Dynamite

I decided to check out Dynamite as I am in the middle of of a quest to beef up my wardrobe with more dressy clothing. When I came into the store initially I had a staff member with a headset walk right past me without giving me the time of day but a lady standing in their clearance section was very nice and let me know about the sales they had going on.
Alot of the clothing seems appropriate for dressy casual and alot of what they had out was darker colors. I thought this was odd considering we are heading into spring soon (well hopefully) and alot of the stores are bringing out their brighter colored clothes and accessories. The prices seemed affordable with tops in the ten to thirty dollar range and pants in the twenty five to forty dollar range. If we were just coming up on winter I might have bought some of the tops. The quality seems pretty good for what they charge for them. I think it is important to note they don’t do plus sizes and I couldn’t even find anything in an extra large. I am not saying they don’t carry it it’s just that I could not find it. If your more full figured like myself this probably is not going to be the store for you but if your average sized and in Londonderry mall it is at the very least worth a quick glance.

I started shopping at Dynamite in my teens, stopped for a few years and just recently started shopping with the company again. Dynamite and its sister company «Garage Clothing» is a Canadian based company that sells exclusively to the female demographic. While Garage targets teens, Dynamite is said to target women in their late twenties. Personally I find their clothes appeals more to the late teens and early 20’s age groups.
The company has several locations in Edmonton and I mainly shop at the ones located inside Kingsway, Londonderry and West Edmonton Mall. Kingsway and Londonderry’s locations are still set up using their «old» open store layout whereas West Edmonton Mall’s has been reno-​ed to become their «new age» store with displays out in the front half-​blocking the view of the store which makes you enter the store to look at everything and not just window shop. The new store is definitely more modern looking with a glam chic vibe when you first walk into the store with their overhead lighting and sparkling silver displays.
I would describe Dynamite’s clothing as a trendy, business wardrobe shopping destination. The quality and prices are decent. ex. blouses for $ 20 to $ 30. Dress pants for $ 35 to $ 45. They carry tops, bottoms (including jeans), jewelery, belts and lately I noticed pj’s.
I like how the company uses different fabrics for their blazers and its not always just cotton. I recently bought a black satin set which the collection consisted of ¾ sleeve black blazer, black halter vest, black capri’s and black skinny pants. I purchased all the separate coordinating pieces except for the pants since I prefer my business dress pants to be flared/​boot cut in style. Depending on how the pieces get put together, the pieces can be dressed up for meetings or down for casual Fridays.
I have found customer service to be lacking at times (but I guess thats everywhere nowadays) and I really like that the company’s fashions can easily go from a day in the office to an evening out on the town with friends.