Cath Kidston New Season Clothes...frumpy or dumpy, or both..?

[daisylonglegs]

I'd never ventured into Kidston territory before this summer and went overboard, buying 3 of her balloon dresses...realized this was how they looked on me when I saw photos of myself looking like a total and utter bloomsbury/wild strawberry blurb...
However, I did order the mushroom skirt as the dress was ( thankfully) out of stock.
It's amazingly childish and for guffaws from family. Enough said.
There is a time and place for everything and magic mushroom prints belong in the nursery or for 5 yr olds...not women.
I'm going to flog my ones on eBay and send the vile skirt back.
What was I thinking?!?!🍄

It totally depends on your style though.
I'm quirky, indie and wear interesting prints all the time. I could pull off the garden birds dress easily with thick tights and brogues. If the mushroom dress didn't have a white background it would be nicer.

Kew sprig & Meadow are sweet, but I made a pact with myself not to wear English floral prints over 40.

I'd wear them if I was 19 at a festival...

I love 40s style dresses so I decided to stick with DvF for fear of ridicule.

I haven't seen the mushroom skirt but I rather like the bird one. I'd wear it with high heels and a blazer for work, or with boots and a biker jacket at weekends.

I am DESPERATE to get hold of the train print dress from the spring/summer range this year (only just discovered it & it's sold out). Not a fan of the current mushroom print (a bit twee for my liking), but I like the bird print dress & have asked my mum for it for Xmas.
Cheeky ask, but if you have a train print dress in a size 10 I will gladly buy it! ;)

Daisylonglegs, that balloon shape is hard for anyone to pull off imo.

In general, Kidston traces a fine line between cute vintage and nauseating twee; thus, one should proceed with caution.

I really love these floral print scarves - great for brightening up winter coats!

I saw that bleddy toadstool print and thought it would be more suited to toddlers. Nice pattern, though. I'm actually considering the bird print skirt in the darker brown/black, however

Did you see the cottage print, too? I bought the skirt and thought it was lovely in all its hideousness.

I agree the white background on the toadstool print doesn't help.

I'd wear any of those dresses with some shiny 60s beehive hair and stilettos to sharpen them up. But yes, not if I was looking to be comfy/casual, the shape is unforgiving.

I saw and loved the cottage skirt too. My concern is that they are a) so full and b) quite cheaply made, so the puffiness might well make me look a bit fat. I like full skirts, but I prefer the fullness to be a bit lower down, if that makes sense?

I really like the bird print, would buy the dress if it wasn't so expensive.

Horrible little girls clothes. Look like tea towels

I agree with Remus. The fullness looks like it would be awkward, also they're not lined which to me is an instant turn off if something costs that much.

I have vouchers to use - I think I will wait for the sale, again...

cake there is a train dress on eBay :)

Remus u r exactly right - I ordered the trains skirt. It had an elasicated waist (shudders) and ballooned right from my tummy. I looked and felt awful in it - sooo fat and frumpy, so back it went!

Remus is right the skirts are puffy and full, and yes, cheaply made, the actual cost was only approx £40. Rooners, my cottage print skirt is lined, in a contrasting navy material.

I love mine and think it suits me, though combined with lining and above knee length, meant pushing it down constantly, almost (if that makes sense).

I think £40 is a lot for a skirt.

I think £40 is reasonable for a skirt, if it's made well. I really do like the bird one, tea-towel or not :) , but I don't think it feels worth £40 tbh.

Thank you Geek. Sadly it's not in my size :(
I won't be defeated though; I'll keep trawling ebay!

I like the bird print one too actually.

I like the bird one too. Was considering getting it in the olive colour.

I like the dresses but just feel they're too expensive - I have a simliar bird print one I got in Next last year for £35 and I love it and have had loads of wear out of it.

I tried on the bird dress today, great fabric and very wearable, but sadly too expensive.

I saw a woman at the bottom of my street wearing the train print. I did do a double take. It reminded me of my brother's baby wallpaper in the early 70's. She was wearing it very literally with a victory roll and red lipstick.

I suppose that's the only way to wear it [the train print] at least that I can think of.

I actually bought the bird skirt (the darker colour). It's a heavier skirt, made with heavy thick fabric. So there might not be the same puffiness problem, but we'll see when I wear it.
However, unlike the summer skirt, there is no lining, and I think it was needed really.