Anthropologie: an unusual store with premium goods for women under 45
In 1970, Richard Hayne and Scott Belair were working on their college graduation project. It was supposed to be about entrepreneurship, and the young men decided to open a small shop. They called it Free People. It started making a profit, and soon, already as partners, using it as a foundation they created the Urban Outfitters chain. Today it is one of the best-known clothing retail chains in the USA.
16.05.2025
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The history of the Anthropologie brand
One day, Hayne's friend complained to him: there were no stores in her district of Philadelphia with the style she needed. She would travel thirty kilometers to find suitable clothing. Then Hayne came up with the idea for Anthropologie – a chain of stores with a distinctive design for women aged 30-45.
Unlike Urban Oufitters, which was aimed in principle at just about any residents of big cities, Anthropologie had a very specific audience. Creative, educated, and open-minded women and girls who want to surround themselves with matching things. It's not flashy Gucci or Chanel, but it's not bland H&M or Zara either. High-quality, understated, distinctive items for women who know what they want.
The first Anthropologie store opened in 1992 in Wayne, Pennsylvania. At first, only clothing was sold there, then shoes, gifts, decor items, and accessories appeared. Anthropologie tableware also became quite popular thanks to its design, and many decide to buy it even as interior decoration, it is so beautiful and unusual. Go and see for yourself, admire it! Simple and elegant.
In 1998, the brand launched a catalog for ordering goods by mail. Then, a few months later, Anthropologie got an online store. Today, the company's chain of stores includes more than 200 branches in U.S. cities, and the website accounts for about 30% of total sales.
What You Can Find in the Anthropologie Online Store
It's a real paradise! Especially if you love tactile sensations. All the items are layered, with rich textures and interesting, unusual designs. The official Anthropologie website offers a large selection of clothing, shoes, decor (candles, beautiful curtains, towels), cosmetics, gifts and jewelry.
Among the accessories, it's especially worth highlighting winter scarves – a great gift for a woman of any age and any size. Products of this quality are simply not sold in Russia. They aren't cheap, but Anthropologie clothing is a completely different level. Every item has its own individual style.
The brand's clothing immediately catches the eye. Every element is neat and chosen with care. It is characterized by warm, «earthy» tones, natural materials, and elegant finishing that you can feel with your fingers. It can become part of your existing style, or help you build a new one by adding a distinctive accent.
The Anthropologie online store also often teams up with the world's most famous designers to create unique collections. On the site you can find pieces created together with Audrey McLoghlin (the creator of the Grayson brand), Paige Adams-Geller, Liya Kebede, Tracy Reese and many others. They help make the site even more unique and fill it with truly interesting content.
How to ship Anthropologie items with Pochtoy.com
Within the US, Anthropologie delivers purchases of $150 or more for free (for some promotional items – from $50). Otherwise, shipping within the States costs from $6.95.
The store does not ship items to Russia. We do not buy from Anthropologie on your behalf — the store is on our stop list, but you can buy there yourself with your own card. After registering on our website, you get your own address at our warehouse in Delaware — enter it when placing an order. From the warehouse to Russia, parcels travel by FastBox and Express rates in 5–15 days, to Moscow and Saint Petersburg — in 6–7; the price will be shown by the shipping calculator.
What else is important to know:
- On your request, we will remove extra boxes and packaging for free — especially relevant for shoes, so you don't pay for their weight.
- We will combine several parcels, including those from different stores, into one for free (except for FastBox and SuperFast rates, where the parcel is sent as it arrived).
- We store incoming parcels for free for 70 days.
- You can receive your parcel at a CDEK pickup point, and with the Express rate — also by courier to your door.
- Loss insurance is mandatory for the SuperFast, FastBox, Express and Econom rates and costs from $3 (items up to $100); for an extra fee, you can have the contents photographed and fragile items packed — more details on the prices and services page.
We ship clothing, shoes, bags, candles and textiles worth up to $300 per item; jewelry and cosmetics — one piece each and only together with other items (all restrictions).
