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OMG I love BRORA! HELP?

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:11

I am browsing through the latest catalogue from Brora and I am reduced to tears. All the models are so skinny, I am a lovely luscious (yeah right) size 16, can I carry those gorgeous garments off?

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Pruners · 08/10/2007 22:13

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:14

Maybe you are my long lost secret twin. Or another Brora convert...

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:15

More importantly, were you convinced to buy?

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Pruners · 08/10/2007 22:16

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brimfull · 08/10/2007 22:16

yeh,you'll look great aslong as not too bulky a knit

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:19

Pruners Oh I do have the hands on experience, I have a sample palette. oh drool, it is so soft and the colours to die for!

Ggirl thanks, there are some lovely dresses. Now I have the right goal for my weightloss plan.

Maybe I can afford wrist warmers...

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Tamum · 08/10/2007 22:22

I had a hands-on experience, and also bought stuff in the summer sale (though not cashmere). They are lovely, although I don't actually think the jumper has kept its shape as well as my (way) cheaper cashmere ones. I really wouldn't worry about your size, I think you would easily carry them off. The shade card is wonderful, isn't it...

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:25

I could cuddle the shade card, for want of a better word....

You reckon it is just poncy and overpriced?
If it doesnt keep its shape, it is a shame to pay so much. Found a nice cardigan I can just about afford. It goes up to size 14, but that will be fine, too. In a month.

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Tamum · 08/10/2007 22:28

I may have just maltreated it when I washed it, so it's probably too early to dismiss their entire range No, I don't think it is overpriced really, the cashmere is incredibly soft, and the designs and colours are just lovely.

FrannyandZooey · 08/10/2007 22:29

what is it?

Tamum · 08/10/2007 22:31

Read it and weep, Franny

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:32

Lovely lush Cashmere ...

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:33

Oh you were quicker than me, Tamum!

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FrannyandZooey · 08/10/2007 22:36

oh my sainted aunt

are we having a laugh? 270 nicker for a posh hoody?

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:38

£35 for a pair of ladies socks. £75 for a pair baby knitted trousers....

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Tamum · 08/10/2007 22:38

Err yes. I wouldn't pay that myself though.

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ScaryScaryNight · 08/10/2007 22:39

Check out the £495 Dressing Gown

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dexter73 · 09/10/2007 08:02

I have some jumpers and cardies from Brora and they have all kept their shape well. I handwash them and then spin them in the machine.One of my jumpers is 6 years old and still looks brand new despite being worn to death! I have never paid full price for them but wait for the sales.

Sheherazadethegoat · 09/10/2007 08:06

This is why i like brora. the economy in the scottish borders has been really badly hit by the likes of marks and spencers abandoning them and getting their garments made in sweatshops cheaper countries. though at these prices i can't see how it is sustainable.

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ScaryScaryNight · 09/10/2007 08:27

There are some garments I can afford, but I guess you are right. The market demands cheaper and cheaper clothes/food, and it seems you are either ethical in your shopping and pay a price, which benefit local communities/environment, or you dont and the corporate aim of more profit wins.

But I like to keep my head in the sand, because the thought of weighing up carbon footprint, cheaper products imported from far away, buying fair trade or locally produced goods, supporting poor farmers in the developing world or local farmers and reduce the carbon footprint overwhelms me. No wonder people stick their heads up their mooncups and wrap up in cloth nappies.

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Sheherazadethegoat · 09/10/2007 08:35

i know what you mean - it is all a constant battle in my head. dd needs to eat oily fish but if i buy bog standard farmed trout i am EVIL KILLING BIODIVERSITY mummy and if i fork out for organic river caught stuff i will be bankrupt.

Walnutshell · 09/10/2007 08:39

£179 for polo neck jumper? Does it sit and knit you another one?

Walnutshell · 09/10/2007 08:40

Ah, this is a catalogue for rich people to make them feel better about all the flying they do. Gotcha.

Sheherazadethegoat · 09/10/2007 08:44

walnutshell - the clothes are ridiculously expensive but i think the clothes most of us are used to buying are ridiculously cheap. and the price we pay is poor conditions in countries far away that we don't have to think about and a lack of solid jobs in this country.

Walnutshell · 09/10/2007 09:46

I understand. I agree. But as far as I'm concerned change has to be effected by those with the greatest spending power initially.

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