Toastie in our winter woolies. Toast #10

[ilovecherries]

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know what you mean about hearing assistants talk (disparagingly) about customers. Funnily enough, this is something I notice in charity shops, in particular (I LOVE charity shops but I won’t frequent those where I’ve heard staff/volunteers make personal comments about any customer. It’s so unprofessional and makes me cringe

Not disparaging.
Stuff like " this one spends a lot"
Or even worse "She mumble mumble"
Really annoying.

I was cut out of a red jumpsuit in JL about three years ago. Fortunately it was the personal stylist who had put me in it and it went ON fine. I was all set to buy it. She (and the colleague she got to help) were really sweet but I was traumatised for weeks.

I had a good charity shop find yesterday when I was dropping some stuff off. Cos trench coat, new with tags. £15 which I know lots of people would think was a lot in a charity shop but I’d have paid that on eBay and not even been able to try it on. It’s really nice.

@ilovecherries

I was cut out of a red jumpsuit in JL about three years ago. Fortunately it was the personal stylist who had put me in it and it went ON fine. I was all set to buy it. She (and the colleague she got to help) were really sweet but I was traumatised for weeks.

And another one, it’s clearly a global conspiracy…clothes as weapons of mass obstruction. 😉

@Saurus72 - do you mean the JL in Cambridge?? I was only there last weekend I think - what a disaster!!!!!! I wonder if they'll stop stocking it online too

@Laska2Meryls - they look fabulous on you, and the colour is great

part of my Uniqlo plus J order has arrived but not all of it - I'm worrying about the rest

@TempleofZoom - that is really shit and very off-putting about hearing the staff talking about the customers

[quote faustina]@TempleofZoom - that is really shit and very off-putting about hearing the staff talking about the customers[/quote]
Yes
Also last time I asked if they had a nightie in my size one of them said " just like that, you have decided you want to buy it" in a really sharp tone.

Ummm yes

I think they like to feel like they are convincing/ selling it to you.
Which I hate, Im perfectly capable of deciding whether something suits me or not!

Love the trousers Laska look great with the boots too..

The staff in Islington Toast are really nice and helpful. The manager is a more mature woman and she always looks very chic & stylish.

Darn.. Uniqlo Jill sander down vest arrived and its huge!! So disappointed , its really lovely too, but of course all out of stock now.. And its ruddy Hermes returns only and we dont have a parcel shop anywhere here. .. ill have to wait to send it until I am on the mainland on Wednesday now

What is Notting Hill shop like? .. I am up that way so could take a trip into town this week .. No Toast shops anywhere near me either! Nearest I think is Bath or Brighton

@Laska2Meryls - which size did you get?

@TempleofZoom - most of the people who work at my local Toast are really nice, but it's such a small shop they can't really help but be in your face a bit.

The staff at my local Toast are also mostly very helpful and lovely. But I do sometimes wish I could have a quiet shopping experience there where I could mooch without having to engage in chat.

@Laska2Meryls, those trousers look great. Love a random John Lewis Toast bargain.

Still swithering over the lovely quilted jacket. My other half said I looked like a child who had borrowed my mother’s clothes, but he isn’t know for his sartorial wisdom, so I will ignore that opinion.

Does anyone here happen to have the yellow quilted jacket in a size small? I’d love to know how it measures in comparison to the medium. Maybe if it is not much smaller, I can put finding a small out of my mind, and just keep the medium.
I noticed that one of the international Toast stockists had it (I was looking for photos on Instagram), but with import duties etc, I’d end up paying nearly £100 more for it, so that’s not happening.

So picked up the kin indigo dungarees. Sweet shape.

Love the wide leg. Think I may keep

Fabulous Never keepkeepkeep. and send back the Toast one

very nice @neveradullmoment99. Can I ask how tall you are?

[quote faustina]@Laska2Meryls - which size did you get?[/quote]
Faustina it wont do for you sorry ( unless you need a new duvet) , you'd get absolutely lost .. Its the XL. I gambled wrongly on the sizes being small cut .. but even fo rmy norks its far too big and the bottom half is like a sail !
I will keep a look out for a return in M but I am sure that wont happen .. it is so fab ..

@faustina

very nice *@neveradullmoment99*. Can I ask how tall you are?

I am 5ft 6 inches

@Laska2Meryls

Fabulous Never keepkeepkeep. and send back the Toast one

Exactly what I will do. The kin one is still pricey but half the price of the Toast jumpsuit.

Some new things on Toast btw:

www.toa.st/collections/womens-dresses/products/collage-print-gathered-waist-dress-dark-claret

www.toa.st/collections/womens-dresses/products/cord-pinafore-dress-earth

Not much new. Just those two things. They were probably delayed items.

@Laska2Meryls - haha - ok thanks. Yes, the coats are big, but oddly, the knitwear is quite small!!! You know, you can also post returns to Uniqlo via the post office, but you have to pay. It's a 9 mile drive to my local Hermes place too - mind you, since you have to pay to return anyway, you might as well post at the post office

• or you could ebay it? If it's sold out you can easily get your money back and more. I'm thinking of ebaying my jumpers if I decide not to keep. I need to try them on once more in the proper daylight first

@neveradullmoment99 - they're the perfect length on you! Kin can be hit and miss, but the hits are excellent