Yeah. when my wife used to work for them I def remember the quality being there for even the cheapest pieces from their main line. I'd usually try and wait for the wallace and barnes stuff to go on sale since it was even higher quality, but the last thing i bought from them was so disappointing, it felt like jcrew mercantile quality for like 4x the cost.The last few things I've purchased from J. Crew have been trash. I'm so disappointed with the quality dip because I used to be able to get my husband good basics there and it's hard to find anything he'll wear.
So now I generally get white tees/tanks from uniqlo/hm but splurge on outershirts/jeans/jackets/etc., but generally stay away from fast fashion so aside from said tees/tanks, most of my clothes now are made in the us/japan