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Debenhams; doesn't it just make you want to slit your wrists and die?

184 replies

FluffyMummy123 · 27/01/2011 13:04

Imagine if thatnwas the ONLY shop you could buy from?!shudder

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KangarooCaught · 27/01/2011 13:27

It's the only place I can get Dior Nude Skin from the oranged lady.

FluffyMummy123 · 27/01/2011 13:28

yes OKAY
so apart from make up

its shit

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PuppyMonkey · 27/01/2011 13:29

I go in the one in Derby because they do a smashing breakfast in the restaurant.

RIZZ0 · 27/01/2011 13:30

Where else are you going to get an affordable slice of Designer style, yet, YET, at high street prices? Hmm?

PlumSykes · 27/01/2011 13:31

Just walking past makes me have a breakdown. The stench of not-very-recently-fried breakfasts coupled with the rictus grins of the Orange Ladies on the counters is easily wrist-slashing-inducing.

FluffyMummy123 · 27/01/2011 13:31

and teh AWFUL deisgner ranges
betty jackson black might be alright but i cant face that matthew williamson stuff

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midnightexpress · 27/01/2011 13:31

Yes. Ours always makes me feel a bit panicky, like if there was a fire I would definitely be toast.

FluffyMummy123 · 27/01/2011 13:32

oh no just looked on line
thats not nice either

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FluffyMummy123 · 27/01/2011 13:33

lol like a grilled and slightly burned sausage

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DirtyMartini · 27/01/2011 13:34

I sometimes go to the cafe bit of ours when I need to change a particularly bad nappy. They have a proper built-in changing bit instead of flimsy flip-down job.

That's about the best thing I can say about it though

RIZZ0 · 27/01/2011 13:35

rests case

You too can buy in to the "Rocha.John Rocha Rocha Rocha. John" lifestyle...

KangarooCaught · 27/01/2011 13:36

Take your point. Have fainted in Debenhams amongst the closely packed clothes rails. Never had the exit and fresh air looked further away Grin

midnightexpress · 27/01/2011 13:36

But Rizzo, they 'come with a plaited belt and intricately detailed buckle that truly encapsulates western style'

CatIsSleepy · 27/01/2011 13:37

most department stores are awful aren't they? and you always have to go through the perfume dept first which makes me feel sick

midnightexpress · 27/01/2011 13:37

I like that dress iCod.

Heathcliffscathy · 27/01/2011 13:38

i think 'who is it aimed at' is the key.

it has NO direction.

mary portas should be airlifted in to rescue them...

red herring Hmm

jasper conran triple Hmm

frigging john amerindian bloke can't even remember the name Hmm doesn't even do it.

Heathcliffscathy · 27/01/2011 13:39

rocha!

he had a moment in the late eighties early nineties.

and since then has been shit.

lowercase · 27/01/2011 13:40

jeans rear view! tee hee

Heathcliffscathy · 27/01/2011 13:40

do you think ben de lisi actually has seen that dress? and signed off on his name being attached to it?????

TrillianAstra · 27/01/2011 13:41

I liked Red Herring (apart from when I keep accidentally ending up in the maternity bit, and spot sothing nice that isn't available in non-pregnant)

And for a long time it was the only place near my parents where you could buy Oasis stuff.

CatIsSleepy · 27/01/2011 13:41

man, those jeans

Heathcliffscathy · 27/01/2011 13:42

have just spat food on laptop as those jeans.

FFS.

i hate coast as well. how are they running a business given that their USP is satin prom dresses that you wouldn't be seen dead in since erm...1986?? if then.

BornToFolk · 27/01/2011 13:42

They tempt you in with racks and racks of cheap bras for big norks, then you try one on and realise it's shit and offers as much support as a strategically placed hanky, and end up buying a decent Panache one anyway.

And all the kids clothes are covered in "designer" slogans.

And Mantaray is just sub-Fat Face (which is saying something these days) Yummy Mummy, floral turquoise shite.

Having said that, I did get my sister some nice towels in there for Christmas but for clothes...rubbish.

Megglevache · 27/01/2011 13:43

I think rejects from the "Computer says no" school of customer service come to Debs to die actually...

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