Where do you buy your good quality clothing?

[NutellaEllaElla]

I mean non-fast fashion, substantial materials etc.

I'll start:
Hobbs
Reiss
Joules
Fat Face
Tommy Hilfiger
Mint Velvet
Phase Eight
White stuff

Boden trousers
Hobbs trousers (eBay)
Jigsaw dresses (eBay)
Me & Em (sale)
Jaeger (sale)
John Lewis concessions (sale)
Knitwear- M&S/John Lewis.

Celtic & Co
Modern Rarity
Kin
Hush

I should've guessed this thread was going to be bad for my bank account I love love loved Sezane and have put an enormous order in which I will have to return plenty of but you get free delivery on orders over £200....

And I have an Aspiga order coming now as well. I'd best stop looking into these now!

Allsaints
Reiss
Religion

I have no idea where to shop anymore. I haven't bought clothes in over a year now. I would love to have some good quality basics but I find a lot of the shops mentioned above have a lot of quite shapeless and masculine clothes. I'm an hour glass and prefer clothes to accentuate my waist etc.

I know what you mean @Titsywoo, i'm also an hourglass shape and for so long that seems to have been out of fashion and neglected. I did find some nice things though from the suggestions.

Mostly fatface and Seasalt. I've been making everything myself, this year.

I really miss Banana Republic, but now I don't work for a bank any more, smart work clothes aren't important.

I like Phase Eight and I buy a lot on ebay. Buying new clothes seems an unneccesary extravagance at the moment. I like TK Maxx for odd bits too.

Last year I got into buying sheepskin coats on ebay. They can be ridiculously cheap.

Captain tortue

So I am unwell today (covid vaccine and trust me to get the side effects)
so I spend some time going through all the suggested brands putting them into Good on you website if you are interested they explain here how they base their ratings to see if it is sustainably sourced. Their ratings are

We Avoid / Not good enough / Its a start / Good / Great

This is what I came up with

We Avoid
All Saints
Jaeger
Joules
Reiss

Not Good enough
Boden
Celtic & Co
Fatface
Hobbs
Hush
Jigsaw
John Lewis
LK Bennett
Mint Velvet
Olive Clothing
Phase Eight
Sweaty Betty
Toast
White Stuff
The White company
Whistles
Sezane ( though Curiously conscious rates this higher I would argue at last an It’s a start if not good)

It’s a start
Arket
Banana Republic
Cos
& other Stories
Tommy Hilfiger

Good
Baukjen
Marks & Spencer (this one surprised me)

Great
Aspiga
Scamp & Dude
Thought
Peopletree @Notlostjustexploring I may have placed an order

Not on “good on you” so web searched

Unable to find
Patra silk - (too many suggestions for me to know what one it is)
Kin- Can't find on its on but John Lewis is a Not good enough
Caroline Charles – their own website says sustainable but I can't find outsider comments

Good
Me & Em -
Palone -
Sahara London
Modern Rarity

Great
Blackhorse Lane Ateliers
Mudra Collection-
Huit -
Poetry –
Christopher Raeburn
Katherine Hamnett

This Website suggested 25 sustainable clothing companies and some of them look interesting

@PickAChew

Mostly fatface and Seasalt. I've been making everything myself, this year.

I'm up for this but am not remotely artistic. Plus really nice fabric is expensive...

I try and buy mostly second hand, but only from real shops (I like to see it first) so I haven't done so well this year. From the top end down, I rate:
Margaret Howell
Joseph
Brora
John Smedley
Toast
Celtic and Co

If I'm buying new, I normally start with Community Clothing for basics or Cos if I want something a bit more out there.

I've not bought Me and Em for a few years but I've been impressed in the past.

I've had recommendations for Arket and Sezane but not tried either.

I think Seasalt can be ok but a lot of it isn't my style. Likewise People Tree.

I think there are cheaper good quality clothes out there but you don't get the same consistency, which makes it a bit of a lottery. I'd put Uniqlo in that category. I also think good underwear can help you get away with cheaper.

I've started making my own too and, after a year, I can manage a reasonably competent shirt. I think this is probably the way forward for me.

Toast
Seasalt
Toast....most of my clothes are bought from Toast, always in the sale

Most recently

Studio Nicholson
Camiel Fortgens
La Fetiche
Avavav

All of which have been outstanding in style and quality. And I have my eye on things from

Raey @ Matches
Community Clothing
Queene & Belle (if only ...)
Giuliva Heritage (ditto)

Reiss,Hobbs and Mint Velvet use loads of polyester though.

Cos is better with fabrics.

I'm up for this but am not remotely artistic. Plus really nice fabric is expensive...
I know and I'm not artistic either. I'm finding the main skills I need are the ability to visualise in 3D and attention to detail. I'm not great at either to be honest but every time I make something, I do it a bit better. And yes, decent fabric can be expensive. I'm not so much doing it to save money but to get more control. Plus speaking as someone who spent her schooldays dodging needlework, it's surprisingly satisfying.

Forgot Nigel Cabourn. Glorious clothes in beautiful colours and wonderful fabrics.

I've bought intermittently from Christopher Raeburn - but more for other people than for myself.

I usually love Margaret Howell, but I'm the wrong shape for much of their stuff. And this season's colours would be horrific on me - as they are on the relevant model on the website.

@XingMing

Celtic and Huit are both great, but neither is inexpensive. There's a huge gap in recommendations between supermarket prices and those, and the supermarket ranges often get things super-right. At other companies I make very deliberate considered buys. I can buy a supermarket T-shirt any time with groceries, but a pair of Hiut jeans cost the best part of £200. I do like them, and they fit how I want but I only buy (and am fortunate to be able to do so) when I am absolutely convinced there's no high street equivalent that will do.

I would rather buy Hiut jeans, than a supermarket/high street brand, even if the supermarket/high street brand fits/is what I’m looking for, unless I’m convinced that the supermarket/high street brand is ethical. At least with Hiut or similar brands, you know they’re ethical.

I wouldn’t choose to support supermarket and high street generally because they’ve got so much more they need to do to have acceptable ethical standards.

But I know I can afford Hiut and many can’t. We really need to see more affordable ethical brands to make it possible for more people with all incomes to shop ethically.

How do you say Hiut?

Oh, it's High-utt

Decent fabric is expensive but nowhere near as expensive as buying from somewhere like Toast or Cos.

I'm not the most skilled seamstress but it can be very satisfying. It also means that I can allow for the fact that I've got no arse and short arms and make clothes that fit me better.

I disagree. Toast is expensive but Cos isn’t.

Fabric is expensive to buy.

Brora, Toast, All Saints,The Fold, Jigsaw and Whistles, always on the look out for a good sale.
I have recently bought some amazing "Tango" boots from American Duchess, they are handmade in Portugal, lots of amazing period shoes.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

I disagree. Toast is expensive but Cos isn’t.

Fabric is expensive to buy.

Aye but Cos stuff has sleeves that tend to be about 4" too long for me, so that's a non starter, anyhow.