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I have hardly ever been into a Hobbs shop, heaven knows why, they are nice enough. Last week I went into the Covent Garden store, which is a great place to shop, nicely laid out stock, attractive surroundings and good friendly staff. And the range is really interesting, grown up and mostly lightly structured, without being stuffy.
This excellent denim skirt caught my eye as it is less scruffy and absolutely not almost-what-I-wore-in-1976. Retro fashion is all very well but sometimes it sails a bit close to home (and memories). This one edges towards a neater, sharper aesthetic, I love the belt and the crisp inverted front pleat, yet the back is clean, so very flattering. And the length is spot on -just at the knee -for summer. It's called the Adele skirt and is £69, although it must be nearly sale time.....I had a sale invite from Liberty today and a note from Jaeger to say its sale starts on the 6th June. Would look perfect with a white shirt.
I rarely shop at Hobbs because I think the clothes are too ageing and old fashioned. I'm 52.
Posted by: Jo Crisp | June 01, 2011 at 07:29 AM
Jo I think that's why I hadn't been in for ages too, and I appreciate I saw probably one of the nicest stores (the one in Covent Garden might even be the flagship) but I was quite impressed with the range, I spotted a great chambray dress, a neat red short sleeved sweater as well as the skirt, so maybe worth taking another look. The website, I have to say, is a bit frumpy looking and weird to navigate, but try a shop. Anyone else bought anything recently? A
Posted by: amanda | June 01, 2011 at 09:15 AM
That skirt is gorgeous ! I was just reading Mary Portas' review of Hobbs yesterday and she felt it was a bit Home Counties frumpy - obviously I don't get to go there very often - well once a year really, and last year I would have agreed with her, but that skirt does not look frumpy at all. Will give it another look this summer.
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This skirt is totally gorgeous and classy !!
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