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51 replies

NotCod · 04/10/2008 14:57

i kno its vacusou but so am i.

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GobbledigookisThrifty · 04/10/2008 18:13

what about these bargainous boots

black ones are half price

D'you rememberhte brown suede ones from JL a couple of years ago fishter - £40ish - just had mine reheeled as they are like slippers. I think the Dune ones look similar and could do with a black pair....

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 18:14

on the topic of boots, I am STILL looking for a pair of black ones.

Tried on the Gap biker boots today but didn't rate them, no opening so too difficult to get on and off - I feel the need for speed. Also not keen on the length on me.

Best I've seen are Camper £150 but more than I wanted to spend ... but a helluva lot cheaper than some of the ones I saw in Richmond today - well over £200, most of them (Jigsaw, Hobbs, Russell & Bromley)

But today am wearing brown knee-length, fur-lined, buckles up the side boots from Kurt Geiger, think they were around £200 but got them in 2005 and have worn every year since so quite worth it?

I don't know. Waffling now.

GobbledigookisThrifty · 04/10/2008 18:15

Worth £200 if you've worn them for 4 winters I reckon

My £40 John Lewis ones must be on their third winter now and they are in brill condition (except hte heel hence I had them done)

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 18:19

hang on I'll try to find a link to the Camper ones, get your opinion

£40 brilliant!

NotCod · 04/10/2008 19:11

yes i do liek them still gDG the JL ons
os comfy
wear wiht cropped jeans
i liek theose sale dune ones
there mUST be a reason why reduced

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NoblesseOblige · 04/10/2008 19:15

ooh ooh i will talk clothes - i am going shopping mon FOR ME ME ME ME!!!

have budget of £80-100 but that needs to include boots (boden-alike ones in gap not as nice in rl).

dress me, ladies

moondog · 04/10/2008 19:18

I like flannel too.
In fact I love flannel.
Am on quest for smart flannel trousers. Laura Ashley have some very nice ones but too short for me. Also some very nice skirts.

My winter coat quest continues.

NoblesseOblige · 04/10/2008 19:28

bet you i will find nothing. always the way when you actually have money to spend. come end of the month...loads...

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 19:32

I think maybe Reiss good for flannel?

moondog · 04/10/2008 19:33

I went in there a few weeeks ago. Dodn't grab me tbh but shall sally forth again on your recommendation.

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 19:45

how about jigsaw?

moondog · 04/10/2008 19:49

I haven't been in one fo those. None near, at leaast not in Chester. They don't have a website yet either.

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 19:55

at retailers sans website

gosh these are hideous

traceybath · 04/10/2008 20:00

regarding reiss - does anyone on here buy clothes from there? i just don't fit there clothes (am small) and assume they are for tall people . . .

am off to cabot's circus tomorrow (new shopping centre in bristol) - bet i don't see anything i like

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 20:02

I've bought a couple of things from reiss but am tall

have a lovely shopping day tomorrow, hope you come home laden with goodies

GobbledigookisThrifty · 04/10/2008 20:03

Cod - I did think that about the black boots - they look lovely so why reduced? Hmm...

GobbledigookisThrifty · 04/10/2008 20:04

It's always the way that when you decide you are going to buy clothes you can't find a thing. YOu only see 601 things when you are skint

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 20:10

flannel trousers

moondog · 04/10/2008 20:40

Thanks Cake
Trouble with stuff like that is that a picture tells you nothing does it? You have to actually get them on/.

LetThemEatCake · 04/10/2008 21:15

true

which is why netaporter is good, despite being exxy ... try it on, send it back for free. You lose a tenner, which is what I would spend going to the shops anyway .. travel/ parking. coffee, lunch etc - at least £10!

so maybe look here - some of the ones down the bottom of the page are discounted quite nicely?

Pendulum · 04/10/2008 22:10

Great Plains good for wool trousers

Good price and they are lined too.

Not sure about length though, I am 5'6" and they fit pretty well- may have some extra in the hem?

PeppermintPatty · 04/10/2008 22:19

Catmandu - what is the name of these clarks patent boots of which you rave about?

CatMandu · 05/10/2008 11:32

Not sure, but next time I go to ogle them I'll have a look.

moondog · 05/10/2008 22:18

Thanks agAIN.
Am checking them out.

Louise0709 · 05/10/2008 22:20

Hi
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