2021 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

tgroom57

I'm hoping someone can advise on a thermal long-sleeved top.  I received a gift of a long-sleeved top from Sainsbury's Tu range (size 18) and I'd like another but- they don't do them any more.  The cream fabric- 61% acrylic 37%viscose 2% elastene - is a lovely warm fleecy feel inside and very lightweight - I wear it as pyjamas and the last few days as an extra layer.  Can you good ladies suggest anything similar please?  tia.

PipneyJane

tgroom57 said:

I'm hoping someone can advise on a thermal long-sleeved top.  I received a gift of a long-sleeved top from Sainsbury's Tu range (size 18) and I'd like another but- they don't do them any more.  The cream fabric- 61% acrylic 37%viscose 2% elastene - is a lovely warm fleecy feel inside and very lightweight - I wear it as pyjamas and the last few days as an extra layer.  Can you good ladies suggest anything similar please?  tia.

I would suggest having a look at Damart.  I have several of their thermals, which are warm and soft.  The website is www.damart.co.uk)

Alternatively, if you have a local ski shop, see what they offer. I bought a very fine wool thermal top from mine recently. It doesn’t feel like a jumper. I would never have guessed that it was pure wool.  If you talk to them, they may even let you grope their wares on the doorstep, while doing “click and collect”.  (Mine has been known to fit skis and boots.)

- Pip

tgroom57

Thank you Pip, I will check Damart.  No ski shops locally, sadly.

Laura_Elsewhere

tgroom57 said:

Thank you Pip, I will check Damart.  No ski shops locally, sadly.

This one's a 20, but if it's the same then I would snap it up quickly! And no coupons if it is bought from a middleman-seller! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/womens-ladies-top-size-20-Tu-cream-thermal-NEW/353347952702?hash=item52452de03e:g:Tq8AAOSwbYpf-fOT

tgroom57

Laura_Elsewhere said:

This one's a 20, but if it's the same then I would snap it up quickly! And no coupons if it is bought from a middleman-seller! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/womens-ladies-top-size-20-Tu-cream-thermal-NEW/353347952702?hash=item52452de03e:g:Tq8AAOSwbYpf-fOT

Great spot Laura ! Thank you !

Laura_Elsewhere

The postage makes it slightly more than if bought new, but given that you can't actually buy it new any more...! 

Cherryfudge

PipneyJane said:

Interesting chat about shoes and feet earlier.  I was watching QI last night and they talked about a Mexican tribe of endurance runners, who run in sandals between their widely dispersed villages.  I don’t remember the name of the race but one of their women beat 54 professional ultramarathon runners, while dressed for popping to the shops.

There is a “barefoot running” movement, which argues that our feet are built as shock absorbers for our joints, so are best served by not wearing shoes for running.  There are even “barefoot running” trainers which look like toed socks with a hardened sole.  One of the basses at choir wears them.  You can feel everything but you won’t get your feet dirty.

- Pip

They are the Tarahumara. Very interesting from the little I've read - Scott Jurek wrote about them in 'Eat and Run' which is my favourite running book.
It's far, far too cold for me to enter into barefoot running, even in imagination, but does anyone remember Zola Budd, the South African barefoot runner? 

Liverpool_Anne

Polly, I have been trying to get an appointment with the podiatrist since September as I do get corns etc but they are always either booked up or not seeing anyone at the moment depending on where we are up to with C19
Pip, I do have a season ticket for Anfield and live in hope of being able to get to at least 1 game this season In another place I could have a really long discussion about my passion
Laura, thank you for the information about feet. Yes, they probably did over simplify it. I find this happens a lot. I was discussing this with my sister and we can to the conclusion that younger people, especially of the medical persuasion, equate grey hair with a lack of intelligence. It drives us nuts

maryb

Mark’s and Uniqlo both do nice thermal tops but a few years back I got a silk thermal top. It is beautifully light and warm and it has lasted 10 winters and is still showing very little wear.  

I worry a bit about microfibres from artificial thermal fabrics but having said that, I bought a Guppyfriend washing bag which is supposed to trap them.  But I have never seen any lint inside it after a lot of use.  I wonder if the fabrics they used in the test which supposedly showed fibres being shed, were cheap and flimsy or if I keep and wear my clothes so long they have all stopped shedding

dolly84

maryb said:

Mark’s and Uniqlo both do nice thermal tops but a few years back I got a silk thermal top. It is beautifully light and warm and it has lasted 10 winters and is still showing very little wear.  

I worry a bit about microfibres from artificial thermal fabrics but having said that, I bought a Guppyfriend washing bag which is supposed to trap them.  But I have never seen any lint inside it after a lot of use.  I wonder if the fabrics they used in the test which supposedly showed fibres being shed, were cheap and flimsy or if I keep and wear my clothes so long they have all stopped shedding

This is a concern of mine too and I try to buy natural fibres now but do still have lots of clothes that they say do shed nasties into the waterways, I can't believe that new washing machines can't have a filter fitted to trap them and then you could just clean that the same as a lint trap on a tumble drier.