Mid-30s women - where do you buy your clothes??

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I am 34 - 35 in November - and find myself at a bit of a loss as to where to buy clothes.

I am a SAHM so only really need casual things, and as we only have one income I can't splash out too much - I'd happily spend £40 on a new pair of jeans but not £70.

I am normally a size 8 (pregnant at the minute though!) so theoretically it should be quite easy to find stuff to wear, but I feel too old for most shops and too young for the rest!

This is going to be my last baby and when I can go back to dressing normally I need some inspiration about where to go...

I am no longer in my thirties but love threads like this!

For casual, I currently live in M&S black or indigo skinnies, Oasis skinnies, Oasis Scarlet bootcuts or a Topshop maxi skirt or White Company jersey dresses, plus either leopard ballet flats (Clarks) or tan heeled ankle boots (Dune) or red ballet flats (Clarks) and either a cropped trench (M&S Autograph) or a biker jacket (Oasis) or an ancient denim jacket (not with denim though). I like t-shirts and vests from Hobbs or The White Company and silk tops and some t-shirts from Warehouse.

I also like H&M for cheap cotton blazers, Hobbs sales for good quality blazers and Vivienne Westwood sales for general gorgeousness!

I seem to live in Gap or Joe's jeans and scoop neck tops, brightened up with interesting necklaces/scarves (I work from home, so no need for office wear); I spend a bit more in the sales for classic bits of Vivienne Westwood for formal occasions. Phase Eight isn't bad, although it can be a bit frumpy, and there are still one or two classic buys in the Marble Arch M&S each season. I also like to pick up vintage accessories/jackets where I can; they're great for disguising a black dress in high rotation!

Fortunately, or unfortunately, my chunky thighs have ruled out a lot of Fashion lately (so no skinnies, mini skirts, etc) so I've been forced into buying classic shapes that suit me rather than what's fashionable - in the long run, that's probably not a bad thing.

I am smiling at the image of me browsing Vivienne Westwood for formal wear :)

Thanks everyone. There are loads of good suggestions here. I shall broaden my shopping horizons and maybe even give eBay a whirl...

Zara mainly with some Topshop, Primark and Tesco....

Hee! When I say 'formal occasions' I mean anything that I don't have to wear wellies/dog walking coat for. Sadly, they consist of about 3 hours of my usual year. VW does some nice skirts that are classically cut so they don't really date, and are often 70% off in the Question-Air sale. I find looking at Net-a-Porter/Question-Air websites keeps me reasonably abreast of what's meant to go with what, then I go and find it somewhere cheaper else.

good question. all the shops listed here, like zara or H&m, I don't like them any more, and otehr shops like Isabella Oliver would be too expensive for me.

Orla Kiely's clothes look all cool and retro on the website but I bet I would look like a librarian in them. Not a real librarian, a parody of a librarian.

I'm 33 (and a half!) and due to having a toddler my shopping is almost all done online. I buy from Oasis, Warehouse(occasionally), White Stuff, The White Company, Fat Face, Debenhams, M&S, Monsoon. Also occasionally buy vest tops and other bits from supermarkets. I have bought a couple of things from Dorothy Perkins this year but have found them to look really shabby really quickly.

I rather enjoy dressing like a parady of a librarian at times! :)

parody even

Just looked at the Orla Kiely stuff online and, my lord, it's expensive! I wouldn't pay that much (anything!) to look like my old primary school head-teacher.

Gap
Primark
H&m
Zara
TopShop
White stuff
Debenhams
Oasis
John Lewis

asda/tesco its all i can afford, but LOVE monsoon

I am 32.
Fave shops are Zara, Dorothy Perkins and Next.

Am 36. I shop in H&M, Tesco, Sainsburys and Asda mostly. Bought a dress in Animal recently and did wibble a bit about how much it cost but have been wearing it a lot so is OK. I do have issues with spending much on clothes so end up with not many clothes that don't cost much . Although I do have nice bras.

I'm 32 and still shop in new Look< Primark, H and M, Topshop etc, find the 'older' shops too frumpy (sorry).

Finally at the age of 38 I'm becoming a little more discerning.

Joules
Designers at debenhams
Anna scholz
Planet/Hobbs (workwear)
coast

"silk" scarves 99p from Hong Kong. Yes Hobbs, I love your scarves, but really? 55 quid for something I'm going to lose in the wind/rip/find in the toybox?

And am this close to anglomania and Michael kors because the sale prices are very attractive.

39, have almost given up on high street. Believe in buying quality items.
Shop at Matches, NAP, Outnet, Yoox (online).
Independent boutiques, outlets, charity shops.
Department stores at -60% sales twice a year.

Have an odd Hobbs, Topshop, Benetton and Zara piece.
Have accummulated a wardrobe that I really enjoy - lots of designer items that really flatter and feel good, but never bought at full price.

42 & shop all over:

Zara (lots)
Asos (lots)
French Connection
Cos
Whistles (lots)
Top Shop
Jaeger (recently lots)
Joseph (recent love affair)
Ghost
Occassionally H&M but usually crap quality.
Some Warehouse

I forgot also:

Esprit
Mexx

I'm 32 this year, and mainly shop in topshop, gap, marks and spencer, zara, h and m, next. I never shopped in m and s before I had kids, but now I see more and more that I like in there. I like to think it's because their collections are getting better, but my dh says it's because I'm getting old!

I get a lot of things from Joe Brown's. some of their stuff us horrifically frilly and over embellished but they also do some lovely more simple styles. their sales are good.