What the fuck is this fashion?!!!

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What grown adult would wear this?

Why would you even model it?!

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@Llamazoom

It makes me think of Bubbles from Ab Fab. It’s hideous.

You nailed it with that comment!

I hate it BUT it would be so comfy when pregnant!

I have this dress! I adore it.

Looks horrible on the model. Looks lovely in many of the photos of customers wearing it. I like it but couldn't wear it.

It reminds me of the Villanelle dress too. It was amazing in Killing Eve, ( as everything about that programme is - surreal!) but some things should not filter down to the High Street. VB looks ridiculous.

I actually LOVE this dress

I was in H&M recently (there's one open around the corner from me) & was so tempted to buy it. However a) the fabric is awful, sweaty polyester & b) I've breastfed 2 kids in the last 3 years & suspect It'd make my poor tits look like udders

However a) the fabric is awful, sweaty polyester

The link says it's 100% cotton.

I like it and i'd wear it. You defo need to be petite with good legs. I've got tiny feet also so could get away with chucky flat shoes. I think it would look daft with heels. None of my friends would bat an eyelid if i wore this. But my more straight laced friends might get a few funny looks.
The model in the ad is wearing the wrong size, even for a billowy dress!!

The link says it's 100% cotton

It is cotton. I wouldn’t have bought it if it wasn’t.

@Aragog oops, wrong dress! I was looking at this one in-store & although it may say its cotton on the site, it's shiny & plasticky (??) so I assumed polyester...

There are puffy sleeves everywhere. Diana’s wedding dress will be reappearing before we know it!

I've seen these in the window of the local H and M and just thought 'nope'. Beyond grim, shapeless sack with flounces, why would you?

@MirandaGoshawk

It reminds me of the Villanelle dress too. It was amazing in Killing Eve, ( as everything about that programme is - surreal!) but some things should not filter down to the High Street. VB looks ridiculous.

Was just going to say the same thing about looking like V's dress.

I love the puff sleeve trend! On other people- I’m FAR too broad shouldered you pull it off but think it looks nice on petite frames. It’s a bit much in such a bold colour though, I prefer the pastel/white/black versions

it's shiny & plasticky (??)

Yes it’s shiny because it’s satinised cotton, nothing plasticy about it. The fabric is very similar to a Toast dress I have which cost about nine times more. The most astonishing thing about it is that they managed to produce it at that price. Which makes me feel a bit queasy about the ethics of its production.

I remember when polished cotton was quite common. It was lovely.

I have seen their slightly creepy ad where they comment that they are going to be all recycled by 20-something-or-other (but they can say what they want because who will remember anyway).

I assumed they were just recycling dress designs from 1972?

The pink is grim, but I LOVE the black & white versions. Cheers OP, I'm going to buy one of each

My super fashionable friend has the long version of it and looks amazing in it.

I'm sure she is young, slim and fashionable. Those of us who... arent... will look like mad catlady.

I'm 65 and whilst I wouldn't wear it myself I really like it. If I was young and slim and fashionable I would buy it. I agree a belt would make a difference and would look good with doc martens or converse

The dress isn't for me but who made you the fashion arbiter, OP? Some posters on the thread like the dress... should they feel they have to apologise for that?

I hate these twattish threads, entirely construed to slap people down for liking certain things.

I love smock dresses, and anything loose fitting and billowy. Can eat a nice big meal and hide my whale belly easily

The model looks like she is a child dressing up in her mother's old bridesmaid dress. The pictures are awful.

Pretty sure I wore this as a bridesmaid in 1990