Welcome to The Great Try-On. With spring well and truly in the air, we seized the opportunity to try on some of the best new-in pieces from some of your favourite brands, documenting the process along the way. We believe that the best way to shop online is to see an item IRL and to read candid reviews, so we hope that this leads you to your most successful purchases of the year.
If you’ve been following our Great Try-On series thus far, you’ll have seen some of the very best new-in pieces and honest reviews of our editors’ favourite brands, but if there’s one that I’m confident you’re going to love, it’s this one. While we’re in the midst of navigating an unseasonably chilly spring, what you need from your wardrobe is hard-working staples that are both versatile and practical, and for me, there was only one place in mind.
Now, on to the brand that needs no introduction, the titan of the high street—Marks and Spencer. For those who are already committed M&S fans, it’s no surprise to see the store on our go-to list. After all, some of the year’s most popular buys have come out of the store, and it remains one of the few places on the high street to tackle the biggest runway and street style trends in an accessible and wearable way. Last summer’s fisherman sandals and raffia bags? Back in stock just in time for spring. Seasonal staples like the leather blazer, trench coat and cashmere knit? M&S has always been my first choice for premium quality. The buzzy, of-the-moment trends like kitten-heel slingbacks and ballet flats? Once again, I found the best at Marks, so it stands to reason that, when it came to choosing my top picks for The Great Try-On, M&S was a no-brainer.
Eager to try on the best that the store had to offer, I spent hours trying on pieces to put together an edit of the ones that stood out for all of the right reasons. Keep scrolling for the very best tops, jackets, jeans and accessories that Marks and Spencer has to offer. You won’t regret it.