It's time for another crucial question (are you watching Time magazine). Could you please rank in order of poshness - Austin Reed, Boden and Army&Navy (clothing dept)?

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Txs
(ps a response on this thread is in no way an indication of how middle-class or otherwise you might be )

Boden defo poshest
Then Army and Navy
Then Austin Reed

Oh god you're going to go all Peggy Mitchell 'you're baaarred' on me because I have no idea what Army&Navy clothing dept is like at all - could you replace it with Joules please? Or the army surplus place down the road?

Austin Reed - good for a nice formal suit. tres middle class
Boden - yummy mumminess
Army & Navy - is camoflauge back in?

HTH

Army and Navy? [puzzled]

But Boden is posher than Austin Reed.

I vote the same as Lulu.

Austin Reed (never been in, is it for older ladies?)
Boden (yummy mummytastic but all MNetters know this)
Army & Navy (used to buy combats in there for clubbing in, in the 90's not been in since)

There endeth my opinion.

Oh and may I ask why?

I think IME that buying any new clothes at all is very unposh.

Chino's? .

Someone should email them!

I agree with giantkatestacks. Truly posh people don't buy off-the-peg high street clothes. They either buy bespoke or wear the same clothes for years and years, a la Princess Anne.

Boden is posher aspirationally than Austin Reed (which is a men's outfitters that sells suits to middle class men with aspirations above M&S.) What do you mean by the "Army & Navy Stores" - the one in Victoria, which is/was a bog standard department store with magnificent wine cellars or the Army Surplus type stores?

Do you really mean army and navy? Or do you mean old navy or something?

Never been in an Austin Reed but have always assumed they sold things that are all a bit polyester mix easily catches fire in shades of taupe for work wear. But I could be wrong. So I'd say Boden is poshest. The men wear flowery shirts and say their biggest vice is 'rum raisin icecream' etc.

None of them, all as common as muck.

Army and Navy is a department store, aka House of Fraser

I think chinos must be back in. Just come back from a music festival heavily populated by braying 16 year olds called Henry and Oliver, etc. They all seemed to be dressed in chinos, stripey shirts and a Jack Wills jumper casually knotted over the shoulders.

Army and Navy is where you buy surplus military stuff no?

here

Army & Navy
Austin Reed
Boden (really posh people don't do Boden, only the aspirational middle classes)

I would say

Boden
Austin Reed
Army and Navy

Austin Reed make nice men's glasses. Dh has a pair (which I dispensed him )

I reckon:
A&N stores (cause I've never heard of them which must make them posh cause I'm as common as shit)
Boden
Austin Reed.

Or, in the spirit of Sport's Day, they're all the poshest. Happy now?

Austen Reed I perceive as posh but 'older'. The Army and Navy means nothing to me - is this a London thing?

I think poeple are getting hung up on semantics and the meaning of 'posh' - I suspect you mean 'posh' as aspirational / perceived quality of goods in this instance?... rather than 'posh' in the tedious, braying, boot room owning, Jemima sense

Boden is still aspirational (and thus 'posh') for the majority of populace - reference Ebay prices for pre-owned Boden and mini boden

None of them are remotely 'posh'.

Austin Reed- shiny suits for middle managers.
Boden- a catalogue fgs. Just don't get the MN hype.
Army & Navy - useful if you are Bear Grylls et al.

Sheesh!

Army and Navy aka House of Fraser have several clothing departments within them, I don't really think they can be ranked due to this.

I think Boden might be a little bit posher than Austin Reed as AR mainly do work stuff and really posh people don't work!