If you are familiar with a particular clothing brand or footwear manufacturer, you can buy online with some confidence. Anyway, just how much new clothes would you need during lockdown, apart from slippers and dressing gowns?
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If you are familiar with a particular clothing brand or footwear manufacturer, you can buy online with some confidence. Anyway, just how much new clothes would you need during lockdown, apart from slippers and dressing gowns?
True - but I'm not attached to any particular label. So it doesn't matter whether it's Loake, Russell & Bromley, or Clarkes for shoes, or Aquascutum, Pringle or M&S for clothes - I still want to see them. "Never mind the quality - Feel the width".
I agree. The only clothes I've ever bought online are Levi 501s, simply because I know my size (34R), and they're so consistent, otherwise I prefer going to shops. And NO WAY would Del buy clothes or shoes online...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
A) Because she's so petite, and most women's online clothing outlets are for fatties (especially the catalogues), not much would fit her. Plus she hates anything that's mass-produced.
B) She's MEGA fussy, and only has a select few designer boutiques/footwear shops she'd dream of buying her clothes or shoes/boots/trainers from.
C) She likes being spoiled and TAKEN shopping, usually followed by a 'posh lunch' afterwards. And I get the honour of paying for both and carrying the subsequent bags!:D
Marco.
When I'm at home and not going out, I often just 'bum around' in my dressing gown... Saves on clothes and it's comfy!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Marco.
Happy is the same. She won't even buy from catalogues. Having been a seamstress, she knows what to look for.
We were looking for a long winter coat for her in a well known department store and looked at a coat sporting the label of a well established British brand costing almost a grand. Happy was aghast by the poor quality of manufacture, and saddened to see such a reputable brand 'cutting corners'. Moral of the story - even reputable brands cannot be bought 'on spec'. You need to see, feel and inspect the actual item.
Like Del, she likes to be pampered, and like you, I pick up the bill. :rolleyes:
34R? I was under the impression you were quite tall. Unless your legs are stumpy - I'm also 34R and I'm only 5'10" in the mornings :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Del's approach to clothes shopping is understandable and quite normal (for women).
But the Marco wardrobe surely only needs: wellies and sweatpants for leaf raking/snow* shovelling duties, flip flops, shorts and t shirts for summertime dossing about the house, and an apron for cooking (with nothing underneath). Oh and if you must leave the house for a bit of Acton Park leaf-kicking, a big overcoat to wear over your apron (again with nothing underneath) and worn back to front like Superman's deviant brother :eyebrows:
If you put that much effort into buying top quality, none of the above is going to wear out anytime soon, and I'm sure your garden squirrels couldn't care less if your shorts are 'last season'.
*While on the subject of snow shovelling, is it true that the police responded to complaints from your neighbours about you making "snow angels" while wearing a kilt? Just something I heard.
Lol - absolutely... And I know what Happy's like in that respect, as she's mentioned it to Del, again who's exactly the same. You probably know that she's got a degree in art and textiles, and also owns a loom, so can weave her *own cloth* from scratch, from which to make clothes of all sorts, from scratch from her own designs, and therefore readily spot shoddy workmanship a mile off!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Plus, during her time working as the assistant buyer for men's suits/formalwear, for House of Fraser, at their head office in London, supplying the likes of Harrods (accompanying the buyer on trips abroad to fashion shows, etc), she knows ALL about shoddily made clothes from 'designer labels'... Apparently, YSL were among the worst offenders!:doh:
TBH, if her career path had taken the direction she'd originally intended it to, she'd have become a fashion designer - and no doubt a successful one too, just like her German cousin, who now has her own label:)
Marco.
Begs the question... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - yes, I'm 6ft 2 ins, but don't have the longest legs for my height. 32" inside leg. I also 'only' take a size 9 in shoes, not something ridiculous like some of my mates of a similar height or taller, who have size 12 feet!:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
My arms make up for it though, as they're rather long, consequently making jackets a problem to fit right. Del calls me 'Neanderthal man'!:D
:nono:Wouldn't be seen dead in flip flops - disgusting things, which should ONLY we worn at the beach, where incidentally I don't wear them either, as I don't find them particularly comfortable.Quote:
But the Marco wardrobe surely only needs: wellies and sweatpants for leaf raking/snow* shovelling duties, flip flops...
I spend 90% of my time outside in trainers, or 'dress shoes' if I'm forced to, but only something that compliments jeans, as I hate wearing formal trousers, or indeed any kind of formal clothing whatsoever. 'Smart but casual' is my default look. I let Del do the dressing up. I like clothes to be loose and comfy. I'm the polar opposite of Barry, in that respect, as he loves being 'trussed up' in shirts and ties!:ner:
<Sigh> you know me too well, shweety....:eyebrows:Quote:
...shorts and t shirts for summertime dossing about the house, and an apron for cooking (with nothing underneath). Oh and if you must leave the house for a bit of Acton Park leaf-kicking, a big overcoat to wear over your apron (again with nothing underneath) and worn back to front like Superman's deviant brother :eyebrows:
However, you'll only see me in a 'big overcoat' if the outside temperature is in minus figures. As a general rule, I don't 'do' hats, coats, gloves, scarfs, etc, as I hate being 'bulked up', and I don't feel the cold much. I don't even like carrying anything in my pockets... So the car keys (about the only thing I carry with me outside) go in Del's handbag!
No, it was a tutu, darling, not a kilt. Get your facts right next time;)Quote:
*While on the subject of snow shovelling, is it true that the police responded to complaints from your neighbours about you making "snow angels" while wearing a kilt? Just something I heard.
Marco.
...in terms of what?:hmm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
If you mean make her own, she doesn't have the time now. Her job as an English college lecturer is rather demanding. When we first met though, she used to make and design wedding dresses for people, and all sorts of stuff, plus clothes for herself, like rather cute tartan mini-kilts, which still fit her now:eyebrows:
She's a size 8/10, but on past occasions has bought dresses in a size 6, and is only 5ft 2. Just a wee princess, lol!:D
Marco.