Ok, I know we all love a good M&S bashing thread but I think they have really excelled themselves with this coat...

[spookyskeleton]

www.marksandspencer.com/Speziale-Leather-Sleeves-Faux-Coat/dp/B002J44HRM?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_6&nodeId=43109030&sr=1-6&qid=1379518398&pf_rd_r=0AVK0K6DGT2TMHE3YMC7&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=43109030&pf_rd_p=321381387&pf_rd_s=related-items-3

the horror of it, words fail me

And they are calling it 'high octance glamour'

octane even

Mmmmm what every modern cave woman is wearing this season!

sophiedaal
And THAT is what Orville looked like when he got old and grey.
^

That actually made me burst out laughing.

They are mad aren't they? I mean some of their stuff is really great, but by God the bad stuff is truly beyond awful.

Yabadabadoo

Some of M&S offerings are so surreally bad - in the face of their much-publicised attempts to get better/listen to customers/pare down the ranges - that there has to be a secret explanation. I would suggest:

1. some sort of tax dodge involved unsold/unsaleable stock
2. fashion internships open only to children of influential shareholders
3. very dark design studios, due to lighting budget cuts
4. drugs in the Very Chocolately Biscuits
5. an elaborate alien joke ("Watch how the earthlings puzzle over the nylon tabard!! Hahahahah! They're trying it on... with those leather-look skeggings! hahahah!" etc)

I think you have it spot on, sophiedaal!

omg, I LOVE the donkey tabard. The ebay one.

I like prints with wee animals but this is going a bit too far with all the fur and animal print.

www.marksandspencer.com/Limited-Edition-Print-Belted-Dress/dp/B00ENRZNFS?pos=PDP_cav_1/9_text&rrClickthru=PDP

Bet Lynch chic.

They're all at it:

direct.asda.com/george/womens-knitwear/faux-fur-shoulder-jumper/G004338990,default,pd.html

I couldn't stop giggling when I saw that in Asda the other day - I had to call DP over to see it too and he ran away embarrassed at the hysterical pregnant lady.

That's ridiculous!

Gosh - it makes me want to sing

Rooners - did you not see in the description of that coat?
'Button fastening with concealed feature' it would seem that glorious pattern you're describing is the 'concealed feature'

God I love these threads

Oh nice one Asda, a jumper with two fannies

at that asda jumper.

What were they thinking?!
Presumably as it's priced at only £14 they couldn't afford to cover the whole thing in fur, so opted just for the shoulders?!

it looks like one of those cute bug costumes people put their children in at hallowe'en. It just needs antennae and it would be a beetle costume.

ha! at asda "elevate your knitwear" wtf!

If you had cold nips, those furry shoulder things would look like eyebrows.

Could catch on.

Oh, I so want to put DH in the fur-shoulder jumper. It would make him look as if his beard magically continued for about a foot horizontally.

A woman at work had that jumper on the other day, I must admit I did do a double take when she walked past.

Did you think "Why does that woman have two fannies on her shoulders?"