shopping near ED

[erikaa]

Where do you usually go shopping for clothes?

[????]

Pre Kids - West End, mainly Covent Garden, with kids Bluewater/Bromley...there, I said it

[Moos]

you imprudent drunken fool, you.

[dita-on-tees]

It has a bad rep... but Croydon. Its easy on the overground. It has an LK Bennett, a well stocked House of Fraser and all the other fashion brands like Zara and that. If I want to torture myself and become an irate grumpy old woman I go into town.... this is rare though.

[Ridgley]

I tend to make my own, as I come from a family of tailors and Seamstress but when I do shop I to go to Camden as I like

quirkey things

[giggirl]

No kids.

Bond Street, Liberty, Selfridges.

Online

www.netaporter.com

www.theoutnet.com

www.matchesfashion.com

Online for special occasion dresses

http://www.zeleb.co.uk/

[dita-on-tees]

woaaaah thats an amazing site GG am loving the full length red strapless dress. I do wish my life was filled with black tie parties...

[matthew123]

Recently bought quite a few things at House of Frazer, at north end of London Bridge (i.e. 20 mins from ED). Think Sale is now over but 2 months time try it again if you don't fancy the longer haul to the West End.

[giggirl]

Zeleb is a great service - I can't praise it highly enough. Everything is made to measure and the fabrics are good quality. If you go to the order page for any of the dresses and see the quantity of measurements that they ask for then you can see how thorough they are. If it doesn't fit when you get it you can even send it back for alteration. Frankly if it doesn't fit it's more likely to be your fault than theirs. Great site and great service. The current dresses aren't really to my taste though - they are a little floaty for me - I like the more fitted cocktail dresses (very Mad Men) and there aren't too many of those on the site at the moment.

Yes I do agree though Dita - I wish I went to more black tie events. I'm contemplating a trip to Lordship Lane right now and wondering how many layers I need to wear to keep out the cold - so yes, the prospect of slipping into something strapless with accompanying high heels isn't going to happen for me any time soon. Shame.

[dita-on-tees]

I was going to ask what the service was like, thanks for that - it is hard to get unique black tie stuff. I saw the measurement thing - incredibly thorough!

[giggirl]

Exactly Dita - very thorough measuring and the dresses are nice and the quality good and the service excellent and nobody else is going to be wearing the same dress as you.

The most important thing is confidence. You can't look good and be sexy without confidence. You can't be confident if you're hitching your dress up or pulling it down all night. If a dress is tailored to your body it fits perfectly and you look great and feel confident. Sadly, so many women only ever experience this with their wedding dresses.

[dita-on-tees]

So true - I adjust all my clothes myself otherwise I look ridiculous.

I wish I had known about this earlier - my sister is getting married in vegas to avoid a big fat northern family wedding and bought a purple frock from Debenhams - Ma is going to spend the next 3 weeks adjusting it, this site would have been perfect and unique. I will post it to her before the needlework starts!

[giggirl]

Return the dress to Debenhams and get a new one from Zeleb. Job done.

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