Toast the Third

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Just in case we want to continue to share how we wear our sale gems!
Previous thread here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/style_and_beauty/3946605-TOAST-2?msgid=98452456

@Moominmammaatsea Maybi ask you about your kimonos please? I’ve looked at them for years and though I can see they’re beautiful I always wonder whether the wrappy belt will be annoying - taking ages to put on then restrictive once it is on. What’s your experience? I do love a gorgeous robe and I think they’re a good way to feel comfy and look relatively glam. Am so tempted!

Moomin, I'm so jealous. That side button dress has been on my wish list for a while now. I'm going to check the JL site but I bet they're all gone.

Marking place, still reading and enjoying. Bought a pair of TOAST pull on trousers from eBay last night for £12.50. Hoping they will fit

@Moominmammaatsea - are you going down the central tourist route? If not, a trip to Portobello Prom or the Botanic Gardens could be good if the sun is shining. Other indoor attractions that are open include the Castle and Holyrood Palace if that’s your kind of thing. The Toast shop is small, but worth a visit if you’re in that part of town. I’ve avoided central areas to the point that I don’t really know what’s on at the moment so I’m sorry I can’t be of much help!

@Saurus72, I have two shorter kimonos and three longer ones (be warned, the full-length ones are very long, which is not a problem for me as I’m tall, except for when I’m walking up stairs). My favourite is a double-sided brushed cotton in a plaid pattern because it feels so soft and cosy and is ageing and washing beautifully. I tend to use the shorter gowns for holidays or in the summer as they’re only mid-calf length and simply not warm enough for my draughty house in Bronte country in the winter.

I absolutely love the long, wide belts ( I favour anything oversized and despise mean, skimpy waist ties on more traditional robes. I don’t do anything fancy, I just wrap them around me a couple of times and knot them.)

One thing to be aware of with the robes is that they’re authentically styled so there are slits under the square sleeves (bonus inbuilt ventilation for peri- and menopausal women, in my book!) and you learn to roll the sleeves up several times to avoid them trailing in your morning coffee! Go for it, I’m a kimono
gown covert and they’re the first things I seek out in the Toast sales.

@MotherofPearl, I know, it was such a lucky fluke, I am very chuffed, especially as I am very partial to a Toast denim dress and have some very aged - and well worn - Dora dresses that I could do with retiring. I’ve just checked my order confirmation and I was online at 5.20am, so you could maybe set your alarm super early - if you are as bonkers as me?! 🤣

paintyhands, thanks for the suggestions; we’re booked into the National Museum, which we love as it feels like a combination of the best bits of the V&A, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum, but more manageable and less overwhelming for children. Plus, there is the really fun hamster wheel for humans in the science section, which entertained us all for ages the last time we visited!

I have a Dora dress - short sleeves - that comes out every autumn for work that I wear with a long sleeved top underneath. It's one of those dresses that you put on and go ahhhh, I'm ready for work it's so comfy, fitted at the top and flares out gradually.

Sold a TOAST denim dress on eBay last night so on the look out for another. One in, one out in this house. Or rather one out, one in!

@Moominmammaatsea how do I not know about this human hamster wheel? I am there with the children at least monthly and we’ve never seen it! Must investigate.

Thanks @Moominmammaatsea. I couldn't face ever getting up that early unless I had to for work, and I was so consumed with jealousy about your side-button denim dress that I've bought one on EBay just now - new with tags for £76, which though not as good as £42, is still a lot less than the £140 it's still on for at Toast.

@MotherofPearl

Thanks *@Moominmammaatsea*. I couldn't face ever getting up that early unless I had to for work, and I was so consumed with jealousy about your side-button denim dress that I've bought one on EBay just now - new with tags for £76, which though not as good as £42, is still a lot less than the £140 it's still on for at Toast.

Anyone else who is after this dress might check their local JL . I got mine that way.

Hooray! My much stalked shirt is here! Dreadfully creased but I love it 😄

Also Toast jumper at 20% discount.. love this.. I am not keeping the Gabi cords or grandad tee shirt.. cords do nothing for me and T is nice but too expensive even at 20%off

Laksa. Are those the YABU cords you are wearing in the pics? Think they look great. Are they new stock? And if so, how much?

Of course I mean gabi cords, I'm sure they are not being unreasonable

No mizu they are Hush Moritz jeans.. mine are 2years old but they still have them ( and in the sale atm)😄

I like them so much that I have a new pair waiting in the bottom of the wardrobe for when these wear out !🤣

@Moominmammaatsea I popped to TKMaxx this morning and found the Thought Bamboo socks. I came home with four pairs. Thank you, I’d have never thought to look otherwise. The colours are beautiful, I got some with little birds, some with squirrels, a green pair to match a Toast jumper I have and a floral pair in the most stunning, deep blues. Thank you totally delighted for under a tenner!

Thanks laksa got to say they look loads better on you than the model I've got some cropped similar but the length on you looks great, bit longer than cropped.

Does anyone else get completely obsessed by a certain item (I'm thinking Toast website but it could be anywhere) and just keep looking at it. I've wanted this since it appeared but now it's sold out!

@AFingerofFudge oh no! I do like the look of the jumper in the same wool- a substitute?

I picked up a seiko ikat skirt the other day which was a lighter fabric than I’d anticipated - still slightly undecided as I’d need to think about tops to go with it. How do others wear theirs?

In another ‘wear my toast clothes to work’ pic this is the selvedge chambray shirt - very nice fabric to wear

@AFingerofFudge Ive ordered that!! Its should arrive tomorrow but i might be out if it doesnt come early enough so may have to pick up on Saturday! Will post how i get on with it!

@Spottyegg I love that chambray shirt, is it still on sale Honestly, it's a good job I'm back to work tomorrow after almost 2 weeks annual leave, as I need to stop gazing at Toast clothes on the internet!

@neveradullmoment99 yes please do take pictures too if you can, I'd love to see a proper picture of it as the model shot on the site isn't that clear!

Will do! I cant believe it sold out that quickly. They most likely will get more back in as it is early in the season. When i bought it, it was going low stock 3 left. I could not believe when i couldnt find it on the website.

I love the gingham skirt too but i know it will be pretty tight on the waist and i dont suit gathers as my waist is quite high and it adds bulk. Its beautiful but also nearly £200!