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Latest must have dress from M&S.

(229 Posts)
hildajenniJ Tue 13-Feb-18 16:09:19

According to the Daily Mail Online, This Dress is the latest must have for fashion bloggers.
It looks to me like a nightdress my Granny might have worn.
What do you think?

Jalima1108 Fri 16-Feb-18 11:24:05

Well, if she is 17 and a size 8 she may look quite good in it JoyBloggs! (With a big floppy hat and a pair of lace-up boots)

Possibly.

Nvella Fri 16-Feb-18 11:37:00

It’s awful

JoyBloggs Fri 16-Feb-18 12:44:51

Jalima Here's hoping... but still can't promise to keep a straight face!

The only person I can possibly imagine buying it is someone off to a fancy dress party as Wee Willie Winkie. But then £65 shockconfused

Mypet Fri 16-Feb-18 13:33:09

Awful, are they joking ??

auntbett Fri 16-Feb-18 14:09:32

Depressing.

luzdoh Fri 16-Feb-18 17:23:12

I hate it! I would never have worn a dress like that. Is it a joke?

acanthus Mon 26-Feb-18 22:50:41

Yet another nail in the coffin for M & S 'Fashion'. They should have got the message by now and simply change all their stores to stock just food and underwear. I suggest they re-brand them as 'M & S Gullet & Gusset'

MawBroon Mon 26-Feb-18 22:57:23

I can’t understand why it has become a national pastime (on GN at least) to devote all ,these column inches to knocking Marks &Sparks.
There are other retailers available you know.
Nobody ever seems to get into such a tizzy over Debenhams or House of Fraser.
So you don’t like what’s on offer?
Go elsewhere confused

lemongrove Mon 26-Feb-18 23:18:49

Was in M&S today with a friend, she had lots of vouchers to spend.......we left after buying nothing! Didn’t see any germolene pink but acres of either greens or mustard/ochre
And what looked like camouflage gear.If you were young, tall, slim and pretty.....you would still have looked awful.
Still,we did have coffee and a lovely slice of cake there.

lemongrove Mon 26-Feb-18 23:20:42

We did Maw.....to Debenhams, Next and Dorothy Perkins.
And I have to tell you, readers, that although things were slightly better there, not a lot!

Maggiemaybe Mon 26-Feb-18 23:23:06

I agree, Maw. Especially as this particular dress had sold out in sizes 6, 8, 10 and 12 a couple of days after the thread started. grin

Jalima1108 Mon 26-Feb-18 23:42:29

Now listen up everyone (as they say) - we are showing our age by calling this delightful shade of pink Germolene Pink - it is in fact known as Millennial Pink according to Vogue:

Millennial pink is fashion’s shade du jour. The sprightly hue first came to our attention at the spring/summer 2017 catwalks, with flashes at Valentino and Balenciaga
So how did an innocent Barbie-cum-salmon shade penetrate the cultural zeitgeist with such gravitas? And what makes it definitive of the millennial generation?
Could it be a lofty homage to Wes Anderson’s epochal film Grand Budapest Hotel, in which the seminal tone is practically its own character?
Whatever its catalyst, millennial pink is a tonal ubiquity to be reckoned with.

So there you have it - we're just not with it or 'of the moment' or whatever.

Jalima1108 Mon 26-Feb-18 23:46:18

I think it is because M&S was the default shop to go to for good basics for women over a certain age ( not old, let's say mature).
Anything more fashionable/trendy was purchased elsewhere

M&S is failing to recognise that and trying to be fashionable and failing miserably.

MawBroon Mon 26-Feb-18 23:55:33

Well with 30%off everything from EAST, both online and at JL, 20% off White Stuff and 25% off Joules until midnight tonight, why bother?

Jalima1108 Tue 27-Feb-18 00:10:52

I bought some things in White Stuff.
Oh, it's 12.10 am shock

lemongrove Tue 27-Feb-18 09:14:13

I like to try things on Maw often what looks great online doesn’t fit or looks hideous when on!?

MawBroon Tue 27-Feb-18 11:21:27

All three labels are available in shops lemongrove but personally, I find department store changing rooms akin to the Seventh Circle of Hell and much prefer to try things on at home with the right shoes etc if appropriate.Returns are usually free and free delivery/click and collect from Waitrose for JL orders costs me less than driving into town and paying for parking.

Squiffy Mon 19-Mar-18 19:28:21

Apparently, their latest must-have dress is now available. Can’t do a link on my phone ? but the dress looks like a stripey dressing gown or beach robe! It’s in the DM today.

Chewbacca Mon 19-Mar-18 20:11:38

How about this little beauty?

Marydoll Mon 19-Mar-18 20:28:54

That is like something we would wear at Hallowe'en in the Argy

hildajenniJ Mon 19-Mar-18 22:06:12

That looks like the designer just made it up out of odds and ends of material lying about in the studio. It's frightful.

Chewbacca Mon 19-Mar-18 22:15:40

It's the new Spring 2018 stock in Marks and Spencer hildajennij a snip at £89.00

Glitterknitbaby Mon 19-Mar-18 23:13:17

Come on everyone we are missing a trick......it’s nearly April 1st. Apart from that I can’t add anything to what has already been said. Am I to take it that not even one Gransnet member likes it?!

Envious Tue 20-Mar-18 02:27:18

Ruffles seem to be everywhere. Surely not fit for anyone over 19!

Blinko Tue 20-Mar-18 07:55:11

Chewy, grin oh dear, oh dear.....