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Your worst shop ever to have to buy ALL your clothes from..

181 replies

BadgersArse · 16/05/2015 13:53

And what you look like in those clothes... ( you have to do a google pic - a like)

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Waitingfordolly · 16/05/2015 16:59

Monsoon. Occasionally go in there just to gawp at the hideousness of everything.

OneLittleLady · 16/05/2015 17:01

quiz
simply be
evans
yours
white stuff
joules
fat face
bon marche
debenhams

ophiotaurus · 16/05/2015 17:01

Primark
River Island
New Look

donemekmelarf · 16/05/2015 17:03

Next.

I have a gift voucher that is almost a year old.
I keep going in to look, but I can never find anything I like. They've really gone downhill. Their clothes used to be good but are now all shapeless, boxy and poorly made.

noddyholder · 16/05/2015 17:06

What about East? I tried a dress in there my mate was trying to get me to buy it! Shock

Madbengalmum · 16/05/2015 17:13

Boden, primark, new look, select, joules, fat face, country casuals, viyella, dorothy perkins, peacocks, tkmaxx, ted baker, all just yuck

Madbengalmum · 16/05/2015 17:14

Oh and everything Debenhams sell, i hate, hate, hate that shop!

dontcallmelen · 16/05/2015 17:19

Fat face
Mantaray
White stuff
Bon marche
Jane Norman
Zara (agree mad sizing/cuts)
Fat face (dont get it)
Any where that does swampy colours & swirly patterns
quite like superdry t-shirts Blush

SqueezyCheeseWeasel · 16/05/2015 17:28

what about East?

I've never been in. The window displays are enough to put me off.

ElizabetaTorres · 16/05/2015 17:32

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Roman Originals. How is that place still going?

storytopper · 16/05/2015 18:51

Nobody mentioned BHS yet?

ElsieMc · 16/05/2015 19:21

Oh no. I wear White Stuff and Mantaray because I cannot stand Next any more. Also some boden bought cheap off ebay. Staff in Debenhams say Mantaray is their best seller.

New Look stuff is generally not cheap now and the quality is very poor. Topshop far too young for me and overpriced but my dd looks great in it.

My GS's like JD, but imagining myself wearing this stuff conjures up images of the yes but, no but girl from Little Britain. I would look like that.

My DD's tell me I look a bit boho but where on earth else is there to shop, particularly when you live in the sticks like me?

SpecificOcean · 16/05/2015 19:25

Primark
M&S
Boden
TKmax
Sports direct

chanie44 · 16/05/2015 19:44

H&M - I really dislike the layout of the stores (untidy with far too much stock).

Boden - not my style.

Bostin · 16/05/2015 19:47

Cotton Traders

PunkrockerGirl · 16/05/2015 19:48

Mad Glad I'm not the only one to feel that way about Debenhams. Their frumpiness and dubious sizing beggars belief. They were also one of the worst offenders when my ds' s were small for having racks and racks of girl's clothes which you had to wade through to find one rack of shite boy's stuff.

VolumniaDedlock · 16/05/2015 19:49

Zara
stuff looks nice on the hanger, and no doubt lovely on petite spanishy types
I am 5'9", and although normal BMI am a sturdy Germanic type. I look like the Hulk in most Zara stuff - all too short/tight in some places and baggy in others.

LondonRocks · 16/05/2015 19:52

Cos. Might as well wear a sack.

SooBee61 · 16/05/2015 19:56

I take the point re Bon Marche (great if you like garish prints) but they do really not bad plain T-shirts with different necklines. Two for a tenner.

SooBee61 · 16/05/2015 20:01

My worst nightmare shop would be Zara as I wouldn't fit into anything except the shoes and boots!

CalamitouslyWrong · 16/05/2015 20:04

I've just had a look on the cos website and feel this would be a dreadful place to be condemned to buy all my clothes.

This dress looks like what the NHS puts you in if you're having an operation. I bet the back is open and you can see her pants.

Your worst shop ever to have to buy ALL your clothes from..
CalamitouslyWrong · 16/05/2015 20:06

This dress is almost identical to that other monstrosity, but it has buttons up the back.

Your worst shop ever to have to buy ALL your clothes from..
SchnitzelVonKrumm · 16/05/2015 20:06

Per Una. I'd rather go naked.

noddyholder · 16/05/2015 20:13

Cos has some lovely things you do need to try and size small!

CointreauVersial · 16/05/2015 20:16

Karen Millen. I'd have to hold my stomach in for the rest of my life. Everything is so tight.

Jane Norman - ditto (although I think they've closed down now; obviously I wasn't the only hater).

Bon Marche. I might get mistaken for MIL.