Albaray....

[summerdressing]

...thoughts?

I've got this and love it - it's a crisp cotton and was so airy and comfortable on a VERY hot trip to Italy recently https://www.albaray.co.uk/collections/animal-print/products/organic_cotton_animal_v_neck_midi_dress_ss23 I think it's well made, cut well, and thankfully, I had some JL gift vouchers towards the cost! I've worn it loads and it washes well

I have one of their Long dresses.The cotton is very nice and it doesn't need too much ironing.

What are your thoughts, @summerdressing?

I've got the cropped wide leg jeans - love the style and I wear them a lot. Proper denim with no stretch (so they do come up small)

I bought a midi dress earlier this year.

I didn't choose it for the brand as such. It was in John Lewis where there are all sorts next to each other - it just caught my eye. Nice print, normal sleeves, no ruches/flounces and fitted well when I tried it on.

I have a dress and a shirt jumper from them - seem really well made

Albaray's marketing department needs to try harder than this surely.

My thoughts? Not for me thanks.

Is it that really cheap brand from markets?
i often see it in charity shops and think it looks overpriced

It sounds like a Chinese knock off brand. If it's really decent they need a new name.

I have a couple of cotton T-shirts and really like them, disappointed with the presence of synthetic fibres in their sweaters, dresses etc. so wouldn't but anything that wasn't natural fibres.

Only had jeans which I love but as somdeone else said they come up v v small i went up two sizes from my ususal high waist levis.

I think it is a street market brand?

Don’t think it’s a street market brand? Sold in JL and M&S and is relatively expensive?

The stuff I’ve seen is often 100% cotton.

Definitely not a street market/Chinese knockoff brand.

I have seen good reviews, and I like many of the styles but it's just a little bit above my price point, unless in the sale. Dresses around the £100 mark. I would say it's equivalent to Boden or Hush.

Very hit and miss IME, the misses tend to be because of cheap, flimsy feeling fabrics. This in the sale was very nice IRL though and their knit top / woven skirt dresses (like these) are useful.

I agree good, natural fabrics and reasonable price point for the quality. I find it true to size, verging slightly on the large side. Excellent customer service when I returned items (bought multiple sizes)

I didn’t know them and they’re a bit middle of the road for me style wise. Reading about them they’re a female owned brand who are trying to be sustainable so that’s a positive. I don’t think the prices look bad… we should be paying a decent amount for our clothes and they should be lasting more than one season.

I have a coat and a shirt and I love both.

Yes. Bought one dress, then another five after I liked the fabric and nicer-than-you-think-at-first prints.

No ironing nec to look smart. No polyester unless that’s your thing. Baukjen equivalent, but cheaper.

Knits are a no cos all artificial.

In my opinion, it falls into the slightly dowdy brands sold in John Lewis. Similar to Nobody’s Child etc.
John Lewis used to stock some nicer high end brands which seem to have disappeared.