Noa Noa - any other fans want to discuss?

[MrsSeanBean]

I've recently become quite keen on their stuff, but feel it's rather an 'all or nothing' look, i.e. one would have to shop entirely there to put together the required look. I feel one or two items worn in isolation could look a bit strange (frumpy even) and not have the desired 'effect', so possibly not that good a place to source capsule items.

Case in point: tulle skirts. I haven't seen so much tulle since Prada early 90s. What does everyone else think?

I agree about having to do the whole look, you need the lace up boots with every outfit.

I love Noa Noa,although as they do not have any 'stand alone' shops in the north it is hard to find,usually buy a couple of pieces in a local boutique.
I have never done the whole look,I tend to buy a couple of pieces a year and as they are not high fashion they last for years.
For example,3 years ago I bought a white cotton dress and short sleeved black linen cardigan with silver embellishment.
These cpome out every year,have worn cardi with black vest and jeans,white linen trousers,or over white dress.
White dress perfect with metallic sandals/ballet pumps,have thrown a Boden or White Stuff shrug over it in the evenings.
Also bought a Noa Noa velvet evening coat off ebay yrs ago and that comes out every winter.

I love Noa Noa, I think like Toast, some stuff only works if you get the full 'look', but I have plenty of loveliness from them which is fab with other things.

I have a skirt with a tulle layer (removeable), I wear it with layered vest tops and birkis in the summer.
Also have a summer top with a tulle layer in it, I wear it with jeans mostly but it also works with a polo under it and pencil trousers in the winter.

Hmm, I guess I do go in for the layering in a bigger way when I'm wearing their stuff.

Totally agree MrsSeanBean, lovely stuff but you have to do the whole thing and I think it suits tall, thin people with no boobs better. Avoca anthology is the same and lovely, but a bit too overpriced I think.

Agree re Avoca.
Buy mine off ebay

I'm not familiar with it but was nosey curious enough to look it up this makes the model look huge!

love that website!

A lot of the items on that particular site actually seem quite conservative (agree about the dress though).

I was in one of their shops at the weekend and it was all puffball skirts and net underlays - quite cute in a quirky/ alternative way - but hard to extract a lot of it for 'general wearage'.

Your buys sound good ones however GW!

A Noa Noa shop has opened locally a few months ago. Readding this thread, I'm now tempted to pay a visit. Will report back...

Agree it is about an overall look, hard to fit in unless your stuff leans that way to begin with?

Hey, LTEC I actually tried that dress on last autumn! On the rack it looked like a cool, fitted, tailored 40s inspired dress.

When I put it on (first a 12, then a 10) it turned into a big ugly baggy pseudo-edwardian thing bleurgh ? funny it looks like that on the model, I guess that's what they were going for ;)

The fabric is really nice though.

for me it's their coats, beautiful.

I love Noa Noa. But I've concluded their penchant for the Chinese peasant cut just doesn't suit me. Their tops are mostly too boxy and square somehow. I've accepted this now and admire the stuff on the rail and on other people. Avoca is lovely and it works v well for me. I've spent most of this winter in a bright pink side ribbon tie long cardi from Avoca. I find their stuff not that expensive on a cost per wear basis.

none of them suit me, not avoca or noa or most of toast. which is a shame because i do like the fabrics and colours. they seem to be for dainty people.

i am doomed to uniqlo and gap forever...

I have a couple of their less fussy things, I like the colours they use, but it's the little girls clothes that I love best.

DD has some beautiful dresses and tulle skirts, and a fabulous coat, purple background with roses, like an old chintz print, with a detatchable padded lining. I bought it big and put a big hem on it and this is her third winter wearing it which justifies the large price tag

I also buy off Ebay. Last summer I hated all the sandals in the shops gladiator or ugly flats seemed to be all that was on offer. On Ebay I got a lovely pair of NN with straps that tie like ballet shoes. I wore them all the time. I think they went well with more high street stuff.

Also I got a towelling, playsuit-type thing. Have worn it with leggings and flats. Think I have got away with it...!

Now you've reminded me I'm going to have to go back on Ebay.