Is this a bit fuddy Duddy?

[Lardlizard]

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Excellent well I love it and it has my size you go for it.

It is not my style but very joules / bodeny. Depends what you want to achieve with it? Make a statement or just wear a top?
It looks very 'nice'. I imagine perfect pristine mum's wearing it, the type of mums who bake daily and don't have baby weight to lose and who's life is Instagrammable. I imagine it with jeans, white trainers and a blazer
I might be wrong...
I wouldn't wear it but my kids would love me to.

I have several of these tops in similar patterns. I love it. I’m not perfect, can’t cook and carry a bit too much baby weight, but hey ho.

It’s prim rather than fuddy duddy. I immediately thought Boden but joules is similar. If you like Bretons, I would personally lose the lemons, and just go for a classic stripe.

There’s classic, then there’s frumpy. I think the lemons cross the line to frumpy.

I got one of their flowery Bretons, and on my first outing wearing it, I noticed the woman in front of me in the queue at Costa wearing the exact same top... she looked absolutely lovely in it, and she was a good 40 years older than me.

Never wore it since.

I have a weirdly similar story to you @WickedlyPetite - I had a Joules breton top with flowers on it and was effusively complimented on it by my 80 yo mum, then a few days later I got out of the car in a car park at the same moment as another lady in the adjacent car and she was wearing the exact same top. She was very beautifully turned out and looked immaculate, but was at least 30 years older than me. I threw the top away.

I think it is a bit naff, sorry.

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I've got a couple of these tops, bought in a bid to get a bit more colour in my life. I never wear them. The cotton is so thick that they're no use at all on warm days, but also no use on cooler days as then they would need covering up with a cardigan. Not fit for purpose imo.

Not keen on the lemons personally, I think it would be nicer without and definitely less frumpy. They remind me of my mum's outside tablecloth.

I have a couple of these tops. I quite like them but they do seem to shrink a bit in the wash.

I'm 48 and would buy it for my mother to wear.

I'm not keen on the lemons. Overly fussy in the way that Per Una is too. And so immediately identifiable as 'that top from Joules'. Just get a Breton top. They are stylish and classic.

Twee, sorry OP.

I bought stuff from joules up to about 4-5 years ago but honestly, now I wouldn’t wear it. It’s the same old stuff trotted out every year - you can tell it’s joules. It’s very mumsy and I agree I’d just get a plain stripe Breton if any - more stylish.

I did love the kids wear from joules but it’s only good up to about age 8 - mine won’t wear it any more!

I have one of their Bretons that is just striped, no pattern. It’s fabulous quality, has been washed and washed and not lost any shape. I would replace it in a heartbeat but I do think the lemons (& the flowery ones) take a classic and make it unfashionable. My 74 year old mother would wear this.

Thanks for the advice, I wasn’t sure about it, so I’ve taken it out of my basket now

I’m 66 and I think it’s fuddy duddy.

Its so fucking boring!

I wouldn’t wear it because l don’t like the neck line. Also, because everybody knows where you have bought it from before you walk out the door.

I am 55 and think far too fuddled.
Go to seasalt and get the Breton without the lemons! Far more classy and chic.

Really twee.

My 76 year old mum has that top, I've seen a few women her age wearing it in Ilkley...
Plain stripes would be better.

I'm in my sixties, and I wouldn't either. Glad you have decided against it.

A classic Breton stripe is a lot more versatile.