Are Lucy and Yak dungarees seen as hippy or just stylish?

[Sandysandyfeet]

Saw someone wearing some loose shorts dungarees, I think Lucy & yak, and they looked really nice (uk holiday). I’m tempted to- but they are not my normal style, I tend to go for more of a ‘classic’ (aka simple but boring - tidy basically and navy/white/jewel pink or blue) style, so when I looked at the website I thought that maybe I’m not the target audience. But I have been following the ‘glow up’ thread and feeling more confident in making bolder choices.

So my question is - is there a stereotype or any negative association with Lucy and Yak dungaree wearers? Is it a bit hippy / lentil weaving? I am not! I know this doesn’t matter etc and I should just wear them if like them but the website was very off putting!!

Lots of non binary folk and students wear them where I live rather than just the mum crowd.
Beyond nine do similar stuff but a bit less ‘art teacher at the gnome school’…… maybe check them out ?

Personally I think they are hideous with no redeeming features.

I am wearing a pair today 😊 quite an old style denim pair over a sleeveless white cropped vest and Birkenstocks.
I am quite a neutral dresser so don't tend to go for the patterns but I have a few items from them that I love - mainly denim and black, cropped wide leg jumpsuits, dungarees in denim and black cord, and a short sleeved cardigan with tomatoes on that I love.

Found some of the comments here SO sneery and kind of unnecessarily mean to be honest. They're just clothes, it's possible to say whether you like them or not without resorting to insults. To the OP - if you like the look of them order some to try on. Worst case scenario is you send them back! You don't have to style everything like it is on the website, sometimes style is just about looking at individual items and thinking about how they'd work in your wardrobe and lifestyle.

Vegan, small festivals-goer, toddler in nothing but a nappy and wellies, pewter jewellery, allotment. In my mind they're definitely hippyish, my most stylish friends wouldn't wear them.

I probably haven't noticed women wearing the plainer items they make, but the whole brand is a no-go for me based on what I have noticed.

They can be stylish if worn with style. They are not woke, but they are ethical and fair employers. They have low sensory days and fidget toys to play with in store. This is great for neurodivergent peeps. Their fabric is organic and fair trade. Their clothes are very well made. They do blue light discount and will buy back and resell old yaks. Not sure why you’re all bashing them. I’d rather that than the usual high street rubbish.

It’s a bit of a ‘gentle parenting’ uniform imo.

I looked on JustWatch to see where I could watch/stream Love Story - & have now fallen down a very deep rabbit hole of 70s films, which I may have to rewatch for the fab outfits ...

The Way We Were (Streisand & Redford) is a perennial favourite of mine!!

Me too. I have a real aversion to clothes that make adult women look like outsized toddlers. They give me the creeps.

I know what you mean - but I think that's partly because people interpret stylish & flattering differently? And they're actually quite difficult to define?

Gosh I hadn't noticed they opened an Edinburgh shop. I suppose with Bristol, Bath, Brighton, Canterbury, Cambridge Islington and Exeter Edinburgh makes sense.

This is the only thing I saw on their website I could imagine wearing.

https://lucyandyak.com/collections/skirts/products/clara-organic-seersucker-maxi-skirt-in-navy-stripe.

I think "stylish" has its place although means different things to different people. "Flattering" can get lost.

Since "woke" is now increasingly used pejoratively to mock left-wing, green, progressive values, I'm more than happy to be called woke!

I'm also mostly veggie, vote Labour/Green, make my own granola, love Brighton & Bristol, & am feminist & LGBTQ-supportive.

I just don't like dungarees, that's all ... 😁!!!*

*But those are merely my opinions. So I hope that I haven't come across as sneering, just because I don't like them or think they're (my idea of) stylish. I have a friend who's long-haired & tanned & lissom, & looks great in her denim dungarees in summer, worn with a white vest underneath. (Not sure that even she could carry off some of the patterned ones though ...!)

I admire your persistence in getting past the home page!! Too many people grinning wildly ... it's distracting! Maybe it's because I'm so used to what people on MN usually deride as miserable poker-face models - but then I was quite Goth-y in my teens ...

The skirt is fine - not dissimilar to a green one I have, shape-wise. But (although I appreciate their inclusivity), I don't like the overall look of the website & find it offputting (as well as most of the clothes). A PP was correct though in that it is very much its own style or look - it's just not for me.

(I'm trying to think of a brand I wear that has its own equally distinctive "look" - & can only really think of Toast. But I don't tend to wear labels head-to-toe, so I think that possibly dilutes it a bit.)

I think "flattering" has, somewhere along the line, lost its meaning as a simple compliment, & instead become associated with perceived physical flaws & masking them through clothing.

Many people do (I think) continue to use it in an innocuous way, rather than meaning "you look skinnier in that dress". Though I probably tend to say things like "that shade of T-shirt really brings out the green flecks in your eyes" or similar, rather than use the word flattering much - but I am essentially saying that what they're wearing has caused me to pay positive attention?

I knew it was gameover for brighton when the iconic music shop shut down and was replaced with Licy and Yak. Says it all really

I used to use ‘stylish’ all the time. Then one day, I thought, ‘What do I actually mean when I say that?’ and I realised it was nothing deeper than,
‘I like it’.

I would never say anything as personal as "that shade of T-shirt really brings out the green flecks in your eyes". If I pay compliments, which I do a lot, it's the item of clothing I compliment, not the person's physical appearance.

We probably need a separate thread for this, but - and this part is on topic - you got me thinking about outfits in '70s TV dramas and sit coms and the wonderful Penelope Keith (Margot), RIP in the Good Life, which led me to Felicity Kendal (Barbara). Now I absolutely loved her dungarees so Ta Da! (But they were her working clothes - no ditzy prints.)

Well, I only used that as an example as I'd just said it to my partner earlier in the day, when he wore a T-shirt that I love the colour of - & that does tone with his eyes!

I'd notice that sort of detail in people close to me, not strangers - & I wouldn't be that personal with strangers, as it would be rather creepy!

But I do compliment strangers too if I see them wearing an item of clothing or outfit I like. Though I might say that I love the colours of what they're wearing alongside their hair - for instance if it's someone with bright red hair who's wearing equally strong/clashing colours? I don't think that's overly personal? (I'm thinking of the vintage shop owner near me who's a big fan of Zandra Rhodes & loves a clashing colour combination!!)

I have been the owner of many a dungaree - L&Ys were not great for me as I have a long body. Give them a go. There are loads of other places that sell similar for cheaper now.

Same! I had a couple of things from L&Y in my toddler mum years and the bib on the dungarees was too short for my long body. They made a lot of noise about how they were going to improve their fit for taller people but then didn't actually make the bibs any longer, which really annoyed me. Then tbh they just went in a direction that was no longer very 'me'.

Something I found offputting and concerning was their Facebook Group - I felt there were a lot of vulnerable and needy people involved who kind of made the brand their life and I'm not sure the constant drops of new prints, scarcity mindset and obsession over being part of the community was helpful for some of them. Very much a vibe I did not want to be part of.

I defy anyone who claims that dungarees (in general) can never be stylish, to check out Carey Mulligan's character in The Ballad of Wallis Island. Although, yes, I am aware that not everyone looks like Carey Mulligan.

They're definitely not fashionable or stylish. They're popular with working class mums in the area I live.

Their t shirts are great and I like their boiler suits too. Not too patterny though for me and I find the very obvious labelling/logos quite annoying.
I found the dungarees washed terribly and the crotch, slightly dropped, was really uncomfortable as it rubbed against my inner thighs.
They rate well on the ‘Good on You’ app.

What is the difference between popular and fashionable? I agree they're not particularly stylish. But fashion and style aren't synonyms.

They're not my cup of tea but in the NE they're definitely the preserve of the M/C.