AIBU Peculiar poses on fashion websites

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After all the problems M&S have had this year I had a letter telling me that they wouldn't be able to send me the voucher for using my credit card at the moment. Instead they sent me a 20% off voucher to use now. I was able to combine this with my 20% staff discount, thus giving me nearly 40% off. I popped down to M&S to see what I could treat myself to. One nightshirt that wasn't as bad as the others on sale, one bra, and a bottle of their own perfume which is actually really nice. There certainly weren't any clothes I would want to spend money on.

Am I the only one who cannot see the point of their nightwear?
I the days of central heating most of it is too thick, and yes I am a grandma, but I would not even consider the sort of items that seem to be for 90+

Models with long hair should lift their hair off the back of the neck when they are showing the back of the garment. It's the garment the customer needs to look at not the model.

I've just had a look at the M&S website, in particular Ladies Jumpers and see what you mean.
Some of the poses are quite ridiculous and wouldn't encourage me to investigate further. At one time you could rely on M&S for reasonable quality, it was always the first port of call for basics.

Having criticised their silly photos, I do quite like M&S for trousers, jeans and some tops. There are items that I consider a bit old-fashioned but they may well appeal to some people.

On the whole, I think the clothes choices in most shops are pretty dire. I have great difficulty finding anything I like.

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Having read the thread and agreed with everything being said, I decided to take the matter to the top, and so emailed the CEO of M&S, and told him what we're all thinking. I had an email back from one of his minions today, which thanked me for pointing out our thoughts, and said that it had been logged for discussion in the next planning meeting, so it'll be interesting to see if anything changes.

Well done! Perhaps, we'll be able to see the clothes soon instead of 'interesting' poses by uncomfortable-looking models!

Thinking of peculiar poses on models...

I love Chat magazine; it's my favourite. The models they have are gorgeous, but one thing bothers me... the models on the front cover all have their mouths wide open, each and every issue!

I don't blame the ladies; they're just doing what they're told to do, but I fear that if I get too close to the magazine, I'd fall in their mouths, never to be seen again, and feature on Robert Stack and his Unsolved Mysteries!

Have a look at Uniqlo, they do the mad model thing but the clothes are shown in lots of other ways too. They do the garment on its own 'flat on', or a video of it being worn, posed by a model and also really usefully, at the bottom of the page there's often 'ordinary people' wearing the garment in different ways with other things. They have good customer service too but going into the store and trying on is best.

I realized that much of advertising is a created image of how they would like you to think a garment looks!
But not about what a garment actually does look like.
Maybe drawn and then photographed or photographed and then photoshopped and a few filters added for effect and spotlight lighting strategically placed to.highlight parts of the fabric that look full in a normal light.