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Calling ex-Boden shoppers, which brands now work for you?

30 replies

WaggyTailsWetNoses · 08/04/2023 06:35

I know there are many of us on this board, who relied on Boden for work staples and casual dresses. Sadly, Boden has completely changed and just does not sell the classic, high quality styles it once did. My professional role suited their Ottoman dresses and wool coats, and post CS-tum their Bretons and jersey dresses. Neither suits their nowadays polyester, puffy sleeved cut-out styles. I used to spend hundreds of pounds a year with them, now, nada.

Where do you now look for clothes of a similar style and quality? I like Hobbs and Hush, but am at a loss after that.

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ArseMenagerie · 10/04/2023 23:37

i like aligne
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DramaAlpaca · 10/04/2023 23:39

Placemarking for ideas. I'm still wearing much of my old Boden, but the new stuff leaves me cold. As I'm in the EU, it's also ridiculously expensive now.

OldHouseLover · 11/04/2023 00:21

There was once a time in my life where I bought mainly from noa noa & Boden. We had a fab noa noa boutique in our city & 80% of my clothes came from there with the remaining 20% from boden.

The noa noa store closed down but I continued buying on line for a year or two by which stage boden had changed too. I floundered for a long time really.

Now I buy predominantju Whistles for work & I buy from a range of places for going out / weekends- ME+EM features heavily. I have 3 dresses, about 6 pairs of trousers & several tops from there.

I have M&S cashmere. And some other things from Zadig & Voltaire, COS, Sandro & BA&SH.

Last summer I bought several pairs of wide leg trousers & t-shirts in Mint Velvet but I'm sad to say the quality wasn't great.

I travel a lot & am usually in italy 2 or 3 times a year. Last year it was 3 times. This year looks like twice & I buy from small boutiques there too. Particularly summer clothes.

MandyMotherOfBrian · 11/04/2023 00:29

Saint + Sofia
Me & Em
Jigsaw
Hush
Rixo
Hayley Menzies (sale only!)
and Scamp and Dude and Kitri for dresses

CallieQ · 11/04/2023 01:12

Fat Face

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