The 7 Best Marks & Spencer Clothes for 2026

These are mostly cotton with 2% elastane, cut regular, with two side pockets, a button and zip fly, and a care label that allows a machine wash and the tumble dryer. Waists run from 30 to 50 inches and inside legs come in 27, 29, 31, 33 and 35, which fits more men than most brands at twice the price bother to. They have hundreds of reviews and most read the same way: third pair, fits, washes well.

The one-star reviews are specific, though. Several buyers say a new pair came up an inch or two longer than the identical size they already owned. Others mention a plastic zip where they expected metal, and dark colours that collect fluff. The page lists an elasticated waist among the features; one reviewer found the waistband had no give at all.

The Eva is slim to the knee and kicks out at the ankle, in a cotton-rich denim with polyester and a little elastane. Its strength is choice: sizes 6 to 24, each in extra short, short, regular and long. It has thousands of reviews, most of them happy. Read the page closely and it calls the rise mid in the description and high-waisted in the bullet points, so look at the model shots too.

The low ratings are almost all about consistency. Buyers who reordered their usual size, sometimes by product code, found the waist several inches smaller than their last pair, or one colour fitting and another not. Others received pairs with a pressed-in crease down the leg that would not wash out, and one had dark dye run onto white trainers in the rain. Try every pair on before the first wash.

M&S still sells more bras than almost anyone on the high street, and the Jasmine is the own label at its plainest: wired, non-padded, three-part cups for lift, lace edging and a hook-and-eye back, in polyamide with elastane. Back sizes run 30 to 42 and cups A to E; a separate F to H version covers fuller busts. Hundreds of reviewers rate it well.

The critical reviews are physical rather than cosmetic. The most common complaint is the wire, either digging in between the cups or working loose after a couple of washes. A few say it comes up small, and one wondered why lace bras are no longer lined. Because underwear has to go back with its hygiene seal intact, try it on over a thin top before you remove anything, and consider a fitting in a store.

School uniform is where M&S earns its keep, and this three-pack is the workhorse. The shirts are 65% polyester and 35% cotton, labelled easy to iron, machine washable and fine in the tumble dryer. Sizes run from 2-3 years to 15-16 years, plus two collar sizes for older boys, and the price climbs with age. Shirts up to age 8 have Easy Close rip tape hidden behind the top button so small children can dress themselves.

That rip tape is the main complaint. Parents say it catches on other clothes in the wash and stops gripping after a few wears, leaving the collar open. Others found collars bubbling after washing, and older reviews mention thin fabric. Note that multipacks have to be returned as a whole pack.

On paper this is the best-value cashmere on the high street: 100% cashmere, a regular fit with ribbed neck, cuffs and hem, a neck-to-hem length of 58cm on a size 12, and a machine-wash care label. When we checked it was £72, down from £90 in a knitwear promotion, in sizes XS to XL.

The reviews explain why it is an upgrade with conditions. Most buyers are happy, but the one- and two-star reviews this autumn come largely from people who buy M&S cashmere every year, and they say this one is thinner and scratchier than before, with lighter colours almost see-through. Several found the body short. One reviewer thinks a change of factory is to blame; M&S does not say. Feel it in a store before you buy, or order and compare it with one you already own.

This is a quietly good piece of menswear. It is 100% merino wool with a mock neck, a little higher than a crew, and a regular fit in sizes S to 2XL. The care label says machine washable and tumble dry, which is rare for wool at any price. It is an Autograph piece, the M&S label for better fabrics, and the reviews are among the warmest of anything in this guide, though there are only a few dozen.

The weak point, in the handful of critical reviews, is bobbling: two buyers say it started to pill after a few wears and washes. One found it long in the torso and sleeves, another thinner than expected, and one received it with holes by the neck label. Popular colours sell out.

Pyjamas are an M&S Christmas staple, and this Autograph set is the one that looks the part wrapped up: a long-sleeved button top with a revere collar and contrast piping, and bottoms with an adjustable tie waist. The fabric is a cotton and modal mix (the page gives no percentages) with the brand’s Cool Comfort finish for hot sleepers. Sizes run XS to XL, and it goes in the machine at 30 degrees.

The reviews are mostly kind, but the complaints are consistent. Several buyers say it shrank after one wash, even following the label, and others found the trousers very wide or much longer than an older version of the same set. Because sizing is uncertain, include a gift receipt.