“It was a sleeveless style in a washed-out gray-green palm print with a full skirt hemmed toddler-length above the knee, but made for an adult woman, with the kind of inverted pleating that flatters no one.” The Gap is closing 175 stores, and the LA Times’ Booth Moore argues that one of the ugliest dresses ever provides a clue to what went wrong.

+ Slate: The Gap needs a miracle. It just might be named Old Navy. (I’m no fashion expert, but that could be the most depressing headline of the day.)

+ Quartz: Watch Uniqlo sneak up on Gap as the world’s go-to source for everyday basics.