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Who actually wears Cabbagees & Roses?

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PaeoniaPlease · 19/03/2024 18:06

*please excuse the typo in the title!

Newbie here. I'm from the US but love British style and follow British fashion and culture. There's one question to which I can't seem to find the answer - who is actually wearing Cabbages & Roses clothing?

I've really loved Cabbages & Roses lately, but few in the US seems to even be aware of this brand. I know it's a very small brand. I'm also aware that it is not "in style" or even very practical. It would be considered really "out-there" in the US.

My question is - is this brand something that is actually worn by British women? If so, who is actually wearing this brand? Is it 25 year old "Fashionistas", "Cottage Core" girls, the so-called "Turnip Toffs?"
Rich middle aged women? Younger girls with good jobs and large available balances on their credit cards? Mom types?

Have you ever seen someone wearing one of their signature flowy/billowy dresses in public? What type of person were they? How would you describe them?

Thank you for any insight!

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AuroraSapm · 12/08/2024 18:27

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 12/08/2024 18:08

I have a few Cabbages and Roses items- all made in the UK. I had a look on the website- all the coats and jackets are made in the UK. I didn't check every dress but all the dresses I checked were made in the UK.

I found customer service was excellent.

Fabric CABBAGES AND ROSES Composition - 100% Cashmere Made In Limited Quantities With Care & Attention in Shanghai .I specifically refer to their wool, not dresses.
www.cabbagesandroses.com/collections/knitwear/products/elizabeth-cardigan-in-raspberry-cashmere?variant=48267014242579

AuroraSapm · 12/08/2024 18:47

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 19/03/2024 23:10

You see I wouldn't care / don't care about that. The clothes are just so beautiful in their own right and the material is fantastic to wear (and they are not made in China)

My black and white dress is a soft cotton flannel, fully lined. The coat is a heavy cotton drill, also fully lined. There's yards and yards of material in its skirt. The other dress is a very fine cotton lawn. Everything comes with a wooden coat hanger and a cotton clothes cover.

I'm oddly pleased that Cabbages and Roses has been dismissed as "frumpy". I wouldn't give much credence to frumpy as a critique. In real life they get loads of compliments- not just friends but work colleagues and random strangers.

They are though, I was very disappointed which this realisation: https://www.cabbagesandroses.com/collections/knitwear/products/elizabeth-cardigan-in-raspberry-cashmere?variant=48267014242579
There could be reasons for a company to have things made in China, but knits? Knits are precisely what I am ordering from the UK (and Nordics)

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Elizabeth Cardigan in Raspberry CashmereS

The deep jewel tones of our Elizabeth Cardigan in exquisitely soft raspberry cashmere marries melodiously with its abiding simplicity and the uplifting pale pink hem that frames its form. Its modest single row of buttons is demure, while its classic ro...

https://www.cabbagesandroses.com/collections/knitwear/products/elizabeth-cardigan-in-raspberry-cashmere?variant=48267014242579

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 12/08/2024 19:16

AuroraSapm · 12/08/2024 18:47

They are though, I was very disappointed which this realisation: https://www.cabbagesandroses.com/collections/knitwear/products/elizabeth-cardigan-in-raspberry-cashmere?variant=48267014242579
There could be reasons for a company to have things made in China, but knits? Knits are precisely what I am ordering from the UK (and Nordics)

The knitwear appears to be. I've never bought knitwear from them. The dresses and coats and jackets are made in the UK.

PoppySeedBagelRedux · 13/08/2024 13:54

At those prices you'd think they could have the knitwear made in Scotland

Rosescountrylifecottage · 11/10/2024 07:55

I was also surprised. In fact they pass it off as Shanghai- do they really think people don’t know that is china?

bearing in mind the price points I think they could of used British suppliers of wool and cashmere .

the red cashmeres featuring in the winter collection were in the 60% off summer sale a few weeks ago which seems ridiculous that they have the cheek to put the price back up .

i love the designs and think it depends on lifestyle as to how wearable they are . To me, they are very much at home and wearable in the countryside .

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