Seasalt? Yay or nay?

[TheAmusedQuail]

Since I now work exclusively from home, I've gradually drifted (plummeted) from smart work dress everyday to living in leggings.

I'm not ancient, but not a bright young thing either.

I've been looking for some dresses that are comfy for daily wear but also look a bit nicer than the leggings sweater combo I've sunk into.

I've come across Seasalt and have seen a few dresses on there that I like BUT I'm worried they're a bit grannyish. I genuinely can't tell what's OK anymore.

Are Seasalt generally for the older woman? I'd shop elsewhere if the stuff was in my price bracket, but Next et al don't have a lot that I've liked recently.

Their coats are excellent. Truly water and windproof. Although probably not that important when you're WFH! They're a B Corp retailer if that's important to you too. I do find their sizing can be quite varied and the organic cotton t shirts are good but can shrink a bit (but that's an organic cotton issue ime).

I’m quite narrow across shoulders and I don’t find them too bad

i bought my son in law a half zip fleece thing and he really liked it

and agree they are mainly natural fabrics

not keen on Cos or Toast

Seasalt are very narrow at the shoulder - I'm a size 12 but broad shouldered, in their woven dresses I need to size up to a 16 for shoulder width. I also find a lot of their coats and dresses are skimpy on the hip for me. They do cut for apple shapes.

I’m an 🍏! :)

I’m more hourglass (or I was) 😂

I have several , one is black with autumnal kind of small print flowers ( rusty oranges and creams etc) I have worn it to death - over leggings, biker boots - I’m 63 and I asked my very trendy all saints wearing 61 year old H if I looked frumpy and he says definitely not-

I have gone off Seasalt, might be since they closed their Bracknell shop.
I'm more into Weird Fish and Crew (Henley-on-Thames) this year, also just ordered a lovely jacket from Joe Browns and wish I had a bottomless credit card for the other stuff that floated in and out of my basket.

@Ariela I really like Joe browns -have a few nice bits from them that I’m always complimented on

I'm some sort of an hourglass shape also @suburburban , albeit a small busted long waisted one.

I’m a narrow-shouldered hourglass and their cuts generally work for me.

Surely as a granny, whatever you wear makes you dressed like a granny?

Yes I’m long waisted too hence their trousers not working.😀

@Fairyvocals I don’t buy acrylic. Poetry are not acrylic fabrics for example. I’m with you on ditsy florals. I think velvet trousers etc is ok for winter at ROH but the leaves and geometrics? Not for me - I’d much rather wear a silk shirt.

Same 🙄 I struggle with trousers more than anything else.

I have a couple of pairs of their checked Pj’s, a lovely plain shirt and a pair of cord trousers. All great quality.
But I find their patterns frumpy. They are too busy so make the dumpy dumpier.
If you stick to block colours then they are great

That’s absolutely fair enough - it’s just a matter of taste. I tend to go there straight from work, so I’m in whatever I‘ve been wearing all day. I really don’t think there’s a dress code or a particular approved look at the ROH, though. I love people-watching there as the styles are so varied.

M&S or White stuff are better in me.

i struggle buying trousers anyway

I wear m&s jeans purely for dog walking and I like their wide leg linen trousers for summer. I'm more of a dress wearer these days and it's simply because of my struggle to find trousers that fit well.

My friend wears mens trousers because she is long waisted. Next did high waisted some years ago. Absolutely brilliant.

So glad low rise are out. It is easier atm

I used to find original Principles ok. I’m really funny about trousers

I can imagine that working well if you're more of a rectangle or athletic shape and long in the leg; I used to have a tall friend who wore mens jeans. I suspect my waist to hip ratio would be too great though, and I'm also short legged.

I love everything n the Seasalt window, but whenever I enter the shop I feel conspicuously young - usually the only one without white hair.

Wear whatever makes you feel good.

I have a love/hate relationship with Seasalt. Generally I dislike brands with very identifiable clothes, and I find that probably 60% of Seasalt stuff is easily identifiable, but it does some really excellent linen summer trousers, knitwear and cords. And some cracking coats! I am very fussy about coats but theirs for me are second only to Didriksons for quality and warmth/waterproofness. I also really like their sleeveless linen boxy tops.

It's just occured to me that "frumpy" might comes from "frum", a Yiddish word for very observant/orthodox Jews (primarily women) in long dark skirts, wigs/head coverings etc.

I think last time I went there I was wearing jeans and a T shirt!

I’ve just had a look at Poetry as I’m always interested in places I hadn’t heard of offering natural fabrics. I think I prefer Seasalt prints to this, which looks as though it’s been splashed with mud and needs a turn through the washing machine

https://www.poetryfashion.co.uk/product-RM68-POEST/colour-a-mint-taupe/shirt-tunics/printed-silk-cowlneck-top.htm

I wear a lot of Seasalt Breton style t shirts and their Waterdance trousers. They wash and dry like a dream. I used to wear some of their dresses to work.
I am a granny but try to dress to suit what I’m doing rather than what I am. Rohan, Seasalt, Boden, M &S, Wyse, Me&Em, Baukjen, Cefinn - I wear them all.