Boston Proper

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Boston Proper Reviews Summary

Positive Highlights

  • Clothing styles are frequently praised for being trendy and appealing.
  • Helpful customer service representatives resolve issues effectively for some shoppers.
  • The brand offers a variety of chic women's clothing options.

Negative Highlights

  • Customer service is often reported as unhelpful or difficult to communicate with.
  • Refund and exchange processes can be slow and inflexible.
  • Product quality may be inconsistent, with some items poorly made or defective.
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Aug 20, 2025

I just received an order and all but one of the items did not fit properly. I spent 20 minutes trying to get through your automated system, trying to figure out how to exchange for other sizes. When I was finally able to speak to a human being, his English was really bad. He couldn't understand me any better than I could understand him. It was quite frustrating. And then two of the items I was wanting to exchange were completely out of stock so I could only exchange one of the items. I know lots of companies outsource their Customer Service to foreign countries. But if you really care about your customers, you would want them to feel appreciated and understood by your customer service agents. Please do better.

Sep 7, 2025

I used to buy a lot of things from Boston proper and loved them. Lately it seems that items I'm getting are low quality materials & poorly made and just not what they used to be. Also, with so many companies not charging for returns you would think that Boston proper would do the same. Honestly, they are the last company I go to buy anything anymore.

Aug 8, 2026

I purchased a dress on a great sale price. It ran small so I needed to exchange it. When I tried, it showed the next size unavailable for the free exchange. When I went on the regular site, it was available however $40 more. Customer Service said they could not help meet the lower price. I refuse to pay $40 more when it should have been an even exchange.

Mar 30, 2026

I am a long time regular customer of BP, love the variety and quality of their clothing. I recently had some questions about a product detail description related to Size and Fit of a 2 piece outfit where the length of the top and the length of the pants seemed incorrect so I called and got a very helpful customer service person - he agreed that the length of each outfit piece was likely switched and printed incorrectly (e.g. The top was listed as 30" long but it was a crop top, and the pants were listed as 21.5 inches long but these were long to the floor on the model in the photo). He was able to obtain the correct lengths and I was able to place my order with confidence. He also indicated he would pass along this request to correct the length information to the product are for correcting the outfit information. Thankful for the customer service person who was very pleasant and helpful.

Dec 29, 2025

I'm very disappointed in the customer service I have been receiving. I have called four times about a return and my refund gift card has still not been sent to me after two weeks. I'm usually very pleased but not lately. They also have not sent me the gift card my fiancée purchased for a Christmas gift.

Aug 8, 2026

I bought a beautiful dress from Boston Proper and wore it to a wedding. During the wedding the zipper broke. I was sewn back into the dress by some very nice, helpful staff at the wedding. That night, I had to turn the dress around so the sewn part was in the front and then cut it off of me. After 4 emails and 4 phone calls recounting my embarrassing incident BP told me they would not support me in any way since my 30 day window had passed, the dress was worn and not in its original packaging. I am extremely disappointed in BP for not standing behind the quality of their dress. I will never buy another item from them and warn everyone not to patronize BP. POOR QUALITY. POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Oct 20, 2025

I tried to speak with CUSTOMER SERVICE and they are very misleading with some of their promo codes. I hadn't received an item and they are fighting me with it Still have not received an item, but yet I got charged through my charge card

Apr 12, 2026

My purchased necklace broke, never worn, suspected a flaw. Customer service stellar in solving my issue!

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Florida
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I am a long time customer of Boston Proper and am very disappointed. I was an advertisement for their store wearing the clothes and telling everyone where I purchased them. Now if you purchase an item on sale no matter what type of item they will not return it is final sale. That is fine in a store but not for mail order when you can't try the item on. Every body is different. After ordering a bathing suit from them it was back ordered. I found another suit. Boston mailed the suit late and refused to send a refund even though shipping the suit late was their error. The suit looks uneven and cheap which is also unacceptable even for sale prices at their store. I tried to post this as a review to warn other consumers and they keep blocking it. Customer Service told me there is nothing they can do. I am on a mission to find somewhere to shop. Target had a cuter, cheaper bathing suit.

Date of experience: July 6, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Terrible Company to deal with!
June 19, 2019

Stay away! Over priced for marginal quality and unbelievably awful customer service.
Returned a dress that was too small - I received an e-mail from them saying that I'd exceeded their 30 day return window and that my options were "we can either exchange your item for another size, or we will be happy to send your item back to you"
I called customer service and asked that they exchange the dress for a larger size. The rep didn't believe me when I read the email to her - she told me I owned the dress.
I forwarded the email to customer service and requested a call back to discuss. I never heard from them. I called again 2 weeks later and was told that I'd receive a refund for the dress "just allow 3-5 business days for processing". Almost 4 weeks after that my original dress in the original size showed up at my home. This type of service doesn't promote repeat business, results in loss of customers. Save yourself the aggravation, shop elsewhere!

Date of experience: June 19, 2019
Connecticut
1 review
7 helpful votes
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DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS COMPANY
June 6, 2019

They have a ridiculous policy that they do not accept FINAL SALE items for return. I purchased items priced at ~500.00 and didn't like any of the items but can't return them... DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS COMPANY THAT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO RETURN ITEMS... IT SHOULD NOT MATTER IF THEY ARE FINAL SALE OR NOT. A CUSTOMER SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN ANY ITEM THEY DO NOT LIKE.

Date of experience: June 6, 2019
Colorado
1 review
5 helpful votes
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My items were marked sale but not final sale and not returnable. Both items I received did not fit at all and I ask to return them. After some rude correspondence I suggested that I would take credit for future purchases but even that was refused.

I was a customer for some time and do not deserve such treatment.

Boston Proper lost a customer

Date of experience: June 4, 2019
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Piece of garbage and cannot return
June 1, 2019

In my opinion you cannot say " cannot be returned" for an item that is bought online. Because you buy it without seeing the fabric and the quality of work, you don't put it on either. May look good in the picture but it is like " got you " type of attitude when you see what you bought and want to return it.
I will never buy anything from this company again.

Date of experience: June 1, 2019
Florida
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Piece of garbage
May 29, 2019

I bought this dress for 155$ and was amazed by poor fabric choice and terrible execution. They used a very thick ugly band/tape as a waist trim. All 3 bands stitched together and give you a very bulky unpleasant look. The fabric is very wrinkled and looks cheap. This dress will fit only flat chested woman.
The worst part that I can't return the dress. It was on final sale. Total garbage and cheap crap.

Date of experience: May 29, 2019
Florida
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Awful customer service
May 28, 2019

Like many of the other reviewers posting on this site, I have been a Boston Proper customer for many years however that has come to an abrupt end given my recent experience with their customer service department. To sum it up in one word: UNCARING.
My take away after trying to return a poorly made item was that the Customer service department was not honorable and didn't care what happened to the customer as long as they had already made the sale and taken the money. I will no longer shop at Boston Proper and plan on sharing my story with all my girlfriends, family and blog followers. Beware my fellow shoppers, Boston Proper does not do right by the consumer.
Lisa R.

Date of experience: May 28, 2019
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Do not do business with this company
May 24, 2019

I have been a customer for years and never had a problem returning anything. They must have changed their return policy without informing the customers. It is now a 30 day return policy. I purchased items for a now deceased relative a few months ago and they won't return it or even offer suggestions. I've tried the items on and they don't fit me. So now I'm stuck with a few hundred dollars worth of clothing! Their customer service is terrible! They didn't even care when I told them to take me off of their mailing list and that I won't be doing business with them any longer. I've also closed my account down and unsubscribed to the emails as well! I'M DONE!

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I ordered a jumpsuit in a medium, although I'm normally a large. Their merchandise tends to run big so I took their advice and sized down. It doesn't fit and it's final sale

They initially offered me $15 to keep the item. I declined since I can't keep an item that doesn't fit. Then they advertise free shipping and returns. But they would not honor that and expected me to pay to ship it back. I was not going to pay an additional $15. To add salt to the wound, the item went on further sale at 50% off and they wouldn't adjust the price since it was a few days pay the 10 day price adjustment period. They could care less about keeping the customer happy. I asked for the $15 offer they originally offered to keep the item and they wouldn't even do that. Manager's name was Carin. The worst!

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
Illinois
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Dirty Business
May 4, 2019

I have been a customer to this company for many years and have been pleased. Lately, everything had changed badly. I ordered three pairs of pants. Two of the pants are e same with sizes 10 and 12. I received the pants with quality not as described in the description. There was no spandex so I couldn't stretch them, and they were small on me. I sent the pants back to them. Later, Boston Proper has returned them to me, and didn't give me my money back. Currently, I have them in the box laying around being useless. I can't wear them because they are too small on me, so I don't know what to do with them. This is why I consider this dirty business. The people who work there aren't interested in the customers, but in earning money any way possible. All stores accept returns for no later than 30 days. You can't exactly say the same for Boston Proper. This is why I am not going to buy anything anymore from Boston Proper.

Date of experience: May 4, 2019
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Refunds/Credits
May 1, 2019

E. My first purchase with this company and definite my last. I bought a dress and it was mark as final sale. I received the dress and on the back of the dress had a defect. Also I order size 10 because on the reviews on this dress the customer said it run small. My size is an 8 and I am a true 8. So the dress had a defect and it was small. I called the customer service line and talked to a rep. Explained the situation and I was so surprise of her answer. I couldn't believe her answer. She told me I couldn't return the dress because it was a final sale. I asked for another dress in a lager size she said it wasn't available only another 10. I told her 10 was too small if she can give me a refund or a store credit. She told me no Its a final sale no credit or refund. I asked for a supervisor and she replied to me the same way. So if you buy something in a final sale status you will not receive either a refund or credit even if the doesn't fit you or the item is damage. Sad the way this store handles their customer. I think this company soon will not have customer. Make sure you read all the hidden rules!

Date of experience: May 1, 2019
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Credit Card thieves!
April 12, 2019

I received an email from this company several paragraphs long stating that 'my order was held up, they tried to make the sales transactions via my bank & couldn't verify my information, you please call the company to verify my info, and then would send out my order as soon as possible'. There was no name attached to it AND I had NOT placed an order since 2018. After speaking w/my bank were no charges, I was told it was a 'phishing' scam email. A 2nd email was received, exact same message. I contacted BP, was on hold forever and when I finally got a live person, this person wanted my address, card#, etc., I refused. He then said that 'oh, we refunded you twice and need your info. This was a complete lie, a scam, an attempt to rip off the public! STAY AWAY. ATTORNEY'S GENERAL should be on BP!

Date of experience: April 12, 2019
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible service
April 1, 2019

I ordered four swimsuits, anticipating that I would find one to keep and return the others. All suits were shipped at different times. After I received them all, I decided which to keep and went online to process my return. At that moment, I was only able to return the last two suits that had shipped but the first two were marked as being outside their thirty day return policy. I called and spoke with a costumer service rep who stated that there was nothing that could be done. At this time, the first two were both less than 39 days having been shipped. Shipping took too long, varied among items, and return policy is ridiculous!

Date of experience: April 1, 2019
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I bought a couple items online from this company in what should have been my size. It turns out that one of the items ran small and didn't fit. I called customer service regarding an exchange and they didn't have the item in a bigger size in stock. The agent who was most helpful at the time suggested I return the item and sent me out the return label. After waiting two months and not seeing a credit to my account, I decided to call the company and that's when the ugliness began. Before I could even finish with my sentence, the agent told me that the item was a 'final sale' item and that it was returned to me. After trying to explain to her that the representative who I initially spoke to and who had sent me the return label said I should return it for a refund, she began to tell me that she was mistaken as company policy prohibits them from taking back the item. I told her that they did not send me back the item and this is two months after I returned it. She said she would have to call the warehouse for the tracking information and call me back. I never received a call back, therefore I called again, and was met with even more attitude from the customer service agent. She reiterated what the previous agent had told me about 'final sale' items and put me on hold while she check the warehouse for tracking. When she came back on the line, she said she would have to call me back. I told her I was very dissatisfied with the service and was going to make a formal complaint and she said I can do whatever I wanted to do. I contacted the online customer service agent with my complaint and within a few hours someone called me to say the item I returned to them was being shipped back to me (mind you, this after two months) as they cannot accept it back. You think at this point common sense would prevail and they offer some concession for the item. I would have accepted a store credit or a voucher from them, which I may or may not have used or even used and spent more. Now as it turns out, they have lost me as a customer and I am waiting a complaint here and to anyone who will listen on my social media sites. I have never encountered this type of dogma in business nor customer service in my years of being a consumer. I can't image how this could be good for any business. The clothing is totally not worth the hassle, too many competition out there for anyone to subject themselves to this kind of unprofessional behavior.

Date of experience: March 22, 2019
Utah
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bad return policy
March 18, 2019

I have ordered many times and returned items I was not pleased with without a problem. Most recently I ordered $500 worth of clothing and two of the shirts (identical in 2 different colors) were very cheap looking and did not fit me well. When I had finally gone to the store to purchase a package to return the items in I had passed the 30 day return period. Never again will I order from them.

Date of experience: March 18, 2019
Massachusetts
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Not a reputable company
March 5, 2019

Was old and worn before
My fist time purchasing from Boston Proper and my last! I received my order and this item had lint and smelled as if worn before - even tag was frayed around edges. When I called customer service they only offered to send another out and return the old one back! For what - it can't be resold! And they thought that was good customer service. Too many other companies to deal with this poor business!

Date of experience: March 5, 2019
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Avoid!
February 27, 2019

Oh why didn't I read the reviews of this company first! Exactly as the others say, the quality of their clothes is horrible - one of the items I received had a broken zipper, the other was just bad rough and cheap looking dress - all with an extremely high price tag even on final sale! (Which, incidentally, means I can't return or exchange this mess). I think they lure in new naive customers like myself and that's how they make money. And they don't allow honest reviews on their site either. They are horrible! I will never shop there again and hope that more people will see this and avoid them too.

Date of experience: February 27, 2019
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Final sales
February 12, 2019

We order a sale item were told by the sales rep we can exchange it when we tried to return it they wouldn't take back very bad service customer service and manager has no respect very rude nasty people never deal with a co like this I hope they closed soon
Also very expensive and quality is poor

Date of experience: February 12, 2019
Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Super high price/Super low customer service
February 12, 2019

Be aware! The only thing this company is famous for is the outrageously high prices. Customer service, including their supervisors, is arrogant and non-existent. They would not listen to your problems and try to help you. They already closed many stores. Eventually, I hope they will go out of business, too.

Date of experience: February 12, 2019
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Not Satisfied
February 1, 2019

Ordered a dress from here that was originally $80, on sale half off, so with shipping came to like $53. It came in good timing, but for the price the quality looks very cheap, and the material is super thin.

I could get something that looks the same for so much cheaper. Since it was on sale it was a final sale, so I cannot return it, so that was a waste of $53 which is annoying because I could get 2 or 3 dresses of better quality for that price elsewhere.

I will not order from them again and would not suggest ordering from them.

Date of experience: February 1, 2019

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  • 1-800-243-4300
  • Boca Raton, FLORIDA
  • Founded in 1992