What is up with M & S?

It's a fashion [heavy sigh]

That's a fashion? I thought it was just sloppy.

I hate this off one shoulder showing a bra strap fashion!

butter I think it is a fashion at the moment. I am wearing a nice thin t shirt i spotted in River Island while shopping with niece. It is mainly polyester and very light.A sort of dark wine colour, almost black, with pink flecks. I went back and bought a second one.
But there is a lot of showing your underwear in fashion at the moment. We went to the carver at the weekend and there was a kind of big brother thing going down - long bleached straightened hair. lots of makeup. a kind of layered and showing your underwear arrangement.

The Maine brand in Debenhams often has tops that work well for the 'more mature' woman.

Susie I found some good T-shirt style nightdresses in Debenhams which are cool and comfortable but not old lady nor do they have have girly motifs!

M&S mens clothes aren't much better, ok if you like grey or beige.

Sainsbury's men's T-shirts are long enough for me - but too many have slogans on. I have a few.

Anyone noticed their cotton tops/T-shirts are getting thinner and thinner - so that unless one wears a cami underneath, the old bod shows more than it should?
Only good for knickers, bras and camisoles in my book.

Yes anno, she was also with Aquascutum.

If WE want the quality and choice of old we will be in for a price schock.
It will not be possible for M&S to do so without a price increase.
To manufacture a top with sleeves is a lot more expensive than a top without.
And so on, and so on.
So I hope they do their marketing properly and learn what people want.
Even their cashmere sweaters of late are s..t made in China.

Sainsbury's t-shirts are also good value. Their sizes are quite large, so beware.

Might be a good idea if the 'head of M&S popped on here and had a word with us 'gransnetters' . He/she could ask what we want , what would make us once more buy from them.
We all know that tops with sleeves would be a good place to start and skirts that come in other colours other than black or black/ grey mix !
And when we have paid through the nose for these clothes it would be nice if they were to last more than one or two washes. M&S t-shirts are way over priced for what they are, you can but two t-shirts at Matalan for the price of one at M&S and they last longer !

The new woman in charge of fashion is coming from Jaeger. She might be more in tune with our needs - or will she try to muscle in on the Primark market? Please, NO!

I am absolutely hopping mad at a comment made last year by sylvia2036 6/8/11 at 14.44 ..with regard to the great unwashed and the £5 tee shirts...well I have news for you sylvia2036 we are not the great unwashed but maybe those that are not fortunate enough through our circumstances to be able to afford anything else but we are not the great unwashed what a snob

I saw it on Twitter - could you invite them formally Cari? Surely they must want to hear what we have to say.

Why only on Twitter? I don't tweet!

Why only casually? Is this a possibility?

And more choice in lengths of skirts!
Fewer plunging necklines and more sleeves!

We could provide a brilliant focus group to get them back on the right lines!

Well clearlly something is very 'up' with M & S. Their shares are down and clothing sales poor compared to other retailers for the same time period so its not the bad weather - well we did tell them what we wanted and they didn't listen- perhaps now they will! I went to find some nice tailored black trousers yesterday - they all looked like dish rags and the fit was appalling.

gracesmum so that was you I was stood behind in John Lewis many christmases ago . I was about to buy some red undies with black lace on but someone or something put me off buying then ,can't think for the life of me why

gracesmum

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