" well theyll ALL be wearing White stuff" said a mate of mine

[YoureGorgeous]

about a party she is off to.
is this true about wimmin over a certain age

i looked at it. it all looks really bland and shapeless. For different reasons, also (as well as boden) not suitable for petite women.

janeite - I shop mostly in:

Hobbs (work suits)
Banana Republic (trench coat and the odd shirt)
M&S (basics)
Timberland (for outdoorsy jumper and boots)
Massimo Dutti (every european - luurrve this shop)
Phase 8 (always do a good wrap dress)
Coast (cocktail dresses)
LK Bennett (day dresses, cropped cardis and shoes)

Thanks. I have one item from Hobbs now. Most of it is rather too long (and expensive) for me. I get bits in M&S. Never seen anything I like in Phase Eight or LK Bennet - again, most of it is too long (and expensive) for me!

Noddy - you are quite right about the jeggings false sense of security, and I am NOT ready to be yanked out of it yet

Frankie - yes that's the trouble, all my new(er) longer tops look shit with jeans due to the gut/fly/belt alien-stylee protrusion underneath

I always wear a belt You are over thinking it!No one will even notice unless the belt is huge.Jeggings make you fat

it looks fine

I don't know really where I shop. I don't shop very much tbh. I have stuff that goes back years ... If I wanted something new I would head off to

Whistles
Hobbs
Agnes b
Bit of boden (not much, bit too self consciously crayzee-laydee)
Monsoon
John Lewis

I love agnes b had forgotten about it for years Off to look Thanks

Noddy - those women have CONCAVE guts - you could stick a WMD under their jumpers and it wouldn't show!

Well maybe everyone is secretly sniggering at me and my sticky out belt but I doubt it We are talking fashion here not politics

Noddy, seriously I bet you and your belt look great. Your gut is probably a LOT tidier than my post-xmas post-jeggings size 16-er!

Comptoir des Cotonniers
Aubin & Wills
Reiss.
Jigsaw is OK for the odd thing, particularly for work.

I sometimes find things in Kookai - in fact, I've just had a mini-spree online. I find their cotton trousers fit quite well and are good quality.

< flinches in anticipation of barrage of abuse >

Oh god not Aubin & Wills

Like your name Keith.

ooh i rather liked www.mistral-online.com/ which seemed to have nicer knitwear in brighter colours than White Stuff.

White Stuff throws up the odd gem, but mainly it's just too tunic-ey for me.

and although there some very lovely items in Jigsaw and Kew - £65-85 is way too much for a top for everyday wear. can't find those things i liked online though...

White Stuff has great trousers/jeans and really nice men's shirts..I have lots of White Stuff -it suits me and I'm ancient so there

I like White Stuff too. It has good casual wear. Not tried any of the smarter stuff there.

Am moderately ancient I guess.

My friend and I go to Aubin & Wills to have a snigger at the clothes! Some of the stuff is very strange and hugely expensive.

Ooo, I got a mistral skirt from Oxfam and had never heard of them. I like the website though

That Mistral site is interesting, they do seem to be modelling themselves on White Stuff (or possibly vice versa, don't know which came first)

Have just had a thought re White Stuff, they are one of the few shops that are truly Pear Shape Friendly, maybe that's part of their success - as lots of places really aren't.

Do any of you like Uniqlo - it was recommended on another thread, & looks pretty good - was hoping they would come up small being a Japanese brand.

I think proper parties are much easier than nice-but-casual, anyway. Somehow I always seem to have loads of full on dressed up clothes but something respectable to go to the pub is harder.

i find the Uniqlo store unfathomable