To find clothes shopping depressing. It's all the same

Yes I like it too and quality isn’t too bad.

good for basics

however some of the colours can be uninspiring

Fast fashion: exploitative and damaging to the environment. We should all start making our own clothes again.

If you genuinely think every woman in her sixties automatically takes to overpriced, ugly, poor quality clothes - you don’t really deserve good advice.

I’ve been well dressed all my life, but it’s never been so easy to access such a wide range of brilliant stuff at every possible price. At this particular moment I don’t think I own a single truly poor quality garment.

This season I’ve bought two jumpers. One was a knitted polo shirt from Zara that cost less than £30. It’s cute and Spring-like and enlivens much older tailored things in my wardrobe. The second is oversized and stripy, bought on a whim from a favourite designer after several years of despising stripes. It would have been closer to £600 had I not decided I wanted it at just the moment the sale was on. The first (not terrible, but cheaply made) will probably look good for just a few months, the second I expect to still be wearing in ten years. Pretty sure I could happily have worn both in my thirties (though at the time all my money went on fabulous suits for work).

I can vouch for Hollister jeans. I have 15 pairs of their high rise skinnies
They have every style, colour and colour possible and are good quality

I don't make my own clothes but I have learned to alter my clothes, add darts, alter hems, adjust seams.

It makes a massive difference. Definitely worth it.

Do it!! It's one of the best things I ever did ❤️

I miss Oasis so much! My sister and I called it 'the mothershop' 😂everything fit me (clearly designed for my body shape) and the prints were just beautiful. I have a few oasis pieces from its early days and they were so well made they're still great. Now it's owned by boohoo I pretend it doesn't exist.

I learned to sew my own clothes so I rarely go clothes shopping. But I agree so many shops are crammed, but have so little choice. Beige, black, navy, white, brown. Soooooooo boring. Somehow, they mostly make the colours boring too. Too much polyester, no pockets, and size inconsistency. Not worth the agro.

Try vintage stuff from ebay, vinted or charity shops. More unique plus better for the planet and your pocket. I never buy anything new except undies, pjs and shoes.

Yanbu. For that reason I order to store, collect or get my daughters to collect and then try on in various ways with different options at home.
it’s miserable and my capsule wardrobe feels so boring these days!

I’d never worked out what that smell was - but that makes total sense. Hideous.

YANBU. I'm struggling too.

Most of the high street doesn't make clothes that fit me. I'm 5'8" and a size 10.

I'm building a new summer wardrobe, having returned to the office after working at home in shorts and tshirts for 5 years.

After three months of careful browsing, I've found one jacket, one pair of trousers, three short-sleeved cotton blouses and a dress that fit and aren't made of polyester. At this rate, by June I might have enough to last me a working week.

Agree. Next is terrible for that smell

I haven't but I will, thanks!

@Namechangetry have you looked at Hollister for jeans? Someone posted about their jeans the other day, they have a huge variety. I had a quick look but will have a better look when I’ve actually got some money.

The smell of cheap plastic clothes full of toxins just makes me turn around when entering some shops .That and the sea of beige and black .Absolutely awful.

I don't know if it's just that I'm old and less in touch with fashion, but I do look at shops and I don't feel like I know who they really are. It just feels like stuff. It's not helped by the fact that so many of the old faithfuls have disappeared (RIP Oasis). But I look at a new to me shop and just can't be bothered. I hear you, OP!

Agree. I would also like some things that are fitted. This shapeless stuff in fashion at the moment just makes me look swamped. But if I wear my more fitted clothes I look out of date. Bah humbug.

Well I agree with bits of that and disagree with bits. Theres a whole world of other types of shops out there other than the high street. Small independent labels, boutiques, vintage. The last 3 items I bought was man’s shirt from a charity shop, trousers from Studio Nicholson and a jacket from Cos. I have Karen Millen pieces from the 90’s that are considerably better quality than anything you find on the high street now but those pieces were expensive for me to buy. All of them cost me over £100 at the time. People don’t want to pay more money for clothes and to a certain extent you get what you pay for

I like things that are a bit unusual and they're getting harder and harder to find. So if I'm wearing jeans or trousers, I like to wear a more individual top. Whether that be the pattern, cut or whatever. Just something to add interest to an otherwise dull outfit. Likewise if I buy a dress, I want there to be something a bit different about it.

I even have a relatively healthy budget for clothes but I still struggle. I've lost count of the hours I've spent trawling various websites looking for stuff. I probably only buy 2 or 3 things a year now, when I just randomly see an item that I do like.

I live Seasalt - it doesn’t follow trends particularly- you can buy the same style shirt or trousers ten years after the original wears out . It does a range of pallettes so no wondering if my colours are in fashion this year or not. Of course it’s not fashion