Autumn cord? Where are the good bits?

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I fancy some soft, rich-coloured cord for autumn - where would be good to look?
I love this which someone posted on another dress but the shape would.be awful on me.
And I tried on a navy dress in fatface which was also perfect colour but had ruffles round the neck 🤨

Great cord minis at nobody’s child. Green with big buttons and one with little pockets.

I like the nobody’s child cord dress, but it looks short. I need something a bit longer these days, but everything seems too long or too short.

Hush have had some great baby cord dresses the last few years.

I have the dress in the op’s first post! It’s really nice. It’s softer and slightly thinner than I thought it would be so it doesn’t seem too stiff or bulky on. It’s a gorgeously autumnal green and I think I’ll wear it a lot. Useful on both the school run and my office.

https://www.dedicatedbrand.com/en/women/bottoms#page=3

Dedicated have quite a few corduroy things

I buy the cool comfort half slips and full slips from M&S. They're very cool and don't stick to your legs.

Has anyone spotted cord jeggings anywhere? I've been looking for a couple of weeks now. The M&S style cord leggings are ok but I'm looking for something thicker. (Can't do button fly at the moment due to upcoming surgery).

Just picked up this in the Hobbs sale. I love the colour. Hope it fits! Plan to wear it with a black polo neck and chunky boots.
https://www.hobbs.com/product/ria-cord-mini-skirt-/0222-7259-9083L00-DEEP-BERRY-RED-20.html?istCompanyId=824f54ea-0a39-4058-b121-eab9ef4683b0&istFeedId=a9d2ecb5-7948-4311-bf28-478db37f38b6&istItemId=rxqqmpxql&istBid=t&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=18056921002&cq_net=x&cq_plt=gp&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=18056921002&gclid=Cj0KCQjwx5qoBhDyARIsAPbMagAHm9M7qWJvm26mqH37JlqDlpdjzPSdayxZ_BLuZLeCS5hP4sKEeEAaAsy8EALw_wcB

Has anyone seen a midi dress or top in a bright pink or burnt orange under £100? I saw one White Stuff dress- and I normally hate their clothes- in a lovely dark orange but sold out. All the dresses appear to be navy or green, or mini skirts/pinnies.

I'm looking for that Hobbs skirt from Labbington's post but in longer, midi or mid-axis, in any autumnal colour or black. I've seen some but they all have a visible zip like jeans skirts have and I'd prefer one without.

I just discovered a chocolate brown vintage cord jacket stowed away in my cupboard. I hardly ever wear brown next to my face. What should I wear it with? A white tshirt and dark jeans maybe? and a colourful scarf?

I've just ordered This midi skirt from Monsoon in the blue today. If I like it I might get the purple one as well.

That's lovely!

Sounds perfect, I can't wear white because A) It makes me look too pink and B) I'm too clumsy and it'd have food down it within minutes of wearing. I love other people in a crisp white top though.

If anyone is going to buy the wide legged cords from M & S beware of the sizing. I bought the Chocolate ones last week-end and went in today and just picked a black pair from the rack and bought them. Got them home and I can't fasten the waist, about 2" smaller than the brown ones and the bum is tighter, going down the leg they are about 1" wider. Got to make a special journey to take them back, not amused.

@rhiannon1967 what colours do you wear with the bitter chocolate? I’ve just bought a vintage leather midi skirt that colour (the newspapers tell me leather midis are also in this season)

@WashableVelvet I would go with a white top, or more likely an off-white, cream or ecru. I've also got a cream shirt with brown stripes which is perfect. Then either a cream blazer, or a tan, or a brown tweedy check. Or a chunky knit in chocolate or cream or beige.

I follow Lydia Tomlinson on Youtube and she puts brown with black, which initially I wouldn't have thought of doing, but it does look good!

I think this sort of autumnal tweed would be perfect.
https://www.marksandspencer.com/tweed-relaxed-checked-blazer/p/clp60606044?prevPage=srp#intid=pid_pg1pip8g4r1c2|prodflag_As%20Seen%20On%20TV

I think red also goes well with brown, as does a mustardy yellow.

@rhiannon1967 that blazer looks lovely but it's all acrylic and polyester like most of m&s sadly

@WashableVelvet I'm planning on wearing these attached with my M&S cords. Also faux leather shirts in tan & black plus a cream faux leather jacket.

@Carpediem15 I had exactly the same sizing problem today too with those cords.

@Pigtailsandall Yes. I think that's the sort of fabric you get now for that sort of price point. You need to go to Cos, Arket, Other Stories, Massimo Dutti to get a better fabric and even some of their wool blends are blended with polyester. Or yet higher end I guess for pure wool. Although Arket do a pure wool blazer - the hopsack blazer, which is nice, but very thin.

Uniqlo are doing their sling bag in cord now here I just bought the olive one. The dark orange is a lovely rich tan colour, not really orange.

I have the orange one, it's lovely but wouldn't describe it as tan at all, very much a deep burnt orange. Is it maybe the brown you saw?

I bought the orange uniqlo cord bag as soon as it hit the shops and it's very much burnt orange. I love it. I'm considering the chocolate brown too but realistically I don't need two!

@rhiannon1967 Yes, you are right. I've tried the Arket blazer on a few times and this autumn might be the time I buy it. It is quite thin but because it's wool it's warm. I'm thinking of layering it with a thin-knit cashmere and I think it'll see me quite far into the autumn

Hmm maybe it was the brown I saw! It was a nice rich brown, much warmer than the brown looks on the website so I assumed it was the orange… guess not!