To be surprised that at how awful these dresses are?

[PetCheetah]

I'm not sure awful is the right word or why Facebook would think I might like 'Pencil Me In' or 'Treat Yourself'?

www.harkelclothing.co.uk/dresses.html

Definitely worn be people who can spell 😉

No no, please none of that. Otherwise we'll have to have the same boring haircuts after a certain age too.

Ok footprintsintheslow I'll change that from too old to a size 18 and apple shaped, if that helps.

@jambeforeclottedcream I like the fit on me, I am quite short so they are below my knees. Very good quality though in my opinion.

I have also had them suggested, and I also think they are hideous.

I ordered 2 yesterday as 45% off. I love them. I am 30+ I am not a school teacher.

My SIL is a teacher and I can see her wearing them!

I like them! Unfortunately I'm not nice enough to pull them off

Echoing the other teachers it's aimed at very earnest women in their early 20s who teach Year 1, are obsessed with Miss Honey and follow insta teachers from Ohio who have a "fun" rainbow classroom for their "kiddos" and all dress like this!

[quote TartanDMs]@jambeforeclottedcream I like the fit on me, I am quite short so they are below my knees. Very good quality though in my opinion.[/quote]
Ok thank you

I like (some of) them 🙈

Pencil me in dress.... 😂

My 8 yer old self would have loved the dress and worn with pride!

As above: the defensiveness from fans of wacky clothes is quite at odds with the concept of being confident in your own style. Why do you care so much that people don’t love your hair colour or dresses?

Just pointing out how sad it is to be a grown woman and look at another grown woman and say thing like "OMG gross a dinosaur dress" - like what the fuck are people supposed to wear and why does it bother you? Utterly baffling. There is some ageist crap around that if you wear anything that's not black/navy/beige you're committing the awful sin of dressing too young and therefore not knowing your place in society as an Old Lady. Don't you know you're only supposed to be visible/have a personality in your 20's when men want to fuck you anything older you should Dress Your Age (whatever the fuck that means)

Poking a hole in somebody else’s fatuous argument (“if you don’t like the same things as me you are BORING!”) is not shameful and nor is it bullying.

No but it is bullying to insult women's appearances based on what you think is acceptable for you. Some of the comments on this thread are vile and are dripping in jealousy - especially about the lovely models.

Do you think that everybody should be compelled to like everything, and never express a negative opinion, because then children will never be bullied at school?

I think that people should be compelled to respect other people's choice of taste, even when it's at odds with theirs. I'm a teacher (funnily enough though I like these clothes I'm not a primary school teacher) and I've found that the bullies have parents who are judgemental, nasty, and pick on others for things like clothes and hair dos. Where do you think bullies get their attitudes from otherwise?

If so, you need to take a long hard look at yourself.

Thanx hun

@Iamthewombat

I never understood why some women feel the need to be so bitchy about what other people wear. As long as my tits are covered and I'm not flashing my arse to you, why do you care?

I genuinely couldn’t give a stuff what other people wear. The OP asked for opinions. She got them. I wanted to know why another poster thought that anyone who didn’t like Harkel dresses was “a dullard”. Do you think that everybody who dislikes those dresses is bitchy?

Can you please quote where I said "Anyone who doesn't dress in Harkle is a dullard". You won't. You're extrapolating for some reason, probably because you're embarrassed that you've been called out.

I said that not everyone wants to dress like a dullard in black and navy - and yes I think women "over a certain age" are expected to dress dull.

Hardly the same dear is it.

Yes, very whateverhernameis from the film ‘me before you!’

I don't like them. They remind me of something from 'Rainbow' or 'Playschool' when I was little.

I had an email from Seasalt today. I don't think there was anything that made me even wonder if I might buy it. Everything was frumpy, for old people, awful cuts and lengths, dated styles that they have had for years and some truly hideous prints. All ridiculously expensive.

They’re not my style, but I think the biggest issue is that they’re mostly made with thin, cheap fabric. There are similar, colourful, pseudo-retro brands with garments cut from better fabrics and they fit better. These models are gorgeous and stick thin, and yet they still look frumpy. I would guess that’s why.
Just one example below
topvintage.net/en/brands/tante-betsy?category=17#main

Oh dear. Poor old Glummy. You can’t let it go, can you?

Not everybody likes the same clothes as you. Get over it.

You are obviously nursing some sort of real life grievance about being overlooked or otherwise disadvantaged because of your hair colour and/or choice of clothes (the “ageist crap” you regularly refer to). Missed out at a job interview because of your appearance, by any chance? That isn’t the fault of anyone on this thread, and ranting at posters who don’t share your taste in clothes, including accusations of ‘bullying’, isn’t going to right your perceived wrongs.

It is absolutely OK for anyone posting on this thread to give frank opinions on those dresses. What other people think of them is none of your business. You insist on taking it personally. Get over it. You’re coming across like Violet Elizabeth Bott.

I can’t be bothered trawling the thread for quotes from your posts, life really is too short, but you’ve used the words “boring” and “lacking in imagination” several times to describe people who don’t like your beloved Harkel dresses.

It must smart to learn that (1) you don’t really know what the word ‘dullard’ means, (2) you’re going to have to cope with knowing that not everybody thinks your clothes are the dernier cri and (3) arguing that anyone who does not share your taste is boring or a bully leaves you open to being made to look ridiculous.

Nobody on this thread has “picked on others for choice of clothes or hairdos”. You, however, were straight in there attacking anyone (‘dullards’) who wears navy and black.

Nobody gives a stuff about what you wear. You are the one who appears to care passionately about everyone approving of your fashion choices. It won’t happen. Deal with it. Don’t build your entire personality around wearing wacky dresses, then you won’t take it so personally.

You are obviously nursing some sort of real life grievance about being overlooked or otherwise disadvantaged because of your hair colour and/or choice of clothes (the “ageist crap” you regularly refer to).

Nope, just amused you and others have such strong opinions on colourful clothes and got so upset because I used the word dullard (you've mentioned it excessively).

Missed out at a job interview because of your appearance, by any chance? That isn’t the fault of anyone on this thread, and ranting at posters who don’t share your taste in clothes, including accusations of ‘bullying’, isn’t going to right your perceived wrongs

What are WEIRD thing to assume?! My hair is blonde 😂 and no, I've got pretty much every job I've ever gone for thanks. Even with the bold outfit choices.

You don't think it shows bullying behaviour to call people "pig ugly" and remark on the assumed personalities of people based on their clothing choices? Ok then.

Nobody on this thread has “picked on others for choice of clothes or hairdos”. You, however, were straight in there attacking anyone (‘dullards’) who wears navy and black

Then you haven't read the full thread.

And again, wasn't attacking anyone. Please improve you comprehension skills before you start to embarrass yourself.

Nobody gives a stuff about what you wear. You are the one who appears to care passionately about everyone approving of your fashion choices. It won’t happen. Deal with it. Don’t build your entire personality around wearing wacky dresses, then you won’t take it so personally

Look, sorry that you're not comfortable in your own skin like some of us, and sorry you got it wrong about the word dullard (your hand must hurt from clutching those straws) but dearest it isn't the fault of the people on this thread who make bolder fashion choices than you. You clearly have a problem with people who do when you get sad little digs in about "building you whole personality around them". Bless your heart.

Hilarious. Try harder, and stop being triggered by what other women wear.

@OnlyToWin

They remind me of the kind of dresses I imagined when I was a child that I would wear as a grown up. I also imagined that one day Face from A-Team would be my husband. Neither came to fruition.

😂😂😂

Oh I love them. Mind you my wardrobe is full of Lindy Bop dresses which they’re not dissimilar to.

@StanfordPines

Different people like different things...

If you don’t like them then don’t buy them, simple as that.

Well, thank goodness you're here with your amazing insight! I would never have thought of not buying something if I didn't like it !!!

Ha, I would have loved these when I was 21 and skinny and loved anything quirky. Sadly I have zero confidence now so couldn't pull them off. I'll have to stick to dressing my toddler in the crazy stuff I can no longer wear. Like tutus.

“You are obviously nursing some sort of real life grievance about being overlooked or otherwise disadvantaged because of your hair colour and/or choice of clothes (the “ageist crap” you regularly refer to). Missed out at a job interview because of your appearance, by any chance? That isn’t the fault of anyone on this thread, and ranting at posters who don’t share your taste in clothes, including accusations of ‘bullying’, isn’t going to right your perceived wrongs.”

What an imagination!

Are Gummy and WheresYourSecretSadness
the same person?

Well, thank goodness you're here with your amazing insight! I would never have thought of not buying something if I didn't like it !!!

The way some people are carrying on you’d think we were all being forced to buy them.