An open lettert o marks and spencer

[Codswallop]

OK i can save them the money that they need to s pend on recruiting a new CEo now L vand de V has gone.

1. DO not launch a trendy peruna range for teenagers - they arent your customers!here

2. do not do all cap sleeved t shirts fro women ! they have bingo wings ( ahem)

3. do not only do complete outfits for kids

4. donot put silly buttons ont he bottom of trousers here

5. plese do more shorts tan this here

katie we need to e mail this to the journalist!

aloha! whats her address?

I am liking those two strap wedgies, my friend had a red pair on when we went out the other night. I want Would I be able to walk in them though without breaking my neck?

ok tried at newsint.co.uk

ok tried at newsint.co.uk

cant see those wedgies

I like Per Una, but not all those straggly, unfinished edge, gathered up, ruched and beribonned things. My GP had on a Per Una skirt with unfinished edges, thready, lengths of ribbony stuff hanging off it the other day and she just looked a bit...well...silly.

wedgies

Their Autograph range of makeup is nice too, but blimey 9 quid for a lipstick is a bit steep for me. I think they might be trying to be all things to all pple and its not quite working.

try [email protected]

wish I had the legs for this

You need the stomach as well

Looks like my school PE skirt from 1979.

Can I add my tuppenceworth?

Sunday - M&S in Oxford, looking for clothing for dd (16 months) that she needs to be able to wear now, not in the height of summer. I find nothing but day-glo beachwear that a trainee lady-of-the-night would blanche at.

Tuesday - Peter Jones, Sloane Square. Racks of sweet little spring clothes - t-shirts, cardies, dungarees. All reasonably priced (eg £10 for a pair of dungarees) and in gentle colours. I happily fork out 54 quid.

It's not rocket science, is it? So why does Marks get it so wrong?

I still want the shoes....

Oh my god, that is such terrible marketing (Per Una Due) when I heard the name and saw the logo (little heart inside big heart) I was convinced it was a maternity range...now that would have been good, why on earth are they going for teenagers - its embarrassing.

peruna is potato in finnish

"PERUNA, the Finnish name for potato, (Solanum tuberosum) comes from the word Peru, the name of the country where it was discovered and from where it made its way to Europe in the end of 1500s. It was called by many names, for instance peru in Finland. "

See this letter about per una due from the Guardian, here

I'm going to admit something. I like some of that tatty Per Una straggly stuff. At its best, PU is a good Jigsaw rip-off, and to someone with my Jigsaw habit that can Only Be A Good Thing.

motherinferior, I must just be old, I think I'm turning into my Mum. She looks at those skirts in Per Una and says, in the most disparaging tones, "needs a hem putting on that." You dangle your straggly bits all you like (ooer!)

Seems everyone is busy writing "open letters" to Marks and Spencers

www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-1106357,00.html

have a look atthis

Just noticed at the bottom how to insert a link

I still want the shoes too MM.

I had a little flick through the new range, not realising it was for teenagers and even I (who regularly dresses as lamb, rather than Mutton) was slightly gobsmacked. The skirts were soooooo short and beribboned and the tops awful. They were really expensive too.

M&S has lost the plot. Per Una is good and does bring fashion into M&S at a better price than Autograph (so saying I have never bought anything, but been tempted occassionally - I think it is quite expensive too considering I shop in New Look and ASDA) but this is such a step too far

Just went to see what you were all talking about. Was a bit disappointed really. I like a couple of the mini skirts, but the punk section could hardly be called that really.