Please no more puffed sleeves

[Nitgel]

Seriously who wears these. Yet another collection ruined by the dreaded puff sleeve. Stop

But it's simply not true that you can't find non puffy sleeves.

They do suit me as I had some from Jigsaw that were lovely ! Anyway I must remember to not start a thread with any opinion on fashion. ;) and ridiculous sleeves

It’s not that they shouldn’t sell them. No one has said that. But they have been pretty universal along with the cropped top, high necked and boxy look over the last few years.

If you’re allowed to like them people who they don’t suit are allowed to say so.

Actually many, many posters have said they shouldn’t be sold because they don’t like them or don’t suit them.

Right now we have more choice than ever, you can buy pretty much whatever you want. The idea that all tops are puff sleeves or boxy is just nonsense.

'No-one has said that'
Seriously? The op is literally named, 'Please no more puff sleeves'.

I have more sympathy with not liking the oversized silhouette because that has been pretty dominant for the last few years. But as people are pointing out, there are lots of varieties of sleeve around, although obviously variety means there will be some we don't like.

Of course you can buy a non-puffy sleeve, as well as non-boxy outfits or v- necks. But if a large proportion of clothes have these features it limits choice. So you can only choose from a very limited selection of fashionable outfits.

It’s like if you’re short and 50% of dresses are maxi, you might feel like your choice is limited as those left might not be in the right fabric, colour etc.

Anyway if you love a puff sleeve you’ve had your own way for years. Sometimes people want a bit of solidarity, not people telling them they shouldn’t feel what they feel.

It’s the general fussiness of dresses in recent years that I deplore. I’m not Amish but like a dress that’s plain and simple with no embellishments: once you’ve ruled out dress styles that don’t suit you regardless, you’d be surprised how hard they are to find.

There is a wider issue here for me - it’s just not true you can buy ‘pretty much whatever you want’.

I have found it REALLY hard to find shapes of topd that I like for several years. Puffy sleeves, padded shoulders, embellishments like bows/scarf ties/buttons seem to be really prevalent. Simple, fitted styles with classic sleeve shapes are not in vogue.

Same with dresses. I’m 5’11 and most midi dresses are mid calf or longer on me. So much (usually nasty) fabric. So many things shapeless and unflattering.Everything just huge and long and drab.

If you can’t moan about it on style & beauty… 😞

Hate them so much and they just won't go away

I think I have this dress and I love it :)

You’ll have to tell me how you style it. I need tips!

At the start of this thread I waxed lyrical about puffed sleeves as I do have some puff sleeved shirts (rather than 'pretty blouses') and they're lovely on me, or 'flattering' as I would say

I take it all back having received an order of a top in Sainsburys, looks lovely online, its horrific. I have a small frame and thought it would look as good as my shirts, its horrendous.

I like a puff.
It tends to balance me out.
What I dislike are sleeveless clothes and cap sleeves. I really can’t see the point of cap sleeves as they tend to not fully cover my armpits and annoy me. I have good shoulders so it’s not a flattering look on me to cover my shoulders whilst leaving my arms bare and irritating my underarm.

Yes I have to agree a puffed sleeve is for warmer weather, you can’t easily wear a cardigan or jacket over the top.

I'm wide enough without puffy sleeves emphasising my big bust

Cap sleeves are worse. I have never seen anyone, however slim and toned, look anything other than ridiculous wearing them, in my opinion.