M&S new season

I had a look round a small local M & S last week and was so disappointed when faced with rails of dull, droopy clothes. Some of their styles have not been updated for several years, the cardigans in particular. There was nothing I wanted to buy and as I had some vouchers, spent them on their toiletries and make up which seems to suit me. Then I went to look in White Stuff which, although more expensive, has a lovely range of skirts and tops which fit my small frame much better.

I'm going to M&S in the morning hoping to get some jeggings. I'm going to look out for the pink horror to see if it is really as bad as it appears in the picture.

And they want £39.50 for that!

My God! I've just looked at that blouse! It takes real talent to make a size 8 look like a sack of potatoes! How they can write those descriptions with a straight face I don't know - and the poor model deserves a medal

NotTooOld I actually have no idea how I got to review stuff, they just started emailing me I don't know why because I'm very rude about some of the stuff and they never seem to take any notice. Just like they never take any notice of us on Gransnet.

Agree, the pink frilly thing is awful. And horrors it has just appeared in the side ads. In Gransnet.

I like those big cardigans with no buttons, as well, DaphneB. They had loads in Nott. Marks. I wish I'd gone for it. There was a blue one that would have gone brilliantly with jeans for the morning Nanny twins to school run.

OMG - I've just looked on Facebook and the frilly pink horror is on there as a sponsored post from M&S. I couldn't believe it. Perhaps it's because I tried to cut and paste it to post on here.

Yes, that's the one I meant. You may have noticed it also comes in grey.

That pink blouse looks like a shroud I found amongst my grandmother's effects, had it been white it would have been a dead ringer. Sorry if anyone has bought the blouse

I just call the pink "clover pink" team mine with burgundy or brown .....I love the bile green as well and the mustard colour and all the autumn colours....but don't like any thing from M&S no offended in any way

You put it perfectly Kateykrunch that's my worry.
PS you name sounds like a particularly lovely biscuit!

DaphneBroon my granny wore those bloomers too. With apologies to downtoearth my first thought was 'granny knicker pink,.

I will stick with their coffee and £10 meals I think. The way they are going there will be little else left.

I took my wife into M&S at Newport Leeway yesterday and she complained that they appear to be following the Henry Ford line - you can any colour you like as long as it's black.

Looking at the garments that face you as you enter the store, I'm inclined to agree.

It looks like a dishrag even on the size 8, 5'8" model. What are those size 24 women thinking?

Teatime....I once wore brown trousers with a long tunic style brown jumper and I realised I looked like a gaint poo!, never again lol.

I noticed that they were out of stock with size 24- I would have thought that was the very last size to be seen flouncing around in that God awful cheap looking frilly monstrosity.

If then

They seem to have thought ah yes let's be different with frills . Their materials are poor quality..I tend to buy when reduced or 20% off .

I went into the big M & S in Nottingham last week and was faced with a sea of brown. I do not want to wear brown or shades of brown I will be as depressed as that colour if I have to wear brown. Brown makes me look tired and old. Brown is what my mother always wore and she looked old and depressed. There are other colours Marks but hopefully not the bile green which was the only other colour I saw.

To be fair, most shops' offerings are pretty dire at the moment. That blush pink colour is appearing a lot in shops. I quite like it, myself.

I like the boots at M and S, but nothing else.

downtoearth!! Oops. If the colour suits you no way should you take it back. As always the right person makes all the difference to a garment. Wear it and enjoy it!!

Have just bought a pink top in that pink ...might take back now as I will think of granny's knickers now each time I wear it Daphne

Gilbert O'sullivan wore similar in 70's and a flat cap.....seem to remember older gents wearing similar with braces when I was younger,which forced the area of the male anatomy to fall to one side , our greengrocer wore them was always convinced he had spare tangerines there, well that's what mum always said when I asked5

I thought the red socks and "short" trousers helped to show off his nifty footwork. A cunning plan?

I have now had a peek at the blouse and share the general reaction. The colour reminds me of the directoire bloomers my granny used to wear which came over her stocking tops and down to her knees! (Mind you, Scotland was cold.)