What Every Woman Wants??

[frou-frou]

I really couldnt help laughing when I saw the name of this show at 1.00am on 15th January. 'What Every Woman Wants' was the name of a rather cheap and nasty chain of shops in central Scotland in the 80's!! As a teenager then I loved it of course - more clothes and plastic jewellery than I could carry and it all came to about £10 (think Primark but worse!)

Now QVC's new show says:

'From firm favourites to fabulous new products, we're bringing you the best from across our ranges to brighten up your world'
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but I can't help thinking of cheap tat :wink:

 

[LilacTree]

Blimey frou-frou, that's taken me back! We had one in Birmingham too. I remember shopping there for my Costa del Sol holiday and couldn't believe how much stuff I got for my £22.50 (or what ever the YTS weekly wage was in the eighties)
I think the Brum version was called "'what everyone wants". Did you have a Jean Jeanie (sp?) too, or was that a Midlands thing?

Happy days!

 

[HoodedClaw]

We had a "What Everyone Wants" in Liverpool too; I think it was a precursor to Primark, but it didn't seem to do as well.

What DOES every woman want? And does it have to be chocolate flavoured/covered? :wink:

 

[minim]

I've never been the same since C&A and MFI left the area

 

[Paul_s]

We had a "What Everyone Wants" in Liverpool too; I think it was a precursor to Primark, but it didn't seem to do as well.

What DOES every woman want? And does it have to be chocolate flavoured/covered? :wink:

All over body massages
The looks or brains of MacGuyver in their ideal man
A man who can sing to them (romantic songs)
Scented candles
Hair appointments (most women would probably love to go each week)
Elemis products
Jewels
Shoes
Shopping
Compliments
Throwing of your coat on a puddle
Opening of the car door
Wafted with palm tree when warm
Hand fed with grapes
A purring cat on their lap

 

[frou-frou]

Wow they were more widespread than I knew - I wasnt a well travelled teenager! A quick bit of googling says they started in Glasgow. There were also What Everyone Wants in Glasgow but separate What Every Woman Wants.

I dont recall Jean Jeanie, but what a cool name for a jeans shop!!

Ah Hooded Claw the million dollar question - what does every woman want??? Maybe QVC will enlighten us!!! Then again, I'll not hold my breath!!

 

[HoodedClaw]

I've never been the same since C&A and MFI left the area

Sorry minim, but MFI went bust in the last recession.

 

[Frazzled]

All over body massages
The looks or brains of MacGuyver in their ideal man
A man who can sing to them (romantic songs)
Scented candles
Hair appointments (most women would probably love to go each week)
Elemis products
Jewels
Shoes
Shopping
Compliments
Throwing of your coat on a puddle
Opening of the car door
Wafted with palm tree when warm
Hand fed with grapes
A purring cat on their lap

Just the feet will do nicely
Who?
No thanks!
Not after todays thread on YC!
Yes please!
Lidl's does nicely thanks
Oooh Yes, now you're talking!!!
No, two pairs lasts me for years
Internet only - that's why the shoes last
Of course!
Don't go out if it's raining?
Yes please, love courtesy
Would sooner palm tree was cold
Chocolates you silly man!!
Purrfect!
:mysmilie_482:

 

[minim]

Sorry minim, but MFI went bust in the last recession.

... I know *sob*

 

[minim]

"Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want ....."

I want all female presenters to wear, and only wear, the lovely clothes that QVC bring to us. If they are good enough for us, they should have the pleasure of them too.

Think this will exclude the men? Oh NO.
I want all men to model the jewellery - yes, that means you too Dale. I want to see necklaces around necks, rings on fingers, bracelets on wrists.

"I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha"

 

[Bensmum]

What every woman wants from QVC. Now let me think what they would answer to that question ...

Thomas Kinkade. What on earth happened to him I wonder????

 

[frou-frou]

What every woman wants from QVC. Now let me think what they would answer to that question ...

Thomas Kinkade. What on earth happened to him I wonder????

Haha you're so right Ben's mum!! But how very wrong they are!!!

 

[Loveinamist]

Al Pacino :angel:
Tea on tap :clapping:
Al Pacino :angel:
Hot buttered bagel :rock:
Al Pacino :angel:

 

[minim]

What I really wantart 2

Julian Ballantyne - to stay true to himself
Simon Biagi - to stop stroking NN
Charlie Brook - to model Michele Hope
Glen Campbell - to learn the meaning of the word 'elegance'
Anna Cookson - to grow in confidence
Anne Dawson - to continue her fabulous make-over
Debbie Flint - to keep using that raucous laugh
Dale Franklin - to cut back on the smarm
Jill Franks - to stop telling porkie pies
Pipa Gordon - to stop saying "yeah, yeah, yeah"
Debbie Greenwood - to concentrate of the product in hand
Jilly Halliday - to stop saying "definitely, definitely go for this"
Catherine Huntley - to be less aware of herself
Richard Jackson - .... hmmmmmmm ....
Alison Keenan - to slow down the spiel
Miceal Murphy - to grow in confidence
Julia Roberts - ban her from wearing jeggings & toe-posts
Craig Rowe - to keep smiling
Claire Sutton - to grow up
Kathy Tayler - to stay as lovely as she is now
Carmel Thomas - ban her from mentioning anything & everything to do with weddings
Alison Young - insist she wears a beautician's overall

 

[HoodedClaw]

What every woman wants from QVC. Now let me think what they would answer to that question ...

Thomas Kinkade. What on earth happened to him I wonder????

His tat (sorry, I mean "pieces") turn up every now and again on the Bid channels.

Which tells you a lot, methinks... :wink:

 

[Flamenco]

I often see Thomas Kinkade jigsaw puzzles at car boot sales. The going asking price seems to be a quid, and even then they don't shift!

 

[janie]

His tat (sorry, I mean "pieces") turn up every now and again on the Bid channels.

Which tells you a lot, methinks... :wink:

i've got some of his prints hanging on the wall.......:mysmilie_10:

(it was gonna be the sad pink smilie thingy but i can't stand it)

 

[China Girl]

We had a jean jeanie in our area,late seventies early eighties,it was the place to shop for anything denim,remember snow wash?

 

[Loveinamist]

We love Thomas Kinkade, I even bought DD a DVD of his life story and we were all teary watching it.

:mysmilie_512::mysmilie_512::mysmilie_512:

 

[LilacTree]

I do remember snow wash but do you remember the jeans that had red piping down the outside leg? They went a treat with my Hazel O'Connor style baggy shirt....

Feeling all nostalgic now, especially when C&A was mentioned in an earlier post (although I did always get a static shock in that shop from all the polyester)