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Marks & Spencer's style director promises more dresses with sleeves Marks & Spencer's style director promises more dresses with sleeves
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Top of the agenda for many an Marks & Spencer shareholder at the company's AGM, apart from the contents of the lunchtime goodie bag, is the issue of sleeveless dresses.Top of the agenda for many an Marks & Spencer shareholder at the company's AGM, apart from the contents of the lunchtime goodie bag, is the issue of sleeveless dresses.
Every year, members of the M&S board can be guaranteed questions along the lines of: when will you wake up and bring out more dresses with sleeves? Tuesday's meeting saw the retailer give an emphatic answer.Every year, members of the M&S board can be guaranteed questions along the lines of: when will you wake up and bring out more dresses with sleeves? Tuesday's meeting saw the retailer give an emphatic answer.
Style director Belinda Earl said 90% of all new dresses will come with sleeves this autumn.Style director Belinda Earl said 90% of all new dresses will come with sleeves this autumn.
Earl said: "Since September we've been in listen mode. I'm happy to say sleeves are very much in."Earl said: "Since September we've been in listen mode. I'm happy to say sleeves are very much in."
She added that capped sleeves will now be classed as sleeveless, and the new autumn/winter collection will have longer hemlines – answering another perennial shareholder question.She added that capped sleeves will now be classed as sleeveless, and the new autumn/winter collection will have longer hemlines – answering another perennial shareholder question.
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