What shops or brands did you think were posh, but now doubt yourself

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For me it is Habitat. As a teen I thought it was the epitome of home styling the shops looks so expensive. I only had a paper round for income then so it WAS expensive!

but now it is just a brand you buy in Sainburys. They make my big standard - but very much liked - tea lights.

😂😂😂

Gotcha!!

Booths is the finest supermarket in UK.

I love our Waitrose, the only place I can get chicken that's not pumped full of water.
Everything gets bought up by the huge brands, like Nestle, Pepsico, Cocacola, and then ruined. Nestle alone has 2000 brands. It's such a shame.

Victoria secret- the knickers fall apart v quickly

www.tatler.com/article/why-posh-people-wear-red-trousers

...and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise! 😄

My local booths is an absolute bloody dump. Went to the one in Lytham up the road and was in awe. How come theirs is so lovely when ours is a dive?! 🤣

Yes, I've been inside a terrible Booths once. I now only go to the one in Ormskirk.

Not posh but Jigsaw

Also, in the 80s I thought Whittards was posh.
And then there's Russell and Bromley - does it still exist? Ludicrous shop. I worked in one as a student.

Russell & Bromley still exist and are quite expensive and fairly posh - although they've started sticking external labels on their shoes which is a bad sign - so I'd say on their way down.

red trousers by the inestimable John Finnemore

I had a Habitat chicken brick back in the day.
Laura Ashley, Next, M&S - quality of the clothes used to be amazing. My wedding dress came from Laura Ashley's sale and cost £30.

Ton Sur Ton clothes…thought I was the bees knees in the 80s wearing this

Swarovski
Burberry
Berkertex
Debenhams
All of the fashion concessions in department stores.

Orla Kierly
Cath Kidston
slug & lettuce
vienetta ice cream
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I always though the Ivy was posh, it's definitely not.

It’s really not that confusing. I used to think Bayliss and Harding was posh. It isn’t. I thought from memory that it was more expensive than it actually is.
That’s, about it!

Wasn’t it posh then it was bought by IKEA?

In general a lot of brands used to be much better. I reckon it's all to do with them being sold on and the new buyers not upholding the original passion for the quality.

Karen Millen used to be the height of luxury in the 90s - it's now been taken over a few times and the quality is dreadful. I think at one point they bought some Oasis merch and stuck KM labels on it.

Agree that Next quality has gone downhill too, though it was never amazing to begin with.

They've ruined the exclusivity by opening up a branch in almost every town.

VO5 bought in Boots was definitely posher than the V05 sold in Superdrug.

For anyone interested in Waitrose..

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dnm3

There was an Interview on Women’s Hour with Dame Sharon White - the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership and recently named most influential black person in the UK 2023 Powerlist.

she talks about their rather unique business model. I don’t think of Waitrose as posh per say. But it’s definitely more expensive than the Sainsbury’s near by. I will shop in Waitrose though as long I can afford to as I much prefer the way they treat their staff, their business model and their supply chain ethical management.

Most of my thoughts have been mentioned.

im now so curious about Booths. Im a shopping snob and want to shop there but never heard if it 😂

A friend bought a Habitat sofa back in the 70s. It turned out to be poorly made crap, and I resolved never to buy anything there myself.

I wouldn't say our Waitrose was posh, ours hasn't got any red trousers types, they wouldn't come to our town. The floor is always clean though, it isn't in a lot of supermarkets.

I also went into Flannels today, it didn't seem that posh, I guess because the clientele in there were probably just the locals, there was a lot of Burberry stuff in there, I was actually searching for Barbour but that was in the cheaper bit.