i am sorry but wtf is happening in WALLIS

[SimonHowl]

its getting nicer every time
www.wallis.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?beginIndex=0&catalogId=20551&storeId=1255 7&categoryId=119914&parentcategoryrn=47211&langId=-1&top=Y&cmpid=wk9Sunday2009

i like this - no idea of qulaity
this for anti arm barers

and this and not sure if this is a but NEfertiti
and it goes on and on

the last time I was in wallis it was full of vile garish prints in horrid fabrics

that black satin tunic is esp loverly

nope, you're just getting older :P

yes
and as i said it has the air of prozac around it - the stores
but swoon

lol
maybe i just am!
there are some ropeoids in there too

The garish prints in horrid fabrics are still there but I think it's their attempt to cater for a plus size woman who wants to wear "bold prints".

Anyway, horrid tunic aside there's definitely some wearable dresses in there. I wouldn't be surprised to see this one in French Connection and I quite like the look of the velvet one with sheer sleeves.

I don't think I've worn velvet since a childhood Christmas party when my Mum put me in purple cullottes and I couldn't get the button done up. She used an elastic band to hold them closed. Oh the shame of it.

so, formal dinner (sporting dinner) for work - entertaining contacts and (hopefully) prospective clients.
I'm 37, size 13, 173cm.
Which dress?
grey lace
black velvet & sheer tunic
green twist maxi

The black velvet ChasingSquirrels.

The bow on the back of the green one looks awful.

I do like to go into shops where I am the hippest young thing there, rather than Top Shop where I feel like Nurse Gladys Emanuel

I'm off to Jaques Vert

bow is awful, hadnt looked at the back. shame as I like the front.

Nice styles but what's with all the polyester though?

i WAS GOING to buy http://www.boden.co.uk/en-GB/Womens-Coats-Jackets/Coats/WE244/Womens-Uptown-Coat.html this coat from Boden,

but then i saw this wallis one for half the price!

Are they not very similar?

and .......... wallis deliver free to ireland. I bought two lovely jersey dresses which were forty pounds on wallis on line and and sixty euro in the irish branches of wallis shops here so I saved nearly 20 euro on the dresses.

I hope the other shops will also follow their lead and deliver free to Ireland!

my link... oops. hang on

this was the boden one i liked

I bought this wallis dress

here

and this one here

quality not boden, but they aren't frumpy lengths either. above the knee not two inches below it.

Ooh Simon I like that velvet one with the sheer sleeves - it might be the LBD I was after for Xmas. Possibly a bit short for me, may go and try it. Agree wallis is v variable indeed.

lol just noticed that the second dress I bought is 'posh'. Well, I just can't hide my real self, even on a gingerale and chips budget....

lol just noticed that the second dress I bought is 'posh'. Well, I just can't hide my real self, even on a gingerale and chips budget....

i liek that blue one - very versatile Id think
was talkign self out of buying new dress for xmas wedding( not mine obv) but I quite fancy a cheapy.

Those coats are very similar MaggieBruja.

go on! it's so cheap reasonable.

i think i need to try on though...
its an xmas wedding on a friday night .. the day schools break up
w ill be madness

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Do you mean sleeveless one? Veh nice

I got the usual little peel away label with bar code and order number on it for IF I wanted to return items, so I'm guessing that returning is fairly simple.

Then you go back on line and click on something through your order confirmation email to confirm it's going back.

I am going to order that coat that looks like the boden one I think. OK, it doesn't have the fabulous lining, but I can live with that.