General Chat

Ladyscozz!
I never noticed the model's tattoos!
There are no sleeves on the dress and no tattoos on my 22 yr old!

I have just measured two pairs of M&S jeans, both new and unwashed. Both sale buys. The medium one, my normal size has 31" inside legs. The short pair (bought as an experiment very cheap) has 25" inside legs so a full 6 inches between them. Goodness knows what length the long ones are! I shall make the short ones into crops (they are plum coloured.). I am also wearing a pair of M&S jeans medium length about 2 years old and they are 28" and fit perfectly. all these were made in Bangladesh.

I get a lot of my clothes from Sainsburys or Tescos, Lidls or Aldis these days for convenience, it's easy to park and I just bring a bundle home, have a tryon session at my leisure and return unwanted item I rarely buy from M & S.

I am 5'6" tall, but over the years I have put on weight and notice that the bigger the size, the longer the length of sleeves and body length on tops. It's so annoying and not easy to shorten the length of a tshirt type top by hand or basic machine stitch without it showing.

Lizx

GlasgowLass......

nice dress........ does it have sleeves? or does the model have tatts?

:-S

differences in sizing has always been a problem over here ................... and has only got worse in the 47+ years we have lived in N Am


My daughter's wedding dress turned out to be a size 6

she had never been an adult size 6 ...................... size 10 or even 12 was more like it.


Turns out that they "massage" the sizes of wedding dresses so girls can say how small they were on their wedding day :-)


I have long legs, and have always had trouble buying trousers .............. my solution was to buy online from Land's End who shortened to order for free.

Unfortunately, Land's End has now changed the waist size and rise ratios of their trousers, and they no longer fit me :-(



anyway, I rarely wear trousers these days .............. I find long (maxi) skirts much more comfortable.

and that is a whole other story!!

Ann that doesn´t surprise me. I doubt any of their clothes are still made in the UK.

Uzzi my latest trousers were made in Bangladesh

Shirley - best place to go for bras and bra fitting is Bravissimo - they are first class - I'm very particular about bras - 32JJ - and Bravissimo stock many brands in that size - I always buy Fantasie - they are £38, but worth it

Years ago (many of them) I did a brief stint working for a factory that made the clothes for M&S. Often beig bored in stock control I would go and work on the lines. Collating at the beginning or or finish checking at the end.
Anything not matching what was on the manifesto was out as seconds. (no rucked seems or uneven stitches allowed. We weren´t paid fantastic money but better than some other places and if we could get an order out without too many seconds we got a bonus. If we got it out with no seconds we got a great bonus ! :-D.
These days most of the manufacturing is sent out else where where the eye to detail isn´t the same. So a long in 1 factory is a tad different in another. BUT the labour is cheaper :-0 I didn´t say that ;-)

Thanks Kath

Although I like the weight loss and I'd needed it , it came about through 2 bouts of cellulitus in Nov and Dec
But it's gone so I am grateful,and trying to keep it off , could do with losing some more but not through cellulitus thank you .!! Lol

Shirley

M & S do do a fitting service but I don't find their bras comfortable (I am a 38F).

I buy Fantasie bras from:-

www.amplebosom.com

EDIT - well done on the weight loss.

This place also does bra fitting:-

http://www.bravissimo.com/stores/

Kath. x

I am desparately in need of some new bras !!

Having lost some two stone in weight but still with substantial boobs that are going south !!!! I am need of a lift

Do M &S do a bra fitting service .?

I did Google but could only come up with the expensive Peller & Rigby site

Well I am 5ft 2½ and my inside leg is 28 inches. I am short in the body and longer in the leg. I suppose they'd have a job to suit all shapes and sizes but I wish they'd sort the lengths out a bit better. The medium jeans I have bought need three inches off them. But the medium jeans style trousers only needed an inch turned under.

Glasgowlass I love that dress but I definitely think you have to be young to carry it off......Knock about 40 years of my age and I would be really tempted :-D

As for M&S I always bought short length in trousers with no problem but like others I have noticed that they are now too short and the regular still far, far too long :-(

Chris

The only place I can guarantee I get jeans/trousers that are long enough are from Long Tall Sally :-(

I am not a fan of 'ankle swingers'. I'm 5' 8" but need 34" inside leg! On the odd occasion I wear heels they are 36". That's why if I want cheap jeans I opt for mens ;-)

I agree. I used to be able to nip into M & S, pick up whatever I wanted and know that it would fit! Not any more, apart from briefs. After a gap of not making them, they started stocking the cotton, aertexy-like briefs again. They are the only make that come up to the waist properly (and not to where they think your waist is!!), and don't cut into the top of my legs.

As for sleeve lengths - I usually have to cut off several inches, particularly on Unisex clothes. Why do designers think that if you put on weight your arms will grow longer? :-S :-S :-S

These days I have to try on everything I buy from M & S - even if I buy two things that are meant to be the same.

I think they used to have everything made in England but these days even the same style of something can be made in two or three different countries.

Kath. x

My youngest has a birthday this week and wanted a particular dress that is hand made to order.
I took her exact measurements and ordered the dress.

It came yesterday ( from Greece) and... it fits perfectly.
She requested it to be slightly longer than this pic... and they did that too !

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/150124349/world-map-printed-strapless-cotton?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_search_query=map+print+dress&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

M&S was always good for me trousers Jumpers & blouses .they wore well & I didnt mind paying a bit extra ,but not now .size 16.jumpers sleeve to long,blouses a bit tight across the chest . jeans .to long im 5ft 3.ins .cheap imports .me thinks .i just get mine from mail order & very happy with that .D~~~art .Barbra

M & S, agree sizing is luck of the draw, also materials are weird and do not hang very well. And as for style .......

Definitely not the shop it once was, sadly.


Sue