Clothes Mentor

Women that work here are for sure of the snootier breed. THEY are in charge, and want you to know it. :) Anyways… besides that, the clothes are nice! If you are looking to sell things, they take NICE women’s clothes, in like new condition, and high quality. For a hip Woman. Not juniors, although juniors would feel comfortable in them, as they aren’t frumpy stuffy clothes. Great for women 28−55÷60. Everything from workwear to lots of going out clothes and lounge wear. At the moment, there is a 70%…yes, 70!!! % OFF sale on many in style, in season clothes, shoes, and purses. Check this place out.

I have never actually purchased anything at this store, but have come to sell items twice now. The first time I sold a designer purse and I felt I received a very fair offer and left happy. The second time, I took a huge amount of clothes and shoes. They took some time to process my items so I looked around the store. VERY confused to see items from Target, Old Navy, JC Penney, Kohls, etc in a store that claims to resell high end items. If you are looking for Vera Bradley knock off bags, this is your store. Their designer clothing and shoe selection is really lacking but their designer bags are admittedly a great selection and price. When my offer was ready, they took about ²⁄₃ of my clothes. While I understand that some of the items were probably not what they were looking for, they did not take 2 pairs of J Brand dark wash skinny jeans (???) and proceeded to offer me $ 9 for a pair of unworn, in the box pair of Ecco boots. $ 9 for a pair of $ 200 boots. They use a computer system for all their offers, so I will definitely not blame the very nice and helpful girls working there. I would actually continue to buy and sell at clothes mentor, but ONLY bags. I will also echo other reviewers that this place has the «Goodwill» smell.

If you’re a fan of quality boots and purses –like me– I highly recommend this place. A brand-​new Louis Vuitton purse just isn’t in my budget. I picked up a pre-​owned Louis with a slight rip to the fabric on the inside (hardly noticeable) and leather Steve Madden combat boots for an incredible price. I receive comments on the purse daily and have worn my boots too many times to count. The only reason I’m giving this place a 4 is because I spent all the money I made from reselling, in the store.

As a 53 year old professional who buys quality clothing and takes care of her quality clothing I’m a little curious about what is acceptable to be sold to this shop. I took in several items, including a classic, V neck, sleeveless, Nicole Miller, crêpe de chine, size 4, little black dress that had been worn ONCE. They passed. I had a black Kate Spade handbag. Pass. Chanel hat and scarf set. Pass. Hmmm? I had a few sweaters and I can understand not wanting sweaters but I had some other designer handbags that had been carried a few times and they passed, along with an ecru, size 6, Ann Taylor silk blouse that I’ve worn 2 – 3 times. They only took 2 items and while I accept their pickiness I am just confused about what IS acceptable and felt this was a colossal waste of time. I’m not reviewing due to sour grapes but am reaching out to every other busy woman to say, «Don’t waste your time.» Oh, I DID feel this place smells like a used clothing store, as some have said. That doesn’t mean a thing, though. Quality clothing can be found in resale shops. I didn’t shop so can’t comment on clothing quality, however.

Some of these reviews are harsh. I love this store. Great prices and sales. Some great brands and they are stylish. Good selection of sizes for all. They even sell maternity which can be expensive!

It was the night before my daughter’s high school graduation and we were on a hunt for a dress. Clothes Mentor has a nice selection, so I wanted to make this our first stop.
After trying on several dresses that didn’t speak to her, we decided to look elsewhere, but not before she spotted a dress that she wanted to try. It was a satiny royal blue dress from Express with tags marked $ 79.90 still attached and fit her PERFECTLY! She found shoes and our journey was complete.
As we made our way to the counter, I was told that orange tags were 30% off, so she got her entire outfit for $ 32. Not bad for a mom, I must say.
P. S. While we were there, she ran into a young man shopping with (for) his mom for the same event. Small world Indianapolis is, even if it was in Fishers.

Not sure I understand this place. They say they want to be fashion forward yet carry and buy (no offense) all non trendy and older styled clothing. It’s smells in there and I couldn’t wait to wash my hands. I also find it funny the staff and owner is giving themselves 5 stars as if they’re a customer.

Very clean & organized! A good selection of clothing, purses, & accessories! The staff is very friendly & you get fair offers for your items!

I haven’t tried to sell anything to Clothes Mentor yet, but I’ve shopped there a couple of times. They have a great selection of gently used, quality clothing. Some of the prices are a little high for resale, but most are very reasonable. They are selective about what they buy from people, so the clothes they sell are in very good condition. They offer great discounts and sales throughout the year and provide a loyalty punch card. Clothes Mentor also has a nice selection of more professional attire, which is great because I rarely find work clothes at resale shops.

I really want to like this store, but I have been consistently disappointed every time I have gone here to shop. I agree with the poster below who describes this store as «meh.» The selection is not great and I have found many shirts that have damage! The prices vary greatly as well– some shirts being $ 4 up to $ 25. They have a good selection of handbags and jewelry. I have better luck shopping at simply chic. I have sold to clothes mentor one time and was disappointed with the dollar amount they offered me.

I wish there was a rating star in between «Meh» and «A-​OK» because my experience with Clothes Mentor was only OK, not great, but not so bad that I would never go back as a buyer (not sure about selling here). This consignment store is very similar to Simply Chic in that you sell your clothes right there. But I was there to buy. Unlike Plato’s Closet, this store is aimed at the professional/​mature woman with stylish selections of all types of clothing, shoes, jewelry, handbags and even maternity clothes. They claim they have sizes from 0 – 16, but as a small person, their size 0 – 4 selection in pants was pretty slim, no pun intended :).
So I found several shirts I liked. I take them to the counter and the girl takes off the security tags, that have a little pin in them, and immediately we notice that there are now holes left in 3 of my shirts. Two holes were really bad. She said they are supposed to place the security tags in the seam, well that evidently didn’t happen. The manager agrees to only 15% off each shirt even though the store is who caused the damage. I would have been happy with $ 50% off instead. So I bought the items anyway and now have to find thread and time to sew up the holes :(
The other thing about this store is the pricing is all across the board. Some things I looked at were really inexpensive, say $ 4.00. In fact, I found a cute pair of no-​name brand heels for $ 5.00. But other shoes I would look at would be $ 20, $ 50+. Now, I am not a clothing designer aficionado, I couldn’t care less about name brand. I look for the style. So maybe most of the brands in this store are high end, I am not sure, but regardless, I am not going to pay the price just for a name. I bought 6 items for $ 46 and was refunded $ 3 for the holes in the shirts.
It was kind of an odd first experience, but I will go back, I just have to pay attention to where they place the security tags. I don’t want to go through that fiasco again, as I am not much into sewing.

I went to sell them stuff, not really buy. I took lots of things, but they literally bought none of them. They really stick to the «1−2» years old rule. Some of my things were things that I thought were fairly classic pieces-​just tees from the gap or even some khakis.
I will say, and this is why they are getting four stars, that the place was clean, did not smell like goodwill, and was organized. You would never have thought you were walking into a used clothing store.