BUT I don't like the end of my sleeves to be gathered in tight

[Twiglett]

so why do all the nice tops have stupid gathered in sleeves

am cross

ooh, I would be too

nobody likes gathering in sleeves... shocking

or gathered in sleeves.. even

i really miss cuffs

I love flappy sleeves, can you not just cut the elastic/thread out?

yeah sure .. i'll buy a brand new top and take a pair of scissors to it

I just want a top I like to go with a long red linen skirt .. has to have long sleeves

help me

I have seen some nice ones in per una, shirty-type tops in white with proper sleeves and a grandad collar.

If you cut the elastic very carefully in several places, if it's the kind that's not inside a seam iyswim, then it looks ok and doesnt feel claustrophobic on your wrists.

I can't stand the '1970's and pregnant' look that seems to be the only option this year...

I don't think it favours anyone tbh....

why couldn't it have been in fashion last year when I was pregnant?

it's still doing me no favours and I am pregnant

(exception are the wonderfully low cut empire line smocks in Primark - showcase my normally-nonexistent cleavage in a fetchingly Jane Austen-esque way)