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I need some new clothes but I don't know where to get them from

TheCatWoman

I hate clothes shopping, I desperately need a couple of new cardigans, but can see nothing I really like, but maybe thats the point, I can't actually see them, I can see an image the size of a postage stamp, or a post card if I can enlarge it enough. I don't know how people do internet shopping, I go to the stores I'm familiar with from the high st like M&S, but when it comes to what tohers have told me to do and type exactly what I want into the search bar on goggle I either get nothing, or a load of what I didn't ask for. Others seem to be able to just type in a search and up pops the ideal item, just what they asked for. Why does this not work for me?

It's getting to the point where if you come to Anglesey and see some crazy looking old woman walking around wrapped in a blanket it will be me!

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  • I love a good cardigan - so cosy - and I got a lovely cosy unisex cardigan from Uniqlo about 3 months ago. I also sometimes buy a cardigan from Seasalt when they have a sale as they have nice wool cardigans that are non scratchy in my experience. I make my wool cardigans last by not washing them - I saw a tip ages ago that suggested putting them in the freezer in a sealed freezer bag for 3 days - it kills any bacteria and they smell fresh again. It really does work - and not washing them means the knitwear lasts much longer. My policy is to buy decent quality clothes but not buy often. I like things to last. 

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  • I love a good cardigan - so cosy - and I got a lovely cosy unisex cardigan from Uniqlo about 3 months ago. I also sometimes buy a cardigan from Seasalt when they have a sale as they have nice wool cardigans that are non scratchy in my experience. I make my wool cardigans last by not washing them - I saw a tip ages ago that suggested putting them in the freezer in a sealed freezer bag for 3 days - it kills any bacteria and they smell fresh again. It really does work - and not washing them means the knitwear lasts much longer. My policy is to buy decent quality clothes but not buy often. I like things to last. 

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  • in reply to Kate Kestrel

    Most of Kit and kaboodle stuff is to short for me and I don't like patterns and bright colours.

    I just had a look at Seasalt, nice stuff for somebody else, but not me, to short, to many patterns poor range of colours.

    I hand wash proper knitwear with the appropriate laundry product, I tend to get mucky, I have an invisible hole in my lip that dribbles food and drink and dogs and cats that decorate me with muddy paw prints.

    I'd rather have quality than quantity, I had two really good cardigans from a second hand shop, there seemed to a woman the same size as me who hardly wore her clothes before putting them in the charity shop, the two that are now falling apart I've had for about 10 years, I think they cost me less than a fiver each. This woman dosent seem to give her clothe's away anymore, or she's moved, either that or someone in the charity shop has decided we don't deserve nice clothes and has taken them somewhere "posher".

    As I said earlier I'm not buying anything else from China, even ebay seem to be getting fed up with a lot of the companies.

    We've got an EWM and Pringles near us and they're no good for me, their stuff would be OK if I wanted to look like a tea cosy, I've sometime bought a thick mens jumper from there to wear when dog walking, but their idea of longer length trousers is a 29" inside leg, I'm a 33 and not even their mens ones are that long.