Toast the fourth!

[neveradullmoment99]

Welcome :)

[MotherofPearl]

I agree with you about Brora knitwear @StyleandBeautyfail - it is such good quality, lasts really well, and so warm and soft.

[mizu]

Lovely dress spotty I was tempted by this one after seeing someone in town wearing it with a long sleeved top underneath a few weeks ago.

[mena51]

Does anybody happen to have a Toast discount code...?

[neveradullmoment99]

@mena51

Does anybody happen to have a Toast discount code...?

I wish there was one :( Unfortunately they dont seem to work and Toast doesnt seem to be sending any out! boo!

[faustina]

@mena51 I can give you a 20% discount code if you've never ordered from Toast before? DM me if you want it.

@Craftycorvid - you were asking about the workwear pinafore? I saw Marian Keyes in instagram wearing it - it looked very generous! (also lovely though)

Currently waiting for the graphic yoke jumper, the Annie cords and the olive blundstones to try on - though reading this thread I didn't realise you could still try on in the shop! Mind you, my local is Cambridge and the dressing room is tiny and hot - can't imagine it would be much fun in a mask

I bought the soft black Gabi trousers the other day and they're lovely - sent back the cord version though as they didn't seem as nice

[Craftycorvid]

Thank you faustina. Yes, the pinafore is an 8 and I’m normally a 10 but I wondered if I could get away with it!

And the flouncy dress upthread is lovely.

[Saurus72]

@faustina I went to the Cambridge store a few days ago. Yes, changing room small but there’s the big mirror just outside so that’s ok, plus there’s only 2 customers at any one time so all felt fine. I did have a look at the navy and orange graphic yoke jumper - the design is gorgeous but felt v scratchy and itchy to me, which is a shame/a good thing for my finances...

[Countmeout]

I’ll be able to report on the graphic yoke jumper tomorrow as mines arriving then, hope it’s not disappointing.

[faustina]

Got my dispatch email today so mine should arrive early next week (just in time for the heatwave) - would love to see how yours is @Countmeout!

[Gonegrey31]

I received the graphic yoke jumper today ( in oat / charcoal ), I’m afraid it is going back. Too short and boxy for me ( even in size S), and I thought the wool was scratchy and disappointing quality. Such a pity !

[AmethystMoonShine]

I found you all!

I’ve been so busy and only just caught up with the last thread and the start of this one.

I do love Toast knitwear but find Brora is much softer and wears a lot better. I only have their cashmere but assume it’s very high quality because it hardly ever pills. I frequently have to de-ball my Toast knits.

I’ve been enjoying wearing some of the heavy weight Toast skirts I bought over the summer. They’re perfect for this weather and I’ll add tights or socks as it gets chilly.

I’ve got a crush of on the green and black check dress! I’ll have to keep my fingers crossed though for the sale. It’s not really the most flattering style for me but oh I do love the fabric

[Laska2Meryls]

My graphic jumper is coming on Monday.. sadly ( not really) I am going away in campervan before it arrives ....🙄

[neveradullmoment99]

Well my dress comes on Monday too. I am at work and so is my dh. Annoying!
I ordered the cotton and cashmere gingham dress.

[faustina]

oh that cotton and cashmere dress looks so nice!

[MikeUniformMike]

I like the swingy shirt dress.

[MikeUniformMike]

I was thinking of the price of the Toast dresses and although the price seems eye watering I was thinking what it would cost to make.
If you add up the price of fabric (£24 per metre x 2.5 or something), £14.50 for the pattern, a few £ for interfacing and thread, and paying a dressmaker, it really isn't that much, when you consider that they are classic styles that should last years.

** I based pricing on a toasty style dressmaking fabric and pattern seller.

[PersephonePromotesEquanimity]

It’s not really the most flattering style for me but oh I do love the fabric

Couple of years ago I fell madly in love with a Toast dress fabric, even though it really wasn't my style of dress. When it arrived and I tried it on - I was appalled. I seemed to have aged about thirty years in my mirror, and not in a good way. (My mother is incredibly stylish so I have no qualms about ageing.) Seeing myself in it made me realise why I'm so rigorously careful about every single item of clothing I buy.

[AmethystMoonShine]

Thank you @PersephonePromotesEquanimity that helped to hear that. I am getting better but need to let fewer things into my wardrobe that are not perfect for me.
I suit v necks or shirts styles I can leave unbuttoned. My best purchase was the olive coat dress this year. It’s a thing of beauty. I’ve been eyeing the indigo dress that @Saurus72 has. That is perfect I suspect. Fingers crossed for the sale. I think I suffer a little from FOMO as mentioned by @Laska2Meryls. I spent too much on the summer sale, I love most of what I bought but I could have been more discerning!

[PersephonePromotesEquanimity]

The backbone of my wardrobe (augmented by last minute Cos and Zara!) is from more blatantly designer-y brands, (Margiela would be a good example,) though I'm not loyal to any particular one, and rejoice just as much in a TK Maxx find nowadays as I did in DSM in a former City life. Often, before the Toast frock disaster*, I used to worry that such determined perniketiness was mere conceit on my part. But now I know that the aim is always to be able to recognise myself in the mirror ...

*Everything else I've bought there over the past fifteen years or so has been gorgeous, but, IIRC, almost always bought in store. I find the clothes don't lend themselves to screen guesswork.

[AmethystMoonShine]

I know what you mean about how Toast is often very different in real life compared to on screen. I’m lucky I live near Oxford so have access to a store (I used to work around the corner) and for a while there was a store in Guildford where I also worked. It was a shock for me to realise that each city doesn’t have one! (Not that Guildford is a city)
I have a dress that, online looked like a turquoise/teal check but in reality is emerald green and royal blue. I find the denim and indigo items are the most accurate on screen and the nightwear is close too.
I think I’ve been guilty for f keeping things that are okay rather than perfect to avoid the returns hassle

[Countmeout]

Sadly some of us are nowhere near a Toast shop. The greatest problem for me is the colours on the website (I think I mostly have a reasonable handle on fitting now and on what may suit me ) . A lot of things are darker in real life, particularly knitwear and jersey items.

[Laska2Meryls]

Anyone know what trousers the model is wearing with the mira sweater?
Im gutted to be missing my graphic jumper delivery on Monday and its10 days until we return.. .. but I will be able to visit a real life Toast shop hopefully when we are in York for the day .. even if I cant try on and buy, ill definitely be making notes!

[Countmeout]

I think those were last year’s trousers @Laska2Meryls. I think there was a jacket in that material too.

[Laska2Meryls]

Amethyst returns are annoying, but Toast is too expensive for me to keep anything which isn't perfect...

Btw talking about that, I do have one exception.. Has anyone else had a problem with seams coming undone on the Alix trousers? (I see that someone mentioned it in the reviews.. and mine did exactly the same.. ) However as they were JL bargains and I wouldn't be able to replace them , I have mended them myself, but really not good enough.. only worn once and the cotton broke in several places in the inner back seam.. ( they are plenty big enough / baggy on me even so it wasn't that it was that they were over stretched)

[Laska2Meryls]

Thanks countmeout Ah well , that's a shame...