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AIBU to say M & S have reached new depths of ugliness

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chickpeaburger · 27/05/2017 08:56

www.marksandspencer.com/patchwork-short-sleeve-shell-top/p/p22501772?intid=WW_DLP_SIW_3_img

AIBU to say M & S have reached new depths of ugliness
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bbcessex · 14/07/2017 07:31

I quite like the top one Blush

Troels · 14/07/2017 07:58

I went in looking for some summer sandals, mostly they looked horrible, and those I sort of liked were not leather and my feet would be sliding about from sweat.
I have finally given up and now shop Debenhams, they had a great sale recently, I got 5 teeshirts, Mantaray and Maine, Crop pants from Red herring and sandals by fantasy with leather footbed and Dd got some summer tops too. No more needed till winter next week

tccat · 14/07/2017 08:21

My personal favourite is a grey "Biker Cardigan" 😂😂😂😂

TrollMummy · 14/07/2017 08:49

Popped in yesterday in the hope of finding a few bits for holidays. Total disappointment, the swimwear is just hideous, normally I can rely on M&S for shoes or sandals but again nothing. Rails of embroidered tshirts and shirts with ruffles just awful.

TrollMummy · 14/07/2017 08:53

Maybe we should link this to the M&S twitter page in the hope of saving them from further disaster next season.

hollyisalovelyname · 14/07/2017 09:26

Wasn't there a big fanfare a couple of years ago by M&S announcing some famous fashion director coming on board ?
Their clothes offerings were going to a whole new level.
What happened?
I thought they'd go up a level, not down Smile

PatricianOfAnkhMorpork · 14/07/2017 09:29

Ginger that yellow monstrosity is Autograph. 100% polyester and all yours for £55. Scarily that pic is a 5' 8" and size 8 model, the rest of us have no chance even if we liked it!

www.marksandspencer.com/elliptical-hem-long-sleeve-maxi-dress/p/p22508445

ginghamstarfish · 14/07/2017 10:32

'Biker cardigan' Grin

HazelBite · 14/07/2017 10:59

For some reason I was given M&S vouchers as a retirement present when I left work.
I despair, whilst it is a generous gesture, I have not seen anything (and I mean anything) that I would feel happy wearing in my local store. I had decided on perhaps some good quality classical knitwear, there was nothing attractive, stylish, and as I am not dead yet didn't want a cardi that looked like a shroud.

I think I might spend them on food and drink and even thay in my opinion is overpriced.

Ginlinessisnexttogodliness · 14/07/2017 11:45

@tccat please send a link to this "biker" cardigan.
I am that sad I have looked and can't find it

tccat · 14/07/2017 12:53

this is it

AIBU to say M & S have reached new depths of ugliness
tccat · 14/07/2017 12:58

Ok, I'll confess, I bought it and I fucking love it, it's the words Biker Cardigan that tickled me , along with the Alice in Wonderland doorknobs on Not on the High Street, order form stated " please say which size of knob you require" I had to sit on my hands not to type eight inches 😂😂
I'm very childish

OneFlewOverTheDodosNest · 14/07/2017 13:50

I love that cardigan - wouldn't call it particularly biker-ish though!

Ginlinessisnexttogodliness · 14/07/2017 19:09

@tccat that is actually really nice.
More deconstructed biker chic than zips and rivets!

Ginlinessisnexttogodliness · 14/07/2017 19:10

@tccat does the Alice in Wonderland explain your username the Cheshire Cat?😉😆

tccat · 14/07/2017 19:35

Actually it's not, it from Top Cat , kids programme when I was little, my first cat was called TC, I can see how you made the connection though 😀

MaQueen · 14/07/2017 19:57

It's vile. You'd look like an extra from Little House on the Prairie wearing it...

MaQueen · 14/07/2017 19:58

And, I've said it before and I'll say it again...the designers at MS are clearly dropping a shit load of crystal meth before heading into the studio of a morning Hmm

MaureenDodd · 14/07/2017 20:29

Ah, I don't know. It's not my cup of tea (and that hideous 3/4 trouser suit thing - what the actual fuck!!?) but I wouldn't see someone in the street and be judgy for it, people like different stuff don't they and that's ok .

I think the problem is that one time of day M&S was aspirational, you shopped there for the quality and so others knew you could afford it (I'm generalizing here, but we've all met the type Hyacinth Bucket )

Times have now moved on and M&S is a bit of a joke and has been for a few years - you get your decent undies there and maybe school uniform, a £10 meal deal maybe but you don't shop there for the style. It's practical and is riding the sails of the quality it used to have.

All I can say is that at least it isn't as hideous as All Saints. I followed a link from here a week or so ago expecting stylish chic and lovely clothes. They may as well have had sack cloths on display - I could not believe what I was seeing. If that's the new aspirational fashion, well....I'd rather wear the top in the op. At least then I can be safe in the knowledge I don't ooze pretentious wannabe.

Of course I'll now get told that All Saints is actually the epitome of sophistication, which brings me back to my initial point - horses for courses.

MaQueen · 14/07/2017 20:41

Some of the All saints dresses only work if you're a teensy-tiny, willowy young slip of a thing...but lesser mortals look like their wearing a bin bag.

But, their biker jackets are sublime, and their knitwear is gorgeous - and I love their very mono palette and that dull blush pink colour they do so well.

woodhill · 14/07/2017 20:47

Yellow canary kaften definitely reminded me of Margot Ledbetter

leccybill · 14/07/2017 20:51

Have to agree with a previous poster about Debenhams, it's done better this season and I've just picked up 4 really great tops for me and stuff for DD in the summer sale at great prices.

lovemycatsanddog · 14/07/2017 20:55

Because all their clothes are made in Banglades, on the cheap
M&S is the only place i can get trousers short enough sadly

lovemycatsanddog · 14/07/2017 20:56

Bangladesh *

MaQueen · 14/07/2017 20:56

That yellow...kaftan (?)...thing? Looks like she's wearing a deflated dinghy.

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