To think that the decline of M&S began with the introduction of Per Una range...

[Blowin]

I mean it all just went so downhill from then on....imo.

[Gerrof]

There is a lot of dross on there though. Fucking waterfall cardigans and BLOUSES.

[Mumsyblouse]

I agree that they are like Matalan only overpriced. It's the polyester that gets me, floaty cheap-looking garish polyester tops, must cost pennies to manufacture.

[BornInACrossFireHurricane]

I had a lovely per una handbag a few of years ago. That's about it though!

[Miggsie]

PEr Una is mind blowingly awful, the bra departmentis convinced 80% of women are 36C andonly want moulded cups. Nightwear department thinks women want puppies and cats on their tits all night.

To be fair I did get DD a fabulous boy's suit in the posh kids range for a reasonable pice and excellent quality - I would have been pushed to make it myself, so bought it happily. DD loves it as boy's jackets have pockets!

The young girl's stuff is vile: "my little slapper" it should be called. So tarty it is embarassing - for an 8 year old? Really? The material in the girls clothes is noticeably worse quality than the boy's clothes - especially sports wear. Chilren's shoes seemed desigend to make lots of work for podiatrists and osteopaths - but then so do the women's shoes.

[MarmaladeTwatkins]

Fuck you! I don't live in Wolverhampton!

And everyone knows you live in the rough bit of Chelters

[orangeandlemons]

My little slapper! Great name

I remember all the sensible clothes my mum used to buy me from m and s when I was about 8 or 9. I hated them, I would have loved My little Slapper Stuff

[thermalsinapril]

YABU. Per Una is fine, there's nothing wrong with it.

[SconeInSixtySeconds]

I liked per una before I had dd. That was in 2003. She didn't sleep for years so I didn't go shopping really for years either. Now it's all tawdry rubbish :(

[Morebiscuitsplease]

Oh ladies you echo all my thoughts. Per una used to be funky, now it is frankly frumpy. Young girls clothes are quite nice but once they turn 7/8 OMG...they are hideous. I find their big stores overwhelming, too much stuff. Quality is going downhill. Food is still good but John Lewis is superior in every way. Love their girls range & lover their staff. You only find staff on the tills at Marks.

[JacqueslePeacock]

This is rather eye-watering

[orangeandlemons]

slapper dress. Poor girl who had to model it. My dd age 7 would love that dress < despairs>

[JacqueslePeacock]

And this is frankly alarming

[ouryve]

It went downhill when they stopped using UK manufacturers such as Dewhirsts and started importing cheap tat.

[JacqueslePeacock]

Crikey, that girls' dress is definitely My Little Slapper.

[JacqueslePeacock]

But the design isn't done abroad, is it? I mean, the manufacturing might be poor, but we can't blame the actual hideousness on developing country factories, can we?

[orangeandlemons]

Wow that last one was something else...wtf wears these things?That top should be up for breach of the peace...

[orangeandlemons]

Do they actually employ designers?or is it like just chuck anything in and see what happens

[JacqueslePeacock]

Why in hell's name would you want two layers of this monstrousness?

[ouryve]

That skirt! £45 for something in garish fabric that will seat as soon as you sit down in it.

[gazzalw]

They have got it so wrong and the different in-house brands all seem to merge into oneness - well apart from Per Una which is such a no-no and yet it is in a prime position in our local store!

[Omnishambolic]

Ooh that paisley mock layer thing is two layers of fugly. "Nights out in style" indeed. No redeeming features WHATEVER (unless you count lack of ruffles and sequins).

[QuietNinjaTardis]

How is that dress my little slapper? I thought I was gonna see something from my big fat gypsy wedding but that's just a pink dress. Really, if you saw a little girl wearing that dress you'd think slapper? Really?

[Omnishambolic]

www.marksandspencer.com/Cotton-Aztec-Print-Embroidered-Kaftan/dp/B004KULKSC?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_66&nodeId=46420031&sr=1-66&qid=1366889870

Presumably this is to get your 5-14 year old hooked on Per Una early?

[ouryve]

Sainsburys fans - you realise they've got a double your Nectar points value offer on their clothes, this week - so long as you follow the Ts&Cs, you can get the stuff half price.

[orangeandlemons]

Well I wouldn't be keen on my dd wearing on one shoulderd top. She's 7. I wouldn't even think about buying it for her, it looks.....well My little slapper!