Stupid throw away society

Proxima_Centauri

New Look go up to size 28

http://www.newlook.com/shop/inspire-plus-sizes/knitwear_30110

Purple_kitten

I have to say Yours Clothing has provided some very well made cardigans.

Roman Originals do great cardigans as well.

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I have found ,especially with my DGS clothes, that when they are bought I usually have to resew all the buttons on anyway before they wear them.
I always end up doing this early September before they go back to school.

I think every bit of clothing that I bought in the past few years seem to fall apart after a couple of washes I think a lot of stuff because perhaps its made in sweat shops have a different quality control than we had been used to.

Even M&S stuff isn't as hard wearing as it used to be . I now prefer to look in the CS first and if there is something there I like, and of good quality then I'll get it and check the seams and buttons out first.

I loved it back in the day when Richards shops did some really nice clothes, sadly they are gone and Dotty P is nowhere near as good

custardy

Littlefrugalcottage wrote: »

Hello all,

I went into Primark for the first time a couple of week ago while on holiday in England and bought a plain bog standard black cardi, it's been in the wash once and already a button has fallen off and the neckline is coming apart. Seriously so pied off. I will be fixing it this weekend as I am not just going to throw it away but I'm just so annoyed that this is what the world has become!

Does anyone know where I can get a decent black cardi which won't fall apart on me? I'm plus sized (24) so most places won't fit and all the charity shops over here are pants and full of smaller clothing.

Thanks

Were you expecting high quality buying at the low end?

Littlefrugalcottage

Thank you eveyone, I will look into every store and see which one would be best. I was just so annoyed.

Custardy No but I was expecting it to last longer than a week!

Littlefrugalcottage

LameWolf wrote: »

It's years and years since I bought any knitwear; it's always too short in the sleeves cos I have long arms. I get wool and needles and make my own. Currently working on a navy blue cardi with pockets.

I love the idea of a cardi with pockets, would you suggest a pattern I can look at?

moneyistooshorttomention

Decent quality clothing is available still - but, with clothing prices having got so much cheaper than they used to be, it raises eyebrows at the amount one has to spend to get it.

I bought a raincoat many years back that is SO classic (trenchcoat) that I still like the style. I expect it still wears as well as it ever did - but most people wouldnt pay the price it costs now = £650.

Having said that - I did rather breathe a sigh of relief (at the thought of saving £643) when I got hauled into a charity shop by a friend that loves hunting in them and spotted one in my sorta style/quality in a make I've never heard of (but I presume it's reasonable quality? - as it's got one of those expensive metal coat-hooks on it for hanging up) - for £7. (Though that is based on having to do a minor repair to it that I hadn't noticed/wasn't pointed out to me.....:cool:).

Yep..I had worked out that identical raincoat might do me for 20 years. So Cost Per Wear would come to about £35 per year.

lessonlearned

The problem is even the premium brands are not what they were.

I live in an area which was part of the great textile manufacturing HUB of the UK. All the premium brands were made here. They are all gone, all outsourced.

I have two Jaeger coats.

One a new one which retails at £345 (I didn't pay that, I bought it in a sale for £99).

The other one is older although hardly worn which I bought for £3 in a charity shop.

I think you can guess which is the better coat.

I recently bought a cream mohair coat. It just said "Made in London" no name of manufacturer. It is gorgeous, I think it might be vintage and hand tailored. I paid £8.

The lady at the till stroked it lovingly and said "they don't make them like this anymore".

She was right. You can't get quality like that in a new garment for love nor money.

If you can knit and sew and you want quality it's best to DIY. But it wont be cheap. Even then finding good fabric can be a problem. You have to pay top dollar.

I'm quite a good seamstress but I find buying from charity shops is my best bet. However I can foresee a time when it wont be possible to buy good quality second hand clothing, it will all be cheaply produced clothing that is practically dropping to bits.

I used to love Richards when I was a teen. I spent all my wages there. Lol.

ancientofdays

M&S outlet might be a good bet though they don't have all the sizes for each item. If you have a tk maximus locally, they can be good, but it is a bit of a lucky dip.

moneyistooshorttomention

You could be right LL. Fingers crossed I can still find some decent quality stuff. I've been shocked at just what a short period of time some recently-bought Marks & Spencers clothing lasts for (it never used to go into holes).

I suspect part of the problem too is most people are overweight these days. I think this probably leads to a different attitude to what price one will pay for clothing.

There is no way I would spend that £650 on a raincoat until I've lost the rest of the excess weight. For right this moment (ie current size) - that £7 one will do and I won't care about chucking it out as it becomes too big for me. I'm guessing many people won't pay the price they would basically be prepared to whilst overweight either. What's the point of paying very much at all for size 20 clothing - if one is supposed to be size 12 and still aiming to get back to that size? So yep - £7 for a size 14 raincoat is okay by me and I might get the £650 one once I'm back to the current size 12.