I no longer shop in...

[ballpitbonanza]

I no longer shop in Boden, new look or white stuff

I now shop in hush

I'm 40

Join in!

[MontBlancHonk]

I no longer shop in Warehouse and H and M and Oasis.

Now I shop in Hush and And Other Stories and Uniqlo.

I'm 41.

[neveradullmoment99]

Beatrice, thanks for that. I was actually going to order a cardigan that i really liked in the childrens section😁👍

[BeatriceTheBeast]

This sounds really weird, but if you used to like Next and are a size 12/14 or under, try their children's range! Sounds odd, but they have some nice things in it and the age 16 is equivalent to their adult size 12, which fits a 12/14 IME.

I am a bigger size than that, but I get my leggings from there and they're much better quality.

[neveradullmoment99]

Next service is awful. I agree. You order something and sometimes it doesnt even arrive. No explanation. Quality is at best, variable.

[applesandpears33]

Next - used to shop there a lot but feel the quality has gone downhill

Monsoon - again, used to shop there a lot but feel it is a bit overpriced

[Mackerz]

Next - service is appalling.

They seem to have lost their way a bit too, used to be my first port of call for office wear but the quality is now shit.

[bakedbeanzontoast]

@Supersimkin2 yep used to love KM. not any more.

[DistanceCall]

43 here. I no longer shop in Zara or Mango - the quality's crap.

Massimo Dutti is great, though.

[Schwibble]

Next - massively overpriced and poor quality. Not the same as it used to be.

Debenhams - old fashioned, badly laid out, cramped, overheated, and snotty rude staff.

Going off Morrisons too - dirty, badly stocked, run down, and poor quality fresh food especially fruit and veg.

[Ikeameatballs]

I spend far less on clothes now simply because I don’t often find things I like! I am also more worried about fast fashion and feel that a lot of purchases are just wasteful!

I got a dress from Boden last week but I’ve just won an eBay auction on a similar style for less than half the price so the Boden one will prob go back. Only downside I find to eBay is that sizes are sometimes a bit off.

[Supersimkin2]

Karen Millen is a has-been for me. Which is annoying as tailored stuff in colours should be an instant win for the more mature hem hem lady.

Abandonment seems to be either on grounds of quality/overpricing/the look isn't working for you anymore.

Clothes have got cheaper, which is why I laff gaily at a Jigsaw coat for £500 when I can get one that lasts longer in better fabric from HM for £80. Or TK Maxx. If £500 is on the table, then why not buy a real coat from net a porter/outnet that will last yonks.

[Whatdayisit2]

I used to shop in Boden, joules, white stuff
Now shop in eBay, Asda, Sainsbury's

But I pretend shop online in white company, next, m and s...

One day I'll earn more money!

[NoProblem123]

Use to - French connection, monsoon, coast, fat face. Ted baker,
It’s just frumpy, poor quality and a bit ‘samey’. Not to mention overpriced.

Still M&S for my knickers tho !

[Gwenhwyfar]

Mango. When I lived on the continent I was Miss Mango. I'd buy the same thing in different colours for work, but over here Mango is much more trendy and I haven't seen anything I've liked in years.

[Shockers]

Next. Now I shop in the independent shops on my high street.

[bakedbeanzontoast]

Ill look in most places but topshop and river island have both went downhill for me. I wouldn't buy anything from next mns or boux Avenue

[Thankssomuch]

Monsoon. Joules.

[ReadyPayerTwo]

In the last few years I've whittled my clothes shopping down to The White Company plus M&S Autograph or Collection (the latter mainly for jeans:/trousers).

However I met a friend for lunch this week who was wearing a coat that looked like it cost £500! Turned out it was from H&M Precious range (recycled wool). It cost £80 and as I haven't bought an actual winter wool coat in a decade I bought one in a different colour. I'd ordered two White Company coats that I tried on at the same time and the H&M one looked three times as expensive, so I plumped for that and returned the White Company ones. It was a real eye opener!

[louderthan1]

Actually I went through a weird phase in my 20s of dressing like Miss Jean Brodie and I got a lot of stuff from Oasis and Dorothy Perkins. I don't find anything in there any more as it's too frumpy and shit quality for the price!

[louderthan1]

Jeez I'm 38 and still shop in H&M, Zara, Primark, TopShop, New Look etc etc.
So all the same places I shopped in my teens and 20s. And the same places my 75 year old mum shops 😂

[XingMing]

In the High Street.

Except my local market town, and then only in one very upmarket shop (sale only) and the rather good second hand stall in the market.

My local town is blessed with some fantastic independents who understand their town's population really well, and buy to please. Not designer spend, but nice things that are not immediately recognisable.

[XXcstatic]

House of Fraser. I lost several hundred pounds when they went into administration because they didn't honour an order. I used to be an excellent customer.

Hush - agree with PP that the quality is awful. Ditto White Stuff.

[Supersimkin2]

Jigsaw & LK Bennett - grandmother of the bride look not me. Outnet better and cheaper.

Cos - been there, done it, worn the vast tee shirt. Swapped to Weekday, they do sustainable stuff that fits and lasts.

Having ignored Next for 35 years, I've just bought a splendiferous blue plisse coat for a tenner in the reduced bit. Their Ghost stuff is the best and cheapest around.

51. fat. chic.

[NancyEspana]

I no longer shop in Uniqlo, unless I'm in London and can go in person, as their online service hasn't been very good IME.

I get a lot of things from eBay and charity shops these days. I love Lucy & Yak dungarees, Cos, Hush, Thought, Duns of Sweden and Run & Fly.

I still get the odd thing from M&S, Topshop, Next, John Lewis and New Look.

I am 35, (but about to turn 36 this week).

[EskewedBeef]

River Island - I'm now far too old and comfort-loving for their styles.
Dorothy Perkins - I walk past it every day but I'm not at all tempted to go in. In the olden days I used to buy cheap and cheerful stuff for work there.