I re-kindled my love in my teenage years - the early 90's it was all about the baggy oversize denim ones, one strap down with your hooded top and hi- tops. De La Soul and Salt N Pepa were the pioneers of this colourful look - you'd wear with your American baseball jacket (yes they're back too!) for a hip- hop sporty look.
In our teenage posse we all had denim dungarees - even the boys wore them with their kickers! I remember wearing them from the age of 14 right through to college, and it was at art college that I had my favourite pair of dungeees - perfect for a painterly environment, dungerees, docs and plaits were my non-uniform of choice.
So it was a real blast from the past when I spied these gorgeous floral dungarees. What I couldn't believe even more was that they were from H&M! Now whether i'll be able to track them down will be interesting (whether they'll fit and look good is debatable as H&M is so hit and miss....)
Now I used to love H&M but I was only saying the other day how bad it was looking at the moment. I did my usual High Street mini-review recently - I regualarly have a quick walk through of all the main high street stores to see what their new ranges were looking like, what looks they're going for and noticing any good shop displays. Its usually a good way to see if we're on trend with the latest 'must haves' and also check that our pricing is in line with the big stores.
The brief lowdown...
Topshop - overall really good but heavy on the vintage lace and creams so its looking a bit bland, quite expensive for key pieces (and they're becoming increasingly more badly made) but there's still some great bargains to be had in that sale rail......
H&M - absolutely shocking layout, really random clothing, no style or feeling to any section, bad lighting, dated feel (although it must be said I did go into the smaller Arndale store, I'll check out the main store on Saturday in the hunt for those dungarees!)
Miss Selfridge - Very good, all the major trends represented. Considering the Miss Selfridge in Manchester is a lot smaller than Topshop it seemed to have a lot more really wearable pieces. Having said that there were a lot of hidous pieces to be found on that sale rail so lets hope they can keep it up.
Urban Outfitters - Is my favourite of all. I think its because the Manchester store has a really good layout with lots of space between the rails. Okay so it's a bit heavy on the renewed & recycled clothing which is shockingly overpriced for what it is, but overall its definately the most fashion forward shop on the high street.
I'm going to venture into a few more shops at the weekend, I'll let you know how I get on!
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