Whatever happened to...

Harrigran - I realised that M&S standards had, sadly, slipped when I bought DD a school pinafore dress and the hem came down. That was in 1968!!
As other posters have said, once they were known for classic styles. I liked that you could buy the same underwear or cardigan as you had had a year or two earlier. Then suddenly in I think the 80s you couldn't!
To be fair I've bought some cute things for DGD from their children's range in the Oast year. Well designed, well made and look good months later.

Past year! How did the Oast appear in my post?!

There have been other threads about MnS on which posters said the same things about MnS clothing - ie poor quality, poor size control, rubbish fabrics etc. I gave up on them a couple of years ago and now go to White Stuff and Fatface which are a bit more expensive but at least the quality is good so you don't need to replace items too often. But back to MnS - someone above said correctly that young people will never buy clothes at MnS so why don't they focus on our age group and offer us good quality basics in natural fibres like they used to. The first rule of marketing is 'know your customer' and MnS just don't, they have made the mistake of trying to be all things to all people. Sorry, rant over!

PS My son used to call it 'Marks and Spensive', too!

Yes, I think that to Icanhandthemback, looking round their was nothing that caught my eye. Sainsbury Tu have a few nice casual bits in this summer and just took advantage of the 25% off to.??

A lone voice in defence of M&S, up to a point at least... As mentioned above, I went and collected my two pairs of trousers and they were both exactly the same length, despite one being labelled short and the other medium. The Classic Collection pull-ons are badly cut and are going back. Far too old-ladyish for a mere septuagenarian like me! But the Per Una ones are the nicest material AND best fit I've found in ages, and I'm even thinking of buying a second pair. In the unlikely event that anyone's interested, they're called Sateen Roma Rise Straight Leg Jeans and cost £35 at full price. They come up long, hence the short fitting perfectly on me.

Marks and Spencer tended to be called Markies, here in NE Scotland, but is more commonly called M & S these days. I too wondered when St Michael was dropped. I have a few tops and cardigans with this label, which I still wear!

i have to say I bought some lovely cushions in M&S recently together with some picnic 'glasses'. All very colourful. I'd not been in M&S for ages so went a bit mad and bought some no VPL knickers as well!!! I've never found their clothes to fit me properly apart from the odd tee - and knickers - so they won't be seeing much of me I'm afraid. Sad really as M&S was very popular in my yoof.