So, I'm not allowed to shop at Per Una, Debenhams, White Stuff or Boden otherwise MN will take the piss out of me...

[PuppyMonkey]

Just wondering where is ok then??? Can we have a list here??

confused

'but gt some CLASS to go with your cash and stop mincing about like princesses!'

dunno what you mean

'but gt some CLASS to go with your cash and stop mincing about like princesses!'

dunno what you mean

Does mincing around The White Company in my ten pound H&M jacket count? :)

i think it's fab that there is such a range now. in the 80s it was hard to find anything at all, and a basic sweatshirt in miss selfrige was about £30 and unless you wanted stuff that really did fall apart that was the cheapest end of the market!

I have no real interest in fashion and am a lumpy 16 but do like to look respectable. I also hate shopping.

So, Boden for work, White stuff for school run. Off bit of gap. That's it.

Yes it's soooooo boring and probably quite naff but not as boring as listen to you all whittling on about where to find the perfect this that or the other which you will all turn your nose up as soon as it reaches a critical mass of people liking it.

So there (sticks out tongue and pulls pigtails)

i agree southeast - i remmebr looking for non-polyester clothing in the lat enineties - nothing, nada, zip..

bras in any colour apart from white and black were hard to find.

the yawn fest that was high street fashion has been altered almost eyod recognition.

Though of course, its still not good enough.

I shop at White Stuff - don't care if some people think it is dull. They have clothes I like, that fit me nicely. I have also bought stuff from Debenhams too. And Next, and a whole range of other places.

Ignore MN - you won't be able to stop buying from everywhere tht some MNetters might feel are naff. You can't please everyone so please yoursef!

Hulababy, do you want to be in my club? Free street scarf for every member :o

Can I join?

Hula, you make a v important point there. White Stuff things fit me. That can't be said of the stuff in many shops.

No one has mentioned Next.

I tend to stick boringly with M&S, Debenhams, New Look, and, yes, Next, with occasional sale splurges in Monsoon, Fat Face or White Stuff (too pricy otherwise).

But my fave fave place is the British Heart Foundation charity shop - I have all sorts of "label" bargains from there.

Marisota of course doh.

Course I should confess I will still be shopping at White Stuff cos I have a 40% off discount card. But thanks for all the other suggestions, have actually used them all. Just assumed from the comments on some of the shopping threads you all had a brilliant secret shop you go in, but apparently not!!

Ok, I am going to put myself up for criticism and say that the majority of my wardrobe comes from

Boden (Knits, tops, dresses and Ts)
Monsoon (knits, dresses, shirts, shoes)
Jigsaw (tops)
Joules (tops and accessories)
Next (petite jeans and coats)
M&S (undies and tights)
GAP (tops)
Clarks (shoes)

Puppymonkey!! I suggested Sunday Best and Michelle B. They are pretty good and not run of the mill

for the record here they are again
best

There's also House of Fraser whose Boutique by Jaeger is reasonbly priced and trendy

www.houseoffraser.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-hof-Site/default/Search-Show?q=boutique%20by%20jaegerboutiquebyjaeger

fruitstick and Whipmawhopma - club joined :)

I used to wear a lot of stuff from Monoon but think it has gon downhill over the last couple of years, esp the petite range.

White stuff fits me, not sure if it is my slightly odd proportions. Fat face often a good fit too.:)

(fwiw I am generally a size 8, but nearer a 10 on the bum/hips and I am short, 5'2")

Next petite is usually too long.

I buy some of Debenham's Mantaray label which reminds me of White Stuff.

Whatever you do don't buy a saress!

Onepiece I am 5'2" and Next petite is usually too short, how puzzling.

Maybe it is our proportions TPL ?

or perhaps Next just make stuff that is rather long in the leg. If anything, the petite tops are a tiny bit short in the body/arms. Trousers I have to turn up and it's not like I want them particularly short. (if anything I like them to suit heeled boots iykwim)

I've never been accused of having long legs before but maybe they are long for a shortarse person. Tops don't seem to be a problem except that I am tiny everywhere except for the bust, which is massive. I need a 6 for everything but they gape because they are made for smaller chested folk.

I might start a company selling clothes for short, small, massive chested women.

Do you particularly like Next or is it just that you can't find anything else to fit that isn't office wear or intended for the over 70s?

Not next, or White Stuff - it really is very dull and the same every season.

I like Gap, Whistles, Jigsaw, Zara. and sometimes topshop.

also kew for work stuff (but know it is a bit meh too). and LK Bennett too (in the sale for work dresses).

Sometimes have got things of my-wardrobe.

I like Toast too, but I know that lots of people think that's very drab.

Meggles are you me?

Apart from Jigsaw (I have never actually been in one) your list is pretty much identical to mine.

I shall sit next to you and await ridicule