Why is White Stuff so universally hated on here?

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Donning flameproof suit but I like it. I agree that some of the heavily patterned stuff is a bit OTT and I prefer the winter stuff to the summer range generally but it's not THAT bad is it? The colours are fab and the stores are really nice to shop in. Some of the plain tunics and cardigans are lovely and I've really fallen for a pair of winter boots to wear with chunky tights and a short skirt. (Mind you I have just ordered the Clarks shoes that everyone else hated when I posted about them last week so not sure I should even be frequenting this board!) Surely it's like everything though - head to toe WS would not be good but mixed with other things it can look nice can't it?

I think the fact they sell tunics does it for me.

And it looks like it is made from material retrieved from the bottom of a dog's basket tbh.

I wasn't aware it was universally hated! I have some White Stuff things I like, there are some things they do that I don't like. Like anything really.

It depends on your style. If you can work the natural kooky angle then it is lovely. Me? I look like a bag lady because I suit classic plain stuff.
I don't understand why it get's such a knocking either. It's inoffensive frankly.

I suspect it's because it is secretly known that a lot of mn-ers are clothed in it, and so there is a bit of sending-yourself-up involved.

It's one of those brands that sells a dream: Buy this and you can pretend you are on holiday - involving surfing and fresh sea-food and jolly, slated chilren - all year round. And yes, you are a fit-mum, who drops the children off at school and then grabs a surfboard/bike/whatever.

In reality it all does look a little unironed. which is fine - I do unironed, not intentionally, but, you know, it tends to drop off my list - but it is odd to buy things pre-unironed.

should be "jolly, salted children" - as in, they've been tousled and ruddied by the fresh sea breezes.

You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't please all of the people all off the time!

Some MNers hate some things and like others that others think are hideous.

If you like it buy it.

I bought two things from White Stuff last week. It's jersey, it's stretchy, it's comfortable for CS recovery & skims over my lumpy bits. It's colourful & therefore cheers me up. The patterns disguise baby sick and poo. I could go on....
So.....take off your ugly flamesuit and bring on the White Stuff!!

I used to find the odd piece in White Stuff. Then one day I went in with my toddler who decided as I was about to pay that she needed a wee. In that right-right now 2.5-year-old kind of way. So I asked if she could use the loo. They refused. I left the stuff on the counter and I've never been back.

tx12noone, I would have said "well either you let her use your toilet or you'll have a mess to clear up...."

I have a love/hate relationship with WS. A couple of my very favourite things are from there but most of it it dreary and a bit dishrag-like.

Mind you, I'm finding it almost impossible to find any everyday clothes I like anywhere these days.

Tx I expect it would have been against health and safety regs to let you and your toddler use their staff toilets and in addition would have invalidated their insurance. You'd get the same in virtually all shops.

I have a few things from years ago and some short skirts (on the knee ish) and I west them a lot.

However, so much of their stuff is overpriced and increasingly poor quality.

Shame.

I wear them a lot, too!

I've never heard of them...off to google

its more brown stuff than White stuff

feck me if this www.whitestuff.com/party-time-dress-prod321500_cosmic_blu/. is a party time dress I pity their social life.

I like White Stuff, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Fab sales too - proper sales, with everything half price, none of this namby pamby 10% off nonsense.

at the cosmic party dress. Seriously ...

Ive never been refused an emergency toddler toilet request. They refused to give me one of their duck paper bags as I wasn't buying thing on that occasion too.

Jaysus...there's a photo of my nana wearing something similar, holding my sister in the garden. In 1961.

Party dress? Only if you got it with your ration coupons after The War.

lmao @ the party time dress.....I'm sure my local charity shop is full of party time dresses too ;)

I thought everyone liked it.

I dislike it due to it being shit.

In general I like it, if you want to see overpriced tat try Joe Brown's. I'm scarred for life after one experience.

I would put money on that dress coming up in the sale, though. Bleugh