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I only buy undies, tights, pyjamas and jeggings from M & S. White Stuff for most other things and Woolovers for knitwear. Next is great for children's clothes. I am a size 18 and the jodhpur look is on some skirts and dresses too.

Love M&S jeans - the Sienna range. They're really good and reasonably priced. I've got the blue ones and the black ones. M&S also do great underwear, but apart from that I don't buy anything in there. Still miss British Home Stores. I used to love that shop!

Love the House of Bruar, lovely clothes but never able to buy any, the size range too limited. Friend and I bought quite a few pairs of shoes, expensive but wonderful quality that last for years. During lock-down ordered from the Food Hall with excellent result and will certainly use them again.

I buy all my jeggings in M&S but I have recently found the cut is dreadful and far too narrow at the ankles. Very disappointing as I love the range of colours available.

I have never had any luck in House of Bruar apart from a few bits for the house or some goodies from their food dept.

I imagine M&S's customers are mostly middle aged onwards. What woman in that age bracket wants sleeveless dresses? I want high content cotton jumpers, nothing with wool but I find theirs and many other manufacturers (especially high end) make jumpers with wool content. Am I alone being post menopausal and not being able to wear wool or thick clothes? Surely the higher end brands can expect the greatest part of their clientele to be those with the most disposable income - older ladies, most of whom do not wear sleeveless dresses (bingo wings) or thick jumpers! I think M&S in particular has longs it way as to who their target audience is for clothing.

I could spend all day in House of Bruar, in fact I could probably spend the contents of my bank account in there!

There is a shop in Pitlochery in Scotland that does very good British- and German-made clothes. It is called House of Bruar. I don't live in the UK but buy them online. They are, of course, twice the price of Marks, but are well made, attractive and hard-wearing, and last for ages.

Liz : "huge lumps on the side like jodhpurs" .

eXACTLY!

That is why their trousers are all wrong. Women who have well muscled thighs want to show them off and women with skinny thighs don't want to drape them like clowns.

Actually their joggers are okay for their basic cigarette shape = =

Yay, my joggers are back in stock, and the 20% off still works. So ordered them, 2 pairs slippers for OH, they do last well compared to others. And a couple of cosy heatgen plus thermal tops for me.

Thanks for the idea Grannwanny . Trouble is I normally order online and collect from my food store, so sadly no exchanges that way. I am reluctant to go into town, as it's a 40+ mile round trip, and I don't honestly enjoy wandering around the shops these days.

Jane me too! Very comfortable. They only have the short online for me! I really want to get some more in case they stop making them.

My Mum and Aunt used to be a machinists for M&S, many many years ago. Their quality control was very strict, even to the number of stitches per inch!
Not so good now though.

I live in straight leg joggers. They never have my size in store. (I need the longer length ones). I just order online a collect next time I'm in the shop.

seacliff could you maybe buy some in any size to secure the 20% off then do a straight swap in store when your size is available?

I ordered two bras from M&S recently. Clicked and collected from the store. I only went to pick up my order and had to fight my way through a plethora of sale rails full of clothing that obviously nobody wanted, and for good reasons. However, the bras are comfy and well fitting, so the outing was not fruitless!

M and S are offering me Sparks 20% off clothing now, so I thought I'd get some more straight leg joggers. No luck in my size in any of the three colours. Very annoying. No doubt they'll be back in stock just after the offer expires.

I got pants from Sainsburys last time and they are a much better shape and quality.The Marks ones were baggy and
loose.

I used to have a few things from the 'per una' range but there's nothing now worth buying all terrible. I only buy underwear but even that is getting worse. They needed a shake up before coronavirus so goodness knows how they keep going.

A few weeks ago I bought a stunning Per Una maxi dress in an abstract red and blue pattern The snag? I found it in a charity shop and it's obviously several years old. Haven't seen anything as good in the shop for a long time.

They still have too many ranges and have no idea what market they are aiming at.

DD buys school trousers for GS1 because they are the only ones that fit his long legs and scrawny body. I buy underwear there (in the sales!) I mainly wear jeans and long tops in the winter and I've found TU jeans from Sainsbury fit me better than M&S and TK Maxx is my go to for tops as I can find really unusual ones very cheaply.

I had a look round our local M&S and saw only one jumper that I quite liked.

I bought a rugby shirt from them online and collected it at the store. It's for my grandson's birthday at the end of the month.

Re Bangladesh - M&S were among the few companies that behaved ethically and honoured their orders and paid properly during the lockdown. I believe that only M&S and John Lewis did.

Sorry Poppyred just came back on here and re-read I think you guessed I meant frumpy. Phone keeps altering what I mean!

I see what you mean, Chewbacca

I wouldn't wear anything like that, not even when I was younger and I don't think it would appeal to younger members of my family either.
Awful.

I buy most of my trousers and jeans fron M&S but i agree the short aren't short anymore,and i was also told they are made longer to wear with heels,
Also made in Bangladesh though which puts me off a bit,as i doubt the prices M&Sbuy them at are very high so must be making a good profit i guess








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Nobody Callistemon so they've named it well, havent they! It's an absolutely dire range of clothes.