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Oliver Bonearse (Bonas)

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TheCatThatDanced · 27/06/2019 14:12

Are they on drugs re the colours and styles of some of their skirts/dresses etc?!

www.oliverbonas.com/fashion/category/skirts

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BenWillbondsPants · 27/06/2019 14:33

Blimey. They're grim.

JollyGiraffe · 27/06/2019 14:36

Which specifically? O can't see anything wrong with them Confused they are in style at the moment

swissmilk · 27/06/2019 14:36

I like.
I love the yellow maxi.
I don't really buy from OB though, I like the style and colours, but the fabrics are all polyester.

goose1964 · 27/06/2019 14:37

There's only one I actively dislike, there's a definite 80s vibe about a lot of them, they also probably look better in real life.

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TheCatThatDanced · 27/06/2019 15:31

there's a pink satin print midi skirt - not on their website that was really quite vile.

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fiorentina · 27/06/2019 20:18

I think they are by and large very on trend. Maybe not to your taste but not awful.

TheFaerieQueene · 27/06/2019 20:23

I don’t get your point. They are skirts. Not particularly well designed but nothing too bad either.

BenWillbondsPants · 27/06/2019 20:24

I think they are by and large very on trend. Maybe not to your taste but not awful.

I think they're all awful. However, I am not on trend at all so that's probably why I don't like them. Grin

ViserionTheDragon · 27/06/2019 20:51

Agree that they are just catering towards current fashion trends with the skirts, probably for people who are late teens and early twenties. Not that you have to be in that age category to wear them of course Wink.

SilkClayFlowers · 27/06/2019 20:54

The rainbow midi I’d snap up in a heartbeat if I was a willowy size 8!

Betty777 · 27/06/2019 21:01

ummm, I'm a bit confused as to why you care, if they aren't to your taste? Of all the ugly clothes out there on the high street, they are hardly the worst.

I could jump on the Topshop site and say 'geez all this stuff looks a bit young/shiny/neon, isn't it hideous?' but if I didn't like the brand I would just not look at the website...? Confused

PCohle · 27/06/2019 21:05

Looks fine to me. Some aren't to my taste but it's hardly a comment worthily horrible collection.

Ohyesiam · 27/06/2019 21:05

Having lived through the 80s once, I shudder to see these “fashions” again. They don’t look well cut or good quality fabric.
But not on drugs , no.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 27/06/2019 22:32

I really like a lot of OB stuff. That rainbow skirt is lovely!

mynameiscalypso · 27/06/2019 22:33

I want the rainbow midi!!

BummyKnocker · 27/06/2019 22:34

They look like schoolgirl needlework projects.

BenWillbondsPants · 27/06/2019 23:02

I hope you're not too 'confused' @Betty777, I think it's pretty simple really. OP thinks this collection is hideous and said so on an open Style and Beauty forum. Just a bit of light-hearted conversation perhaps? I've seen plenty of similar threads on here over the years. Not that 'confusing'.

IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 27/06/2019 23:04

I bought a lovely navy top from there a couple of weeks ago. Not all their stuff is terrible.

scattercushion · 27/06/2019 23:29

They look like something you were forced to make at school and never wore because they're frumpy as shit.

Deliheaven · 28/06/2019 07:59

I can’t see the problem with them, there are lots of things like that in a lot of shops at the mo, I like most of them

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TheCatThatDanced · 28/06/2019 10:07

Betty777 - I just baulk at paying £60 for a man-made monstrosity and BenWillbondsPants - there are lots of posts 'dissing' or loving Bodenetc.

scattercushion - exactly - it actually reminds me of a school needlework project and yes they stayed in the scrap pile at home.

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winterisstillcoming · 28/06/2019 10:10

I think it's more how they've been styled and the fact that there doesn't seem to be an overall 'look' that they're going for across their range. It's all very random

BenWillbondsPants · 28/06/2019 16:02

@TheCatThatDanced

there are lots of posts 'dissing' or loving Bodenetc.

I know that, that's what I said. I think you're getting me confused with another poster who didn't understand your post.

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TheCatThatDanced · 28/06/2019 16:08

Apologies BenWillbondsPants did get you confused.

Agreed with winter - yes that's it - it seems really random.

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BurnedToast · 28/06/2019 16:14

I like the look of OB, but the fabric and cut are often not great. I did like the skirts on your link though. Horses for courses.