Where can I buy lovely but non fashionable clothes?

[HarriedWithChildren]

I've just ordered yet another plain jumper from Boden and just wish there was somewhere else to buy clothes that are:

Mostly natural fabrics
Machine washable
Print free, mostly
Classic in style but youngish
Reasonably affordable

I'm fed up with having to trawl through websites full of trendy polyester wear I'm too old and fat for to find e.g. a red "boyfriend" cardi to go with a dress I already have. Yes, I have been known to buy things from Bhs.

Where do you go for classics/basics?

H&M
Gap
Zara
Topshop sometimes have decent basics, once you've trawled through the too-young-and-trendy (for me anyway!) bits

I also hate man-made fibres, and a recent trip into town demonstrated that most high street shops are full of them. Forever 21 for example; loads of clothes, reasonaby prices, but on closer inspection all horrible sweaty nylon and polyester. And yes, how do they make plastic knitwear so deceptively soft?

reasonaby prices? That doesn't make sense; meant reasonably priced, obviously.

Just had a look at the Braintree site - I really like the look of a few bits on there. neurotic and anyone else who's ordered from there - is it good quality? Does it wash well?! What are the sizes like?

Uniqlo

Hi harried I'm in the same boat ( and the same Gobi Desert -Yorkshire) . Try Uniqlo. I also check fibre labels before even looking at the price tags ( and I'm poor and cheap so that says something!)

To add to your list of places to check, Benetton for basic knitwear and Esprit (some pieces, not all) for basics.

Agree that scarves make a difference. I had my colors d
one, found my best neutrals and just about everything I wear looks very sophisticated and pulled together with a smoky blue scarf.

Cashmere polo necks from M&S, not too expensive but classic.

MissPenteuth- I may be wrong, but I thought the 'soft' type knitwear was viscose, which is plant derived?

Thanks Emo76, I love the idea of accessories but the mere thought of even more stuff to faff about with and coordinate and keep the kids off tires me, for now that is.

Maybe I just need to wait until they are older and I have more time or just accept that no matter how much I spend I'm just one of those people who never looks quite right.

In meantime, I've got a red cardi from La Redoute, have clocked a nice dress at Fat Face and am about to embark on my first foray into layering: t-shirt under dress, hoping there won't be a mutton in site.

Mantaray at Debenhams is all cotton fabrics. Some patterned, some plain but you should find plenty of choice there.
(another refugee from man-made fabrics and viscose - horrible smelly stuff that doesn't last)