Detail your latest clothes and slap related purchases here #2

[such and such]

Good work!

 

[northern_star]

i just ordered one of these

http://www.peopletree.co.uk/products/womens-goody-bag/

Am hoping that its gonna have some more wintery bits in it tho-i think if its summer stuff and boring tops i might just send it back. Excited for its arrival just to see tho!

what i really want from there is this http://www.peopletree.co.uk/products/jewel-embroidered-cardigan/ and this http://www.peopletree.co.uk/products/eddie-dot-skirt/

so bloody expensive tho!

 

[wayward bob]

ooh spooky i just won a skirt verrry like that on ebay. primark tho so hardly ethical...

thanks for all the shoe suggestions. i had to pay prolly full retail price for these (also primark) on ebay even though they're worn, but they didn't have anything like i was looking for when i went in.

i didn't get measurements like i usually do tho, so chances are they'll be too small. anyone want first dibs?

 

[temper_tantrum]

Moh Whut size?

 

[wayward bob]

6. no idea how primark sizes come up but she was selling other shoes in a 7 so i'm hopeful (i'm inbetween).

 

[temper_tantrum]

Hmm I'm 5-6. If they're too small for you, let me know Might take them off your hands ...

 

[Biddlybee]

*curses small feet*




I got some new shoes on my holibobs though...

(and two new hats )

 

[Cribynkle]

You could always get stuff delivered to a friend in the UK who can post it on to you ...

I REALLY want these shoes but they are totally impractical and also slightly bonkers. Please either persuade me out of them or into them, everyone

http://www.office.co.uk/womens/office/take_a_bow/37/9374/24611/1/

Edit: My mate said they 'look like a WI craft project'

I keep gazing longingly at those shoes, they're very fabulous

 

[killer b]

a short sleeved check shirt
some lined trousers with odd zips up the sides

 

[May Kasahara]

From the ASOS sale. I hope at least one of them looks good, cos they were all right cheap.

 

[mentalchik]

gorgeous may.....specially like the middle one

 

[spanglechick]

ok - help me.

i would like some new brown boots - i can't really afford them at all, but i feel like i might buy some anyway, iykwim.

i really like these, from duo:

but they're £165

i also like, but don't love (because they're so plain) these:

which are cheaper at £125

so i'm not sure if i will get either, because of the price - even the cheaper ones are a bit eye-watering... but if i do, can i justify another forty quid for some straps and buckles.

I wish I had thin legs and more choice...

 

[radio_atomica]

the first ones are LOVELY. if i didn't have the money for them i'd probably wait cos they are stunning.

 

[RubyToogood]

Didn't buy anything myself, but spent an interesting morning on the sofa of the personal shopper's room in a Very Expensive Shop watching my sister buying a capsule wardrobe for her new and very high-powered job where she really has to wear the uniform and fit in.

They kept trying to get her to buy the supposedly fashionable line, all of which was boxy and shapeless and looked terrible on her, as well as just generally being minging ("It's meant to be like that, this is the style", they kept saying to us). One of the suits was Crystal Carrington personified - another had these diagonal stripes that completely fried my poor hungover brain. Finally they trotted out the more sensible stuff and she looked great in it, bought a very sensible combination of black jacket, skirt, trousers (the most amazing trousers), power dress etc.

 

[RubyToogood]

ok - help me.

i would like some new brown boots - i can't really afford them at all, but i feel like i might buy some anyway, iykwim.

i really like these, from duo:

but they're £165

i also like, but don't love (because they're so plain) these:

which are cheaper at £125

so i'm not sure if i will get either, because of the price - even the cheaper ones are a bit eye-watering... but if i do, can i justify another forty quid for some straps and buckles.

I wish I had thin legs and more choice...

My advice is to go to the Duo showroom and see if the ones with the buckles fit you actually. Half their styles I can't get into at all for some reason.

 

[spanglechick]

My advice is to go to the Duo showroom and see if the ones with the buckles fit you actually. Half their styles I can't get into at all for some reason.

oh really? do they have all the styles in all the sizes? I have a pair that fit me fine, though... but fair enough.

 

[RubyToogood]

They have usually all of the styles in enough of the sizes to give you a good idea. Some of them fit very weirdly IMO, and lots of them look quite nice on the page but are horrible IRL (and sometimes vice versa to be fair).

 

[May Kasahara]

Didn't buy anything myself, but spent an interesting morning on the sofa of the personal shopper's room in a Very Expensive Shop watching my sister buying a capsule wardrobe for her new and very high-powered job where she really has to wear the uniform and fit in.

They kept trying to get her to buy the supposedly fashionable line, all of which was boxy and shapeless and looked terrible on her, as well as just generally being minging ("It's meant to be like that, this is the style", they kept saying to us). One of the suits was Crystal Carrington personified - another had these diagonal stripes that completely fried my poor hungover brain. Finally they trotted out the more sensible stuff and she looked great in it, bought a very sensible combination of black jacket, skirt, trousers (the most amazing trousers), power dress etc.

Yeah, I'm definitely suspicious about all these peg trousers that are apparently so this season. Pleated wide tops tapering to the ankles surely = frumpy death to anyone with fulsome hips and thighs. Thank goodness there is a 70s wide-leg vibe as well, I might actually find some new trousers that suit.

 

[Biddlybee]

i just ordered one of these

http://www.peopletree.co.uk/products/womens-goody-bag/

Am hoping that its gonna have some more wintery bits in it tho-i think if its summer stuff and boring tops i might just send it back. Excited for its arrival just to see tho!

what i really want from there is this http://www.peopletree.co.uk/products/jewel-embroidered-cardigan/ and this http://www.peopletree.co.uk/products/eddie-dot-skirt/

so bloody expensive tho!

What did you get?

Gorgeous dresses May!

 

[100% masahiko]

First time ever and it's possibly the cheapest suit I ever bought.
Slim fitting suit and it better be tight (arrives tomorrow).
Be wearing this with a black skinny tie.

 

[strict machine]

Phwoar I fancy the model - i hope you look like him wearing it

 

[radio_atomica]

it looks like he's made his hair white with talcum powder, forgetting that he was going to his job as M&S suit model not George Clooney lookalike

 

[RubyToogood]

There must be a market for male-models-with-grey-hair-who-aren't-actually-old, same as there's one for plus-size-models-who-aren't-actually-fat.

 

[radio_atomica]

There must be a market for male-models-with-grey-hair-who-aren't-actually-old, same as there's one for plus-size-models-who-aren't-actually-fat.

yeah! have you seen the 'plus size' models for the curve range on asos - the clothes are hanging off them cos they are nowhere near whatever the size is that the range starts at! although to be fair, in the next catalog the models are all about 6'5" and a size 4 so they're not really representative of normal mums who buy their clothes either...

 

[Fedayn]

2 vintage button-down check shirts

And a pair of made to order oxblood quarter tip brogues

 

[discokermit]

2 vintage button-down check shirts


And a pair of made to order oxblood quarter tip brogues

i bet you were well short of check shirts.



nice.

 

[Fedayn]

i bet you were well short of check shirts.

Indeed, down to my last 10-15....

nice.

Ain't they just.

 

[northern_star]

What did you get?

Gorgeous dresses May!

load of bloody rubbish 3 really horrible tops, a pair of really horrible 3/4 length trousers and a really horrible long skirt. boo.

 

[discokermit]

Indeed, down to my last 10-15....



Ain't they just.

i've had the same three for over twenty years.

 

[Fedayn]

i've had the same three for over twenty years.

I've got a few shirts that are older than weepiper