What's wrong with Boden?

[suzanneb]

I love Boden, but either get labelled a hooray or a middle aged, middle class and boring. Is this a city dweller thing? I don't get it.

The expense of it I think, if I won the lottery I would buy most of my things from Boden

For me, it's a "£30 for a child's skirt is taking the pee" thing. I love the clothes, but there's no way I'd pay the prices.

wait for the sales

Even the sale prices are higher than I would be prepared to pay. Clothes are for kids to wear, not to be scared of letting the children play in them because they were so expensive.

Boden clothes are nice, but expensive. Many people can't afford to, or just won't spend that kind of money on clothes that get worn for such a short length of time.

Just what is the point of spending so much on clothes?????

what do your hecklers wear then suzanneb?

if you wore head-to-toe boden all the time, you would prob look like a v smug Surrey mummy and would have to get a 4x4 to match, but bits here and there (deffo from the sales) are nice.

I'm guessing, but mostly Gap, Monsoon and Jigsaw.

i've only just started buying from Boden but it's mainly stuff for the boys. I've bought it on the understanding that it's 'pass downable' and since I have 3 boys I hope it's going to be worth it.

Have to say the tops are nice and the fabric is lovely.

I've ordered myself a coat in the sale - £39 down from £130. Still waiting for it though!

Nothing but those naff Cuban heeled wellies someone posted here . Gimme a good ol' pair of classic green Hunter's any day!

its up yer arse middle clarse

I want to feel clothes before I buy, always disappointed at catalogues.

suzanneb, the words "pot","black" and "kettle" spring to mind

gobbledispook
was it this one? it arrived last week, it's very nice

Thanks CFM - I'm assuming that you mean them! What's their problem? They're nice clothes, bit pricey, but better than being dull.

It is very middle class and kind of inyerface card carrying badge of pride middle class - but have still bought it with reservations

What's wrong with being middle class? We built the Empire apparently...

You don't have to spend lots of money to get nice or interesting clothes.

Nothing at all - it's just a bit ostentatiously "I dress my daaahlings in Boden, don't you know" middle class rather than self effacingly middle class....

but as you can see I am an occasionally boden buying hypocrite

But I don't buy my own stuff from there - not that fuddy duddy!

I have never bought for dd - too much of rip off for children's clothes
have bought a couple of things for me and dh though, because they do last

Sorry HMC - not trying to be a class warrior, just fed up. Feel like I'm a nicer version of the burberry chavs.

am clearly fuddy duddy and middle class

squaring shoulders and stiffening upper lip