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J.Crew’s and Gap’s Comeback Playbooks Couldn’t Be More Different. Only One Is Working

After the pandemic, the American retailers hired big fashion names to breathe life into their brands. But as the collections released this week show, the similarities end there.
From the lookbooks of J.Crew and Yeezy Gap engineered by Balenciaga.
This week, J.Crew, debuted its first collection by menswear creative director Brendon Babenzien, and Gap rolled out its collaboration with Yeezy and Balenciaga in retail. (Courtesy)

J.Crew and Gap both took big steps this week to turn long-hyped but little-seen comeback efforts into clothes that people can actually buy. At J.Crew, it was the

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