just upgrade, they said this was impossible so just cancelled the order without consulting me. So by the time I found out and went to repurchase the item it had sold out. If your running a prestigious company in LA surely if you really wanted to provide good customer service you'd call the customer cancel the order and re-order the items using expedited shipping, it's not hard. So after this disaster I got a sorry that's it, no what can we do to rectify our mistake. I then thought I'd give them a second chance as still needed a dress for party as I had my other order cancelled! I ordered another 3 items. I then received an email a week later advising that 2 items were out of stock. (Why offer these items on your website if they are no longer available) I asked them to cancel the whole order, as I'm pretty frustrated at this point. Then to my surprise I received an email 3 weeks later, saying that 1 item in my order had shipped my credit card was also charged. I have now gone to my credit card issuer to deal with these clowns to ask for a full refund. I Will never purchase through them again, time wasters causing you additional admin you just don't need. Also don't buy there masks the elastic breaks after a few washes.

Date of experience: August 25, 2020
Colorado
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't buy these masks
August 20, 2020

I didn't get the selection of masks that I ordered. Nothing was stated that these would be substituted. Also, nothing in the description says they are not eligible for return. The quality is not great, the fabric is thin. I have since cancelled my catalogs and will not order from Johnny Was in the future. Their clothing is made in China with for a very high price.

Date of experience: August 20, 2020
New York
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Impossible to get them on the phone. They are using Covid 19 as an excuse to cut out customer service

Date of experience: August 16, 2020
California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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An Online Disaster
August 8, 2020

This review refers to Johnny Was online only. JW behaves like a company that's heading for bankruptcy. It's online sales are disastrously managed. Examples:
• Sent a top with a hole in the sleeve that also reeked of perfume. Obviously it wasn't new merchandise
• Almost never sent information about when the order ships or when it's likely to arrive
• Since the pandemic started, JW seems to have disconnected its inventory from its online ordering system. I placed an order for 3 items. I received one quickly. After about 10 days, an email came saying the second item wasn't in stock. After 3 weeks, an email announced that the third item was also not in stock.
• Giving JW one last try, I ordered two more items. Once again, after 2 weeks, an email said that neither item was in stock.
So JW, one more customer is no longer doing business with you. This hopelessly bad level of service has ruined my trust in you as viable company.

Date of experience: August 8, 2020
Mexico
1 review
26 helpful votes
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Zero Customer Service
August 7, 2020

Don't place an order... you wont get it! In the last few months i have placed 4 orders, 3 items were cancelled which were later on sale again in their website, no one is available to help on line or by phone, even though they say "contact us", and i am still waiting on three orders. Apologies due to Coronavirus don't work when other orders at different (Other) companies are filled. Sorry - we are all in this together. If you cannot deliver stay out of the game. Its not fair to jerk your paying customers around. I do not live in the states and gave you guys a
Month so I could get my things brought to me. FAIL... HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Date of experience: August 7, 2020
Texas
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I placed a large order for silk masks. After waiting for a shipping notice for 2 weeks, I tried to phone customer service for info. Just like others have experienced, I was told their was a 2 min wait for a rep. 10 minutes later, an automated message "recorded" my name and phone number, then disconnected. This happened repeatedly. I say "recorded" because I never received a return call, much less within the promised 24 hrs. I then emailed customer service and requested that the order be sent via an expedite method due to the delay. Again, no reply. Coincidentally however, my order shipped the very next day - via USPS. So much for expediting. From there, it took another 10 days to receive my order. Given what's happening with our Postal Service, perhaps some of that delay can be attributed to them. However, there's no question that Johnny Was has abysmal customer service and no absolutely no regard for their customers - pandemic or not.

Date of experience: August 4, 2020