Another great British Institute is going under.

magica wrote:Yes its market is for older people but very old fashioned that older people, unless 90, wants to wear them.

I don't get food there, too dear tbh.

nicko wrote:I thought ST Michal made the underwear ????

Syl wrote:We had an M&S outlet nearby...sadly gone now, the underwear in there was especially good value, I always bought bras from there...I will have to pay full price now.

Syl wrote:Marks and Spencer is set to close a third of it's branches in the near future.
Will it follow C&A, Mothercare, BHS, Woolworths, Comet, Clintons, once the lifeblood on the high street, now all gone or drastically cut down.
Cheaper high street shops are still going strong so internet shopping cant be wholly to blame, but you get what you pay fo.
Sadly M&S tried to cater for everyone, young, old, food, household goods....they should have just concentrated on what they did best for so long.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Syl wrote:We had an M&S outlet nearby...sadly gone now, the underwear in there was especially good value, I always bought bras from there...I will have to pay full price now.

Compared to other ranges like Gossard or Freya, it's pretty cheap though.

HoratioTarr wrote:

Syl wrote:Marks and Spencer is set to close a third of it's branches in the near future.
Will it follow C&A, Mothercare, BHS, Woolworths, Comet, Clintons, once the lifeblood on the high street, now all gone or drastically cut down.
Cheaper high street shops are still going strong so internet shopping cant be wholly to blame, but you get what you pay fo.
Sadly M&S tried to cater for everyone, young, old, food, household goods....they should have just concentrated on what they did best for so long.

I'm not surprised.   Have you seen the state of the clothes?   Dowdy and garish and fucking awful.   I hate M and S clothes.   The only good thing they produce is food and knickers.

Syl wrote:I think they lost their edge when their womens fashions stopped appealling to their core customers,  unfortunately the fashions were not what women were looking for.

Who are they designing for?
I find a lot of their stuff old fashioned and staid, so God knows what younger women think of it.

They are more expensive, less on trend, and the stores are outdated .....the food and underwear are still good though.

eddie wrote:

Syl wrote:I think they lost their edge when their womens fashions stopped appealling to their core customers,  unfortunately the fashions were not what women were looking for.

Who are they designing for?
I find a lot of their stuff old fashioned and staid, so God knows what younger women think of it.

They are more expensive, less on trend, and the stores are outdated .....the food and underwear are still good though.

Their food is really nice but always slightly overpriced for what it is. Their underwear is very good quality for every day wear.
Their clothes are awful. Always have been.

Syl wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Compared to other ranges like Gossard or Freya, it's pretty cheap though.

Yes, they are good value .
This is a good site to shop online, they have some great swimwear and undies by good names like Freya and Fantasie....often at less than half the price you would pay in the shops.

http://www.leialingerie.com/outlet/search.aspx

Raggamuffin wrote:

Syl wrote:

Yes, they are good value .
This is a good site to shop online, they have some great swimwear and undies by good names like Freya and Fantasie....often at less than half the price you would pay in the shops.

http://www.leialingerie.com/outlet/search.aspx

Thanks for that Syl.

HoratioTarr wrote:I mean, look at this monstrosity.    Anyone under 17 would look like someone out of the Waltons, and anyone over 17 would look like the village idiot.   And let's not say what someone over a size 14 might look like. £65 to look like a sack of shit.

Syl wrote:Probably a man.