I never go shopping because I’m rubbish at knowing what suits me or what’s in fashion and didn’t have money to buy clothes for years so just got out of the habit of clothes shopping, so I just wear the same old outfits and footwear till they literally wear out then reluctantly go and buy something else.
Just been to my local retail park and there is a Next, H & M, New Look, small versions of River Island, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and Top Shop, a Laura Ashley. There used to be An M and S but it’s just closed down.
I went in all of them except Laura Ashley and was shocked at what poor quality everything is for the money they’re charging. Everything seems to be Primark quality cheap prints on very thin material. Hardly any of the shoes and bags were leather. All plasticky cheap looking crap that wasn’t actually cheap!!
WTF has happened? Luckily I am in a city and have a ready good range of shops in the city centre (John Lewis, Debenhams plus loads of designer shops) but it seems I’m going to have to suck up the prices in shops which I previously classed as “too high end” simply to get the quality of stuff which used to be in most of the lower priced high street fashion shops 20 years ago.
Is it just me, am I expecting too much? I just don’t want to pay 50 quid for an ordinary looking pair of shoes which aren’t leather.