My mother dragged me out of bed on Saturday morning to come here... ok when I say dragged me out of bed, she rang me at 10am telling me how she'd been in here earlier on in the week and they'd put aside a dress for an upcoming family wedding for her until today and she wasn't sure about it, and so eventually I offered to get out of bed and go there with her - you know how it is with mothers, they're cunning like that!
Anyway we went along and she tried on the dress, and it was so 'meh' that I almost fainted when I saw the pricetag! But she had picked out a lovely jacket. The thing about this shop is they have quite good pieces for a woman of a certain age, but the shop assistants will simply tell you everything is lovely, even though it might not be. I simply took over a got all bossy and picked out a new outfit for my mother that made her feel fabulous - and I could tell the shop assistants hated me for it!
They were totally devoid of advice in general. I saw other women there with the same dilemma as my mother and they simply said 'that's lovely' instead of making alternative suggestions and actually finding something that suited the person... I really had to hold myself back from finding outfits for these other women.
The clothes in this shop are simply too expensive to be just ok. if you're going to drop 400 euro on an outfit it should make you feel amazing (in my book anything over 50 quid should make you feel amazing!!). And there's too many women, particularly over a certain size, who are unnerved by this type of fashion, but need something for a family event, and will pay this kind of money for something that's just ok. I reckon this shop could do amazing business if it just stepped up and got assistants who were better at advising and styling. read more