M&S have really lost it imo...

[CountessDracula]

not that they ever really had it!

I was in there this morning, there was not one thing I would even have considered trying on!

And the kids clothes - OMG - they fell into two categories, those that would look good if you are over 70 and those that would make your dd look like a tiny prostitute!!

Very odd.

oh I don't know CD looks like shit to me,what colour are yours??

lol @ skirt

really fio

I have a thing about applique though
Always worn by american grannies

I like the links to the girls stuff too.

I disagree. To an extent anyway.

They do have some nice bits there. But, I have to say - their website does them no justice. (Not least because the models either look like they need a hip replacing or they have cramp).

In the larger stores, there appears to be stuff there that just isnt on the website. There is a pink and green lace-type kaftan which I adore but have never found online. They have alot of really gorgeous colours too. Greens especially. You just can see it on their site.

I do like the following:
i really like this, although the picture does it no justice

again, looks better in RL

how old are you VVVQ?

I disagree - there are quite a few nice bits in the larger stores that I cant see on their website. Website doesnt do them justice either IMO (not least because the models either look like they need a hip replacing or they have cramp}

\link{http://www.marksandspencer.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=8113&Product_Id=2272096/i like this....it looks better in RL}

ah...it did post.....

CD - im 30

top is ok ish

skirt is horrible but I never understand why ANYONE would wear an ankle length skirt (unless they were at a ball)

blimey!

Aren't those a bit ...erm... old for you?

they don't trust me

That is VERY Mrs Thatcher and it absolutely buries the model.

Oh no all that embroidery and beads so dated and the kind of thing my mums social work colleauges wear

and the NAMES of the per una collectoins!

Wild fire
candi floss
highland heather

I mean fgs

Tha jeacket, I mean

NDP... that skirt is vile

Imagine if you saw it in a charity shop! You wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. (Which is my test for "is that nice or not?" If you wouldn't want it from a charity shop, you don't want it.)

I think per una are having some kind of misguided attempt to be a bit like jigsaw and monsoon, but whoever is doing the designs just doesn't know when to stop adding frilly/fiddly bits and bobs. And M&S have always had horrific colours.

appalling

right I cannot look at any more

atrocious

snowleopard, I do think that my skirt beats them all in the hideousness stakes.

CD, that one is pretty grim though