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toscalily Sat 16-Jul-22 10:59:59

www.marksandspencer.com/floral-round-neck-midi-tea-dress/p/clp22543339

I think the clumpy, high heeled Mini Mouse sandals work wonderful well with this.

Hetty58 Sat 16-Jul-22 14:26:47

Plain - but really can't describe how comfortable, loose, pure linen, £25.50, Lands End, bargain! (In a heatwave, it's just got to be function over form for me).

HowVeryDareYou Sat 16-Jul-22 14:29:22

That's a very ugly dress

Marsha Sat 16-Jul-22 14:32:57

Hetty58

Plain - but really can't describe how comfortable, loose, pure linen, £25.50, Lands End, bargain! (In a heatwave, it's just got to be function over form for me).

Nice! I shall look online…..

ayse Sat 16-Jul-22 14:35:58

OMG! How inelegant. It would be better if it was all one fabric.

Marsha Sat 16-Jul-22 14:39:14

Ooh, no, funny hemline……

Marsha Sat 16-Jul-22 14:39:36

(The Lands End one)

Oldnproud Sat 16-Jul-22 14:41:25

toscalily

www.marksandspencer.com/floral-round-neck-midi-tea-dress/p/clp22543339

I think the clumpy, high heeled Mini Mouse sandals work wonderful well with this.

They will be getting so many of us viewing that link that they probably think it's going to sell so well that they're busy ordering a other shipment as we speak grin

diygran Sat 16-Jul-22 14:49:43

That M&S dress is truly awful.
I never bother shopping there, except for food.
Coincidently I spent an hour this morning out of the heat, drooling over the dresses in LightintheBox. I would have bought most of them if money no object and my figure was better - overweight and saggy!

grandtanteJE65 Sat 16-Jul-22 14:54:07

suep1953

It’s hideous, almost as bad as this one. ?

But we all wore those in the 1970s and thought we were smart!

Shinamae Sat 16-Jul-22 14:54:08

I rarely wear dresses but I am really pleased with these two…..Roman

suep1953 Sat 16-Jul-22 16:05:06

grandtanteJE65

suep1953

It’s hideous, almost as bad as this one. ?

But we all wore those in the 1970s and thought we were smart!

I didn’t, thought they were dreadful then and still dreadful now

suep1953 Sat 16-Jul-22 16:05:56

Lucca

There are a few horrors

Utterly ghastly ?

AreWeThereYet Sat 16-Jul-22 16:10:13

Ailidh

It looks like something from the Great British Sewing Bee makeover round. Not the winning item.....

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fiorentina51 Sat 16-Jul-22 16:11:17

How to make beautiful, young, slender women look like a bag of spuds.............?

HeavenLeigh Sat 16-Jul-22 16:13:34

Hideous

lilypollen Sat 16-Jul-22 16:15:11

I could strangle M & S if it were a being. Like other posters I venture in there and come out feeling depressed that nothing appeals to me. Don't get me on the promotional emails I receive where the fashions and especially the models bear no relation to anything I would want to wear. Do you remember that campaign many years ago when they had the likes of Twiggy and Helen Mirren modelling clothes to appeal to that generation? For everyday wear, TU at Sainsbury's is my go to.Sainsbury's

LtEve Sat 16-Jul-22 17:06:51

Marsha

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I've just bought that dress, it's so comfortable. I've also bought a couple of M&S dresses yesterday, a blue and green patterned one and a navy and white striped t-shirt dress, both maxi dresses. Very pleased with all three purchases.

annsixty Sat 16-Jul-22 17:10:44

Words fail me and the rest of their stuff is awful.
It was my go to store at one time.
My friend and I walked through M& S just yesterday and absolutely nothing appealed.
They had racks of a particular type of trousers all hanging by one corner and one end of the hanger, they looked like rejects or something, so peculiar.
They will never ever appeal to young people so why do they try?

Marsha Sat 16-Jul-22 17:10:51

Ooh, the Roman dark blue one? I’m quite tempted.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sat 16-Jul-22 17:13:23

Two of those weird style M&S dresses should be taken apart and reassembled with matching sides and it might look decent.

notgran Sat 16-Jul-22 17:18:12

I do remember the likes of Helen Mirren and Twiggy modelling their clothes. The message I got from that campaign was, if even Twiggy can look dowdy in your clothes, I'll pass. I now never consider looking at their clothes for me but DH buys his trousers and polo shirts from there.

CraftyGranny Sat 16-Jul-22 17:38:19

M&S - My sister and I go in their now and then and always come out saying that it was a waste of time.
Roman - I love and have many of their items
Landsend - I have just found them and ordered two tankinis which are really nice. I ordered shorts rather than bikini bottoms to go with them, which i find so much more flattering on women of a certain age! I will be back for more stuff soon.

Callistemon21 Sat 16-Jul-22 17:51:20

Landsend - I have just found them
They're very helpful

I ordered some tops months ago, one was out of stock but this week I got an email to say my Landsend parcel was arriving confused. It arrived and was a top I'd ordered way back in April and it was still at the original sale price, no postage charged.

hollysteers Sat 16-Jul-22 20:15:28

Marsha many of us are not keen on bare arms..
£69? not exactly cheap at M &S

hollysteers Sat 16-Jul-22 20:16:18

There are a lot of ‘maternity’ dresses around at the mo ?