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Help, anyone live in London?

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ForOliveShaker · 29/06/2024 18:23

Lady at work keeps pestering me about where I got my outfit for a colleagues wedding. I don’t want to say because she constantly wants to know where I get my stuff from then gets it. It makes me feel unoriginal (even though I am). I tell her normally but this dress is like a hidden gem for me and I just don’t want to share it I want to keep to myself and she’s not pleasant person anyway.

I need some boutique shop names please in London. The dress was short, white, cinched in at the hips, and long sleeve. Great material too.

Normally, I don’t care but this time I’m sort of like, no I’m not letting you know

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ForOliveShaker · 29/06/2024 18:24

Also just in case anyone’s angry it’s white the dress code was “wear white” I know the rules!!

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greengreyblue · 29/06/2024 18:25

Tell her it was abroad . Lots of nice boutiques you came across on your last holiday.

Ilovecashews · 29/06/2024 18:26

Could it come from Camden Town?

ForOliveShaker · 29/06/2024 18:27

So yeah Someone please give me boutique names!

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TheWayTheLightFalls · 29/06/2024 18:27

Paraphernalia Dress Agency in Brockley, se4.

Ilovecashews · 29/06/2024 18:27

Or a charity shop in Kensington? That way it’s a one off and if she sees it elsewhere you got it second hand anyway

ForOliveShaker · 29/06/2024 18:27

greengreyblue · 29/06/2024 18:25

Tell her it was abroad . Lots of nice boutiques you came across on your last holiday.

can you give me any names😂

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WindowViper · 29/06/2024 18:28

Tell her it was Liberty. Lots of their stuff isn’t online.

MathiasBroucek · 29/06/2024 18:28

"I can't remember, it was in Camden Town"

bevelino · 29/06/2024 18:28

Sézane, Aida, Machine-A, Poetry, or you could just say Selfridges or Harrods.

incognitolady · 29/06/2024 18:30

Tk maxx!

It's great as they sell random stuff there and rarely have the same stuff across branches. I do this a lot with a similar person in my life

Abouttimeforanamechange · 29/06/2024 18:31

Tell her you can't remember the name, but it was a little place off Bond Street (or wherever).

adriftinadenofvipers · 29/06/2024 18:32

Tell her you got it in a charity shop called 'Mind your own business'!!

greengreyblue · 29/06/2024 18:33

OP who remembers the name of a boutique abroad? Where have you been? Just Google ladies boutiques in Amalfi or wherever you’ve been if she keeps tabs on your hols.

SonicTheHodgeheg · 29/06/2024 18:34

Agree - say TK Maxx

ForOliveShaker · 29/06/2024 18:35

SonicTheHodgeheg · 29/06/2024 18:34

Agree - say TK Maxx

It looks a lil expensive

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ghislaine · 29/06/2024 18:35

Say a dressmaker copied a designer outfit from a picture.

greengreyblue · 29/06/2024 18:36

Has she texted you then? Is she waiting for a reply?

incognitolady · 29/06/2024 18:37

ForOliveShaker · 29/06/2024 18:35

It looks a lil expensive

Doesn't matter. They do all sorts in there.

SoupDragon · 29/06/2024 18:37

TK Maxx has expensive stuff sometimes. Its a great choice as a lie as they have such random stuff in that it won't be odd that she can't find it.

until she asks what brand it is 😂

perfumasour · 29/06/2024 18:40

Just tell her you got it in a vintage shop
and make up some brand that doesn exist

AmusedMaker · 29/06/2024 18:41

Tell her you got it off Vinted and walk off. End of conversation.

ChateauMargaux · 29/06/2024 18:44

Brick lane vintage market... there is quite a range from football shirts to some fabulous vintage and vintage inspired hand made dresses.

DillyDallyingAllDay · 29/06/2024 19:01

Lol anyone else dying to know where the dress is actually from?

Jovanna, Aime, L'Appartement Sezane all options from Notting Hill.

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