Toasties enjoying the sale and the sunshine!

[IlovePond]

Hi,

Here’s a new thread!

Big Reworn drop online now. Although the majority is very small sizes. I managed to grab a skirt, but I will not get excited until I see it, as my more recent Reworn experiences have been disappointing.

Thanks @ScottishMouse I have bought some Solovair Monkey Boots - I suspect they may be too big but worth a try.

I think reworn is a gimmick, and an overpriced one at that.

There’s so much past season stuff in great condition on ebay for a fraction of the prices Toast are charging for second hand I’m surprised they manage to make ‘reworn’ work at all.

This hasn’t been my experience mostly @ChelseaDetective. I have got some great things on Reworn, all of which look brand new and were really good prices. A pinafore worth almost £200 for about £50, a kimono style dressing gown for about £40, and a cashmere wool sweater that looked unworn for about £40. You would never find these on eBay at these prices and in perfect condition. I have also had a few duds, but overall I think it’s pretty great. Plus there is the insurance of knowing you can return if it’s not right.

Just popping in to see if there’s any sale update and to report back on my experience with the repair service. I am really impressed by the whole process. I took three rather shabby items in and they were posted back having been really carefully repaired. I opted for one “creative” repair for a tshirt and it now has some lovely stitching where the holes were. The others were trousers so I went with subtle repairs which are done perfectly. This has just really solidified why I’m obsessed with toast, knowing that when my favourite pieces start to fall into disarray, that I can have them repaired for the cost of postage, is remarkable service. It also encourages me to actually go into the store instead of relying on online shopping. I hope they keep it. Anyone else used this service?

Yes, @MiracleToast I use the repair service. They’ve done fantastic invisible mends on moth holes in cashmere sweaters. I’ve got a dress in at the moment upon which I’ve opted for a creative mend. It was a big rip in the skirt after I walked past a rogue nail sticking out of the timber frame in our lounge (we’re mid renovation). It was ruined and I was really upset as it was less than a year old, so I figure I’ve nothing to lose!

@AmethystMoonShine I am now certain your dress will be stunningly renewed! I am definitely persuaded to opt for the creative mend on future items. Would love to see your dress when it is returned to you.

The repair service is wonderful - I've had some stunning work done.

Well that’s good, I stand corrected.

I do regularly find things for those prices in new condition on ebay though - fair enough if that’s not your bag.

I've ordered a few things from this latest Reworn, and then I threw in a pair of the Blundstone clogs to try them also. I've had mixed results from Reworn too but there's the very big plus point of being able to take the gamble because they're returnable, unlike Ebay/Vinted where I only really buy if I know it's going to fit.

Someone on our FB selling group says they have a Toast 'source' who says there'll be a flash sale at the end of next week

@MiracleToast - I had an old tunic/dress mended by Toast around the frayed contrast trim neckline, but they didn’t do a particularly good job - just folded it over and stitched in the sort of chain stitch I was taught in the Juniors. (Just remembered the owl cushion I made aged 9 - I was so slow/rubbish that an exasperated Mr B finished it off for me!)

I haven’t felt like wearing it since - I genuinely could have done better myself as it’s all uneven and looks awful.

However, DSis has had a few things invisibly mended - mostly jumpers - and they have all been done very well.

Less successful was a ‘creative’ mend Toast did on some ripped pjs. (This was before they asked if you wanted an invisible or creative mend.)

She ended up with a clump of bright orange thread - just a few embroidered blobs - on the pjs. It looked really weird, made worse as the mending thread was too heavy for the very thin cotton of the pjs.

I agree that it’s an excellent service, but based on our experience, the quality of the repair can be variable.

That’s very helpful to know, @IlovePond I’ll be sure to remember that it can be variable!

I can see liking reworn because of returns, I didn’t realise that it isn’t something I’d considered as I’m a professional dressmaker (please don’t call me a seamstress!) and very short, so I’m fine with doing major alterations on most things - as long as its not too small I can make anything fit.

The main reason I gave up looking at reworn is most things that come in seem to be a size 6 or 8!

Also, if I get something from ebay and its not right for some reason other than fit I do always return it. Its never been a problem.

I don’t use Vinted.

@faustina yay to sale at the end of the week!

@ChelseaDetective - it's the fit that's so unpredictable with Toast - even with things I already have - eg Alix or Gabi trousers: the sizing between which season they're from and even which colour from the same season is so variable - and some tops and jackets have really tight arms. I'm not big, but even so, some things are unwearable. These things aren't returnable on Ebay because the label says 8 but the sleeves say 4.

Aah, its all in the detail - I’ve never bought trousers and as a size 10 - 12 I buy any dress or top from a 12 to an 18 and can make it work. If you need fitted trousers that is of course different.

I still don’t get on with the idea of reworn, I think its because it seems very expensive for used or damaged goods.

Off now to have another look at the website if there’s a sale coming, nothing has appealed so far this season though.

@ChelseaDetective - my theory on Reworn, (supported by the very old stock that appears on the site), plus timings of big drops, is that most of it is coming from stuff handed in at Exchange events.

Some of the shoes, I think, come from photoshoots, (but others seem quite worn).

Someone else speculated that some of the better, most recent stuff comes from staff clothes worn for work.

I know Toast are getting virtually nothing directly donated to Reworn because we were told so at an event.

If they were donating all the proceeds to charity I would be all in favour of it. As it is, (even though I did buy a Reworn dress once myself which seemed new with tags), the whole scheme makes me a bit uneasy for some reason. (I think it’s the lack of transparency that gets to me.)

I’ve had a ‘chosen for you’ email this morning which makes me think there will be no sale email today. I’d convinced myself the fading summer sale would start today!

@OrangeyLemon 🙀 I too had been thinking ‘today’s the day!’

I feel Toast are not living up to my hopes atm - no summer Kindred gift, (and the one I was told about in-store supposedly due in September hasn’t materialised), no ‘fading summer sale’ - yet - and generally rubbish sales anyway for the last 18 months😹😹😹

Plus: Where’s the lovely Kindred events, with freebies, food and the occasional discount? I went to a few of these last year, this year - nothing!

That's funny, I wondered the opposite! In the past I've received a Chosen For You email advertising full price items just before Kindred folks were given access to a flash sale.

Do you suppose we're looking for patterns where there are none :D

Indeed @Stravaig - the ways of Toast are beyond the understanding of mere mortals like ourselves 😹

I shall continue to hope for a mini sale today, (even though I shouldn’t be buying anything 🙀)

I was just going on the date of last year’s but perhaps that’s no help! When it’s a sale I’m sure that’s the only email I get from Toast but would be very happy if I’m wrong, even though I don’t think there’s going to be anything I want in the sale! I’m thinking I’ll have to wait for Xmas but we’ll see. Maybe there won’t be a fading summer sale this year 🙀
My Kindred started July 2024 and there’s been one gift since then I think, the enamel bowl. Didn’t there used to be 2 a year?

Am sad I missed out on the big Reworn upload yesterday, have had quite good luck with it previously.

I think there’s going to be a sale soon, given the activity on the Toast website.@faustina I think the person on the FB group implied a sale this week with a new drop next week, but I could have misunderstood. @IlovePond I wonder if the Kindred gift would then be after this new drop (next week)? Am assuming that would be some more jumpers and Christmassy things (considering some grocery shops are already on the Christmas chocolate displays!). Just some thoughts, but obviously could absolutely be wrong.

I think sale is usually a Thursday or Tuesday start but they are unpredictable. Agree with @faustina there has been movement of the website which usually happens before it. I thought the Kindred gift came after a sale last time. Looking forward to the next drop , there’s not much in the older stuff I want and I must stop buying summer clothes. Trying to guess what might eventually end up in sale from any current collection is such a lottery. It’s difficult to know when to pay full price and when to sit tight and then possibly miss it. That’s happened to me a few times.

I, too, have had a few successes with Reworn. I never would have bought the overdyed jacket full price but have worn the one I got in Reworn over and over. A few other things have been great too. But they are at the newer end of their clothes , I think some things are very very old. And I think generally the prices are better than eBay. The ability to return it too is a big plus. Vented irritates me. Nobody ever seems to answer a reasonable question, mostly about sizing.

Small fry in the terms of other Toast issues but I found myself thinking the other day about how much I miss the individual store accounts on Instagram . I don't seem to have any more posts from the main account showing in my feed, mainly it ia just sponsored posts/ads that I see.