Help am so underwhelmed by Boden sale but feel the need to buy something that I could commit a fashion crime....

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I know you lot will be honest after poor littlelapins savaging.

Is the new jersey wrap dress a stylish garment that will be useful at work, or is it as I suspect slightly too long with an unpleasant pattern and dodgy because its still left in the sale in all sizes and colours.

Have recently lost weight preen preen, and am in between sizes 14 and 12.

Oh bum, can't do links, its the new jersey wrap dress in the funny pattern.

It's horrid. The one with the heinous lapelly collar? No, yuck, vile, monstrously rank beyond all imaginination.

In hell they make you wear that dress, with slippers and a comedy hat.

So I'm going for no.

Oh God. You are me!

I thought the exact same thing this morning. Anyhoo, after consulatation with mate, I bought it in the blue. I hope it's not to long (am 5' 7") and bought the long one as mate reckoned longer was more flattering.

Not much help am I?

I've decided that I'm probably going to steer clear of anything from Boden with a pattern, as it just screams 'LOOK - I SHOP AT BODEN', and I'd rather people thought 'Oh what a nice dress' or whatever. So I think that's probably a no from me too, unless it's there in a plain version?

Oh ignore me. I'm in a bad mood. I'm sure it'll look lovely on.

No, no I haven't bought it yet, that's why I'm asking. I didn't realise it had a collar, probably masked by the vivid pattern . I think I'm going to save my pennies until the new season stuff comes in.
Smug - let me know how you get on, if its fab I will reserve my right to change my mind.

Are wrap jersey dresses still "in" or not?

Bought one at Boden a couple of years vback0 it is a small leaf pattern in cream and brown- not sure whether to Ebay it or not!! Sorry for the hijack.

Oh don't ask me, I'm the one about to buy the hideous beyond belief dress....slinks off to littlelapins hutch..... nibbles on lettuce leaf....

The one I bought doesn't have a lapel thing going on. It's got a smooth edge. Thing is, I'm skint and need something for a not vv posh wedding that I can wear again iyswim and at 60% off it seemed like a bargain.

Now I'm just justifying it to myself, aren't I?

Mate is v stylish tho'. I'm sure I won't look too crap. Wedding soon and can't face trawl round shops.

Damn my pre-bed MN shufties. I should have just gone straight to bed.

girlnextdoor. Im semi-rural mid-Cheshire questions of "in" or "out" are fairly academic.

I'm sure it will be fine smug. Like the pre-bed MN shufties. I need to get to bed before drunken DH returns home, discovers me awake and starts either drunkenly talking to me, or worse.

oh no! I have made people feel bad. Oh dear, I hate that. No look if it has called to you then that is fine, try it on, if it makes you feel happy and makes you look lovely then keep it.

Don't listen to me. I know nothing. I only really know about sponge cakes and canvas tents.

wtf am I even doing on a style thread.

No, no I'm fine. Like I said, I need perspective, and after I ended up returning half of my last Boden purchases and regretting the ones I kept, I'd rather get opinions now rather than after the event.
I don't know anything about sponge cakes or canvas tents, in fact the only useful thing i can do is throw in mildly abusive comments in AIBU,so I'm going to wander off to there now and see if the Chicken Nuggetsfest is still going strong.

If it helps, the Boden Autumn Preview is up already - I think the offer is 20% off, plus free P&P and returns. You can order now, and most stuff will start shipping in August, by the looks of it.

ChanJackieTylerNo - How do you get the 20% off - is there a code???

Ooh - sorry, got it wrong - it's gone down to 10% off. It was 20% a couple of weeks ago though. I guess it goes down, the closer they get to launching it as the 'proper' collection. There's a bar down the right hand side of the home page that says about the 10% off.

it's definitely too long and dare i say it frumpy. looks to me like it would be chosen by someone paranoid about their body as a 'safe' option, but i actually think something less tenty would end up being more flattering.

there are a couple of lovely dresses on the preview and i like the spotty cardigan.

I just got exactly what I needed wanted in the sale and was v glad that everything else was either horrid or out of our sizes so I couldn't be tempted [v smug emoticon].

I think Boden has really messed up this summer- bar one dress, a posh silk-linen one which I bought ages ago- the rest of the skirts and dresses are gross imo.

Usually i am spoilt for choice, but I am sick to death of their loud prints and applique.

Sorry- just had to rant.

I agree - there was nothing I wanted from the summer collection except for the kids stuff

Thank goodness I am not the only one then. I just HATE those droopy skirts and those revolting dresses. (Sorry if anyone has just bought them.)

I really wish they would ring the changes a bit more- the same old stuff comes out every season, but in different colours. It's all very predictable. I have become more of a fan of Kew and Jigsaw.

Having said that, I HAVE ordered a few things from the Autumn preview, but will have to see what it's like in real life.

I got the green and blue union jack mini skirt from the summer collection and love it

oh god i bought that dress....

am HOPING it will be "ok for work"

"its still left in the sale in all sizes and colours."

yes that worried me a lot too!