Chatting about clothes we probably don't need..

[JackandDiane]

nothing fancy - just normal clothes

all welcome

I ordered this dress for my holiday and other things . I so wanted it , and its lovely, but its just enormous in the bodice ( and Im a 36F!!) , so it hasto go back .. (at my own expense GRRRR.. though i did know that when I ordered - its just their other dresses fitted me previously)

have also ordered this dress in the green .. hopefully that will be ok .. its a good price for Boden

Bejay - what is the sizinv like on those Jaeger trousers please?

The silk ones? GENEROUS 🙂

Posted too soon, size down definitely.

There's a lovely wee faux leather jacket in the Jaeger Outlet at the moment if anyone's interested.
I don't work for them btw.

I want a tulle skirt but I'm an 18 and have a big bum and can't wear heels... I can still wear.one right?

I want a BLK DNM leather jacket.

Just ordered some bits from H&M sale these in pink and white. I hope they are the same fit as the black ones I got earlier in the year. Also got this playsuit and this neclace to go with the playsuit. linen top they have some great sale items at the moment.

Step away from the tulle skirts folk imho

Thanks BeJay

I looked for those shift dresses in our asda Bejay but no luck :(

The next ones look okay but prefer the £22 price- what was wrong with the armholes Jack- too tight, or bra flashing? Mind you I never buy in next so no idea on size, and have just bought a boden shift (last year's, £10 in hall sale) and one from apricot which is nice but 100% artificial will sweat buckets on a hot day, and how many shift summer dresses can you need?

If anyone is on the look out for a broderie type dress I can recommend the one from uniqlo. I got in black and it's lovely, really flattering fit and a bargain at the moment. They have it in navy and white as well.

will try that one very - had to return the Sainsbury's one linked earlier as it was really short in the body.

On the look out for jersey trousers, long/tall length that I can wear on plane, slightly cooler days. H&M budget, Baukjen wishlist.

Picked up a fantastic workhorse of a dress this morning. Its navy, mid calf, sleeveless, jersey shift with a slight cowl neck. It's the kind of dress that'll go with heels, flats or runners, cardi or blazer and I don't think it's possible to wrinkle it. Best of all, it was €18 (£12 ish I think?). I can't seem to find it online though to link so I'm just gloating. Brand is Christa Probst.

I got this lovely skirt at &otherstories (their other pleated ones look like your granny would wear and the black and navy plain ones no thanks):-

www.stories.com/gb/Ready-to-wear/Skirts/Shinjuku_Pleated_Mid_Skirt/590576-117331876.1

that was after finding a lovely pleated Whistles leopard (Carrie?) skirt on Ebay.

I need some work shoes. Black heeled ones with covered up toes. But every time I look on any shoe websites for a nice plain black court I get sucked in to looking at nice shoes. Which makes it difficult to look for the ones I need which is a pain.

Also, I've got a couple of the uniqlo jersey blazers which I love but as previously mentioned I am in danger of wearing them all the time. They're perfect over dresses and with skirts and trousers for work but I'm finding that I'm chucking the on with jeans on days off too. I don't really like to merge work and casual wear. What is everyone else wearing for casual jackets/cover ups? I'm trying to stay away from cardigans as I feel like I can start to look mumsy pretty quickly (that's not a comment on cardigans, just when I'm wearing them!)

I've been wearing the uniqlo jersey jacket for work and casual too, not sure what else to suggest taybert.
I stopped buying cardigans a year or two ago, for similar reasons. I'm finding my denim jacket handy too, but not with jeans.
Every now and then I have a big debate with myself over the whole work vs non-work wear and when to mix (I even started a thread about it once ).
I think I've conceded that it's ok to crossover one or two items, as long as most things are separate.

Yeah, Denim jacket is nice but not double denim! I was about to explain why I like to keep things separate but I realised as I was typing that I sound like a right twat so perhaps that's a sign. I was thinking of maybe buying something similar but not the same for work then using the uniqlo for casual only then I realised that was a completely pointless waste! I'll keep my eyes open. Everything else is separate so I doubt I look the same all the time.

Very, would you mind posting a link to that Uniqlo dress, please?

J&D is usually here shouting at everybody if they don't do links but she must have missed this one

Happy to oblige lurking, link here
In my defense, I did actually link to it a couple of days ago .
I don't know why they've stuck a belt on the black one, it looks all wrong. The navy pic probably gives a better idea of what it's like.

That is a nice dress. Shame they don't give the length. On the model with the horrible belt it looks knee length and on the navy dress model it looks more like mid-thigh.

What is it like on you TheVeryT?

Thanks, very . Lovely. I might have to buy myself one ...

I'm 5'4'' and it comes to the bottom of my knee iykwim.