Wtf has happened to Toast

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

It was always a tad tortured Edwardian lesbian but it has tipped into ridiculous sackcloth. It is like Margaret Atwood was asked to design clothes for her latest nightmarish envisaging of a dystopian patriarchal future.

East, I have both of those attributes and am also tall and lanky. I still look like an inmate/experimental subject in Toast clothes.

I quite like that white shirt-dress though.

I often wonder wtf has happened to 99% of shops. I feel a bit selfish having all this material to myself when I could clothe half a small nation when I try on some of the shapeless stuff in the shops.

Every now and then I give far too much serious thought to the possibility that some religious fundamentalist is funding shops to make us all look completely shapeless - then I spot the crop tops and realize this can't quite be the case (although even the crop tops someone manage to be both shapeless and revealing - impressive!).

I'm 24 and a standard size 12 who looks either a 10 or a 14 depending if what I wear is fitted and flattering - bloody hard to find in the shops at the moment! Especially as I don't suit high necks...

OnlyLovers sorry I was assuming Toast clothing fitted the opposite of my shape. Cos doesn't work on me at all either.

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LuckyStar I am a curvy, generously boobed, broad shouldered 14. I am 5'8" and the skirts and dresses are just the right length.

And I am 44.

BikeRunSki I am broad shouldered, 5'9" and a size 14 (sometimes 16). I loved that dress you linked to - so much I'm going to get it in teal (not a colour that DH recognises). I find Toast dresses are surprisingly well fitted on me, and give me a waist.

I think I may be a tall blob.

The customer service is bad, the clothes are over priced. That is all.

The customer service is bad? There refund process is fantastic. It is always very quick for me. I havent ever had a problem with customer service.
I do agree that some of there stuff is way overpriced.

Thanks Bike. Now these dresses, do they have any 'give' in them? Or does the lining rip when you sit (with my big arse!) I think they might be too boxy for me, I need to show my waist or I'm all arse! But I want them to be nice in me!!!

The skirts look lovely but each and every one I followed the link too is in actual fact too long. If on a 5'9" model a skirt looks to be a unflattering midi length, what chance do us who are somewhat less willowy have?

LuckyStar the dress (and skirts ) I have is not lined. The cotton is fairly thick quality and has a bit of natural strength, but the main bending and moving capacity of the dress comes from the subtle pleating around the waist.

Bike did you size up? or did it fit you fine in your normal size? and sorry for a million questions but what colour did you buy?

It's librarian meets pathologist.

And some of those swoopy tunics have taken over from where Hampstead Bazaar rightly left off.

So in fact it's librarian pathologist at a gala poetry slam.

I LOVE the look of those tunics. They are right up my street (52 yo, country/academic sort) I also love Cos. Leave my clothes alone!

GreenGardenPixie. I got the grey. It goes with everything! (Andbibalso don't do green). I ordered my size (14) and one up, based on the reviews. My normal size fits perfectly!

Camping, I was thinking of buying the orange dress yesterday but I'm broke. I'm a bit of a fan and have some coats, jackets, trousers and dresses. I'm tall and I think that makes their stuff more wearable. It's the drop in quality that I am disappointed in. Coats etc used to be beautifully lined but not anymore.

Thanks bike. I am considering ordering now....
The quality in their coats is dissapointing. I bought one [in the sale] its absolutely beautiful but only half lined with a cheap cotton material. I did keep it because its so stylish and lovely and it is lovely and warm despite this but all the same. I cannot imagine paying £300 for a coat that is half lined! They will lose their customers.

They have lost me...

Used to be good in parts, now it is all too boxy!

This season i choose these items, i love them....although it hasn't been hot enough for the beach dress. The clothes are fairly timeless and great quality unlike some of my purchases - I'm looking at you Jigsaw and Whistles!

beach dress
Stripey maxi
Fine knit jumper

I have to own up to buying a t-shirt and it is amazing, all drapey in the right places and feels lovely on.

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It was more the thick sack things I was marvelling at.

They have very poor styling on the website, not keen on the tunics and the trousers don't fit my shape - I always go for tops dresses and skirts and i love the shoes.

I bought a coat in the sale and to be fair, I bought it as a going out coat - but there's no way it would withstand everyday abuse.

I have the t shirt OnlyHereForTheCamping had linked to, in grey and navy. They are perfect, fit and drape beautifully, fabric is lovely.

I have the stripey maxi. Its beautiful and so elegant.