to think that Marks and Spencers have lost the plot with women's dresses?

[MaMaLa321]

I went in today and, for a start, there's very little in stock.
But what was worse was how unattractive everything was.
this stood out, especially. Even with a gorgeous model it looks uber frumpy.

Their dresses are rubbish, they never get them right (that one you linked to is far from the worst, mind!) - but I love their trousers, no bonkers unpredictable sizing, and a choice of lengths, plus some nice quality fabrics (some cheapy fabrics too but at least there's choice).

Well that's the trouble with m&s. They no longer think their core market they used to have is good enough so they try akd rope the ginger ones in trying to be all "trendy" and fail miserably

Ginger omg that should say younger...omg that's a bizarre typo

It's a no from me

I have a love/hate relationship with M&S, I rarely see anything I like in there and probably buy something once a year at the most BUT those things I do have from them are some of my best/favourite items

At least it's not ditzy flowers or animal print - like practically everything else that isn't barely covering my arse is in there.

I despise both - with a special mention for leather skirts and trousers as part of being a 'sexy late middleaged woman in her prime in Accounts', naturally. Leather clothing other than a jacket (NOT a bloody blazer, ever) belongs on stage or on a motorbike.

Just wait until you see the shite they're planning for Christmas. A denim dress that'll look like a dishrag without ironing for about 35 minutes a time will be the classiest thing you've seen all year from them.

I have been saying for ten years that they have lost sight of who they should be catering to. In my opinion, this was people my age (40s) and above, yet they kept on producing flimsy, too short, floaty dresses, more suitable to late teens / early 20s but they don’t want to shop in M&S. They end up not appealing to anyone.

Oh I quite like that actually. Think it'd look really nice with flats, wavy hair and red lips.

That is very plain, it reminds me of stuff my friends Mums wore in the 70's.
There are much nicer dresses online with M&S I didn't see them instore for some reason.

@Whatwouldscullydo

Ginger omg that should say younger...omg that's a bizarre typo

In my M&S, they have a range of dresses near the counter which are really nice, but they are to order as they are not stocking all sizes.The Staff are wearing them and a lady in front of me said I like your dress, and was told to order it in a couple of sizes and return which ever didn’t fit. I was very pleased, I managed to get a number of t-shirts each costing £9.50.

I like that. I’m a huge fan of a slightly quaker look. I had a dress very similar in blue denim growing up and I still mourn that I grew out of it Sorry!

The ginger ones?! I was like this: . .

I quite like it too!! I'm a Toast gal though..

I was expecting to see some ruffled monstrosity in man made fabric

They've lost the plot with pretty much everything, to be honest.

Amish chic. What's not to like?

I was looking for some summer tops a couple of weeks ago. I wanted something classic in natural fabrics. I found nothing. It either looked like boring, frumpy workwear or tasteless, garish stuff in horrible fabrics. Needless to say I went elsewhere.

It's very surrendered wife. I'd expect to see someone on a documentary about Christians with massive families who have literal Bible beliefs wearing it.

I like that dress too! Needs to be unbuttoned at the neckline though. They sell far worse, all the ruffly florals in polyester. M&S is trying to cater to everyone and it just isn't possible, they need to decide their target market.

It's not so much that it looks like a depressed bin bag, it's the fact that they want fifty actual bastard pounds for the thing.

44 and like the linked dress - with the neckline unbuttoned as per pp.

You're not wrong OP. That dress is grim.

I actually really like that dress, in the black denim version. The only thing I'm not sure about is the ruffle at the neck (for some reason I quite like the cuffs). I would hope it would be quite hard-wearing too. I wonder whether I would overheat, having denim on my top half which couldn't take off? Hmm, you may cost me 50 pounds plus P&P, OP!

I agree that a lot of their clothes do look rubbish, though.

I like that dress.

surrended wife. Yes, that's what it looks like to me as well.