Toasties debating another sale 😬and waiting impatiently for all the new things

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@ScottishMouse - that's a shame about the reworn sweater. I've bought 3 Reworn items and all were in great condition- including a sweater.

Nearly booked on an Evie event but decided that, in person, I am altogether too susceptible to being talked into buying things I don't love/need. Current season is still not inspiring me but a couple of Vinted Toast items are on their way - a wool-cashmere navy jumper (can never have to many navy jumpers) and a never worn pair of the slipper socks from last winter.

@Countmeout Yes in any e mail , Kindred Styling Session
Enclose dates and venues , the one I attended last year was really good .

I wonder when the Cheltenham shop will reopen? Has been shut for ages.

I would be keen to go to an event if they have 15% off.

I saw that the embroidered waistcoat seems to be selling very well. I am quite tempted.

I assume the prices may go up on Reworn as the items seem to fly off the shelves once loaded on.

Gown sounds great @ScottishMouse

Thanks @OftenOrange .

@MrsRadichio I took a day trip to London in the Easter hols ( on my own - bliss) and went into the Notting Hill TOAST store before going to the exhibitions I had booked.

One of the Cheltenham TOAST ladies was in there and said they were hoping to reopen the Cheltenham store in May!

Thanks @mizu thats good to know!

Thanks for the info @mizu ! I was actually in Cheltenham today and walked past the shop and it still looks pretty much like as it was when it closed last year, no sign of any work being done and if you peer in like I did you can see the ceiling where it has fallen in still with a large hole in!

Very quiet as it the Toast website. Did anyone watch the Kantha live? It was a bit meh.
Does anyone think there is a lack of activity around ladieswear? There is no SS24 summer lookbook although there is one for both home and men. I wonder will anything new be shown in the live this Thursday. Not that I need anything, I’ve just done a drawer retidy and extracted my jumpers for washing/storing. Not that need ever stopped me before.

@Countmeout I watched the Kantha live, I didn't find it very inspiring.

There's still a few bits I've got my eye on but I'm waiting to see if anything more exciting appears.
For me, the weather has really put me off buying. I've got quite a few spring pieces I've bought recently that it's far too cold to wear, and at the moment I can't ever visualise me wearing shorts.

@Countmeout I think there will be new things coming this week. I was in a store a few days ago and the staff were steaming some things in the fitting rooms that are not online. I tried to get a good look but could only see a blue linen jumpsuit and something in a very bright patterned green print. That’s pretty useless as sleuthing goes, sorry, but I’m crossing my fingers for some nice things. Nothing currently in store grabbed me even enough to try on.

I went to Bath & Kilver recently and felt rather uninspired.
I think it was the merchandising or maybe I'm just not in the mood.
Bath just seemed 'thin' I didn't dare pick up anything. Normally once I pick up one thing, it's fatal, before you know it the whole lot is in the basket.
Kilver had a lot of staff on, all chatting in the shop section so I moved on. The sale stuff yielded one item but I was mostly looking for knitwear from the last lot of sales which didn't seem to be out and they must have had returns judging by my activity and others on here.

Maybe I need a good solid lookbook, am quite tempted by some pillowcases just because of a photo...

Anyone up for some more general wardrobe chat while waiting for new things to arrive? I’ve spent some time this weekend taking out spring and summer items, thinking about having a wee clear out, and it’s making me muse more generally….
Does anyone (or has anyone ever) have a fairly neutral wardrobe, sticking to black/navy/white/cream/grey and just adding pops of colour here and there? No patterns or colour mixes? I realise that I am drawn to denim, navy, black, grey, white, Toast’s lovely slate colour, a nice mustard/cinnamon type brown, classic Breton stripes, simple but interesting shapes, good cuts and good fabrics. I often think I have nothing to wear because I pick out one item, say a top, and find that I don’t have trousers to go with it, or one pair of trousers that work with it but then no shoes that work with those trousers, or no jacket, or something else.
I have been struggling with terrible menopause weight gain over the last few years which doesn’t help. I have lots of things that are a bit tight or unflattering but not quite too small to get rid of (I’m working hard to lose enough to feel a bit more myself, so hoping I might get back into said things). I used to wear a lot of jeans, but have struggled to find any that work for my shape now.
Today I had to go out but was in a rush and threw on my oldest Toast sweater - a navy fisherman rib one from so many years ago. It is wearing away but I still feel great in it. A pair of very faded indigo Alix and a pair of Saucony shadow trainers plus a light grey shawl type scarf and my Francli phone case. A no frills outfit, but it felt so me and so fuss free. I am wondering if I need to try and create a more “capsule wardrobe” (hate that phrase!) and cast off the more colourful and fussy pieces that I like very much but throw me in terms of putting an outfit together. Plain simple items with a pop of colour in a scarf or beanie if I feel the need, and a variety of shoes and jackets to mix it up. These would obviously still more or less all come from Toast 😆
Just wondering if anyone has a similar approach or has thoughts….
Quite the essay, sorry!

@ScottishMouse @Countmeout It’s certainly feels quiet both on here and in the shops, not just Toast .
I think the post pandemic period triggered a lot of buying for many , and maybe a yearning for colour and fun in clothing .
I have more colour and pattern especially in Summer clothing than usual, and my jumper drawers are predominantly green with brown , mustardand orange.
Pre Covid palette used to be based around dark grey and navy , with white shirts . Long lean fitted shapes, and I I was into designer scarves and shawls which would be the colour and pattern element .
The pandemic gave me the space to let my grey hair emerge and now the greys look less flattering

I’m gradually selling some of the scarf collection to clear my brain more than anything !

I’d like to recalibrate my aesthetic back to less pattern , but come a good Toast sale that all goes to pot !

I've gone the opposite, from Cos monochromes to a Toast skirt that could double as a tablecloth. What I have done is have less of everything and I wear it out.
Stuff moves from dinner outing to daytime work to garden/house. A few bits, honourary mention to table cloth skirt, will hang in dinner party limbo for ever.

I liked the Kantha Live but mainly as a good prompt to dig my pieces out and use them more. I find my 2 shorter ones easy to wear but the 2 longer robes make me feel like I'm wearing my dressing gown out.

I made a pandemic move towards colour and pattern but am starting to scuttle back to my set point of plain, deep, neutrals and have been slowly selling off my Toast viscose dress collection. The shift means less impetus/excuse to buy - do I really need a 6th plain navy jumper?

I still enjoy a patterned sock.

This is interesting to read about the pandemic move to colour & pattern. I had not noticed this in my own purchasing or heard others say it before. I have always stayed away from pattern apart from a stripe or a check or maybe a small ikat pattern, but I can be tempted by colour, not all of which are then easy to match to other things.

@ScottishMouse - in my case, it may just have been two years of great springs/summers 😀.

Grey jumpers feel appropriate for the recent weather...

@ScottishMouse good to hear there may be a few new things. Generally uninspired at the moment by most items.
I have a hotch potch in my wardrobe . More green than other at the moment. But a good sprinkling of navy. Despite the same awful weather as you I’ve put away the heavier trousers, kept out a couple of cashmere sweaters for cold moments, I’m trying to wear my skirts/dresses more even if that means concealing a pair of leggings underneath.
Toast seem to do a great deal of checks and I’m checked out of checks now but not sure what I want, patterns look attractive and then when I get a pattern I can’t see myself wearing them here, maybe on holiday??

I also wore my Kantha jacket the day after the live @Stoic123 . Like you I find the long one tricky. It’s a bit out there for my life. I always intend wearing it travelling but then the weather here catches me out and I end up in a raincoat on the way to the airport.

I’ve got a lot of denim dresses in my wardrobe, it’s probably too many but they’re so useful I can’t see me getting rid of any.
Skirts are something I buy because I love them, but then never seem to wear as I struggle to match them to tops in my wardrobe. Also anything in plain light colours doesn’t get worn as my lifestyle means I worry about stains and marks.

Just received an eBay purchase of an alternative colour of the triangle dress ( ancient) it’s a lovely lightweight dress but the colours I have in it are very dark, so when an olive one popped up on eBay I went for it. It’s supposed to be a size larger than the one I have but honestly you wouldn’t know it - shows the sizing issues are not a new thing.

Hi
Just thought I'd share, I've loved wearing my Justine Tabak Irish linen trousers today . . . in the Sale too - great price and all made locally which really matters to me these days as watching carbon footprint. She's a small designer/maker based in London.
I think her jumpers are also in the SALE this week, but you have to be a subscriber to get the offer . . . ????

They look lovely @LoveFairIsleJumpers

Very nice clothes, but they only go up to a UK 14/16, so don't help everyone squeezed out by Toast narrowing their size range.

Has anyone else noticed how there's a sudden glut of probably fake new Toast listings on Vinted ? Lots of suspiciously cheap prices by sellers with no feedback?

Yes, I saw that @AFingerofFudge. The prices are suspiciously low.