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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booked a room for an overnight stay at a local village B&B. I booked a room and breakfast for the 2 of us. Their system only showed a room only and not the breakfast. After emailing them 5 times showi... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delighted with my beautiful, stylish coat. Warm, roomy and chic - has been thoroughly soaked twice in last two days, but dried out easily and looks as good as new. The service I received was informa... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I'm so sad about the quality of louche dresses now, they feel like the cheapest, flimsiest things with cheap zips and buttons, loose threads etc. At full price of £60-80 the quality is scandalous, tha... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The skirts appeared well made and of good quality. It would be helpful if the website could state whether skirts are lined as not having that information would usually put me off buying it. Overall p... See more

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Company details

  1. Women's Clothing Store
  2. Clothing Store
  3. Fashion Accessories Store
  4. Home Goods Store
  5. Jewelry Store

About Joy

Written by the company

SHOP WOMENSWEAR
SHOP NEW IN
SHOP HOMEWARE
SHOP GIFTS

Founded in London, Joy has always been about being unique and different. As well as selling principally women’s clothing we also stock a wide range of accessories, homeware and gifts as well; anything that fills the shopping list bringing Love, Life and Laughter to everyone in abundance!

16 years later we launched our own label Louche, which has always been designed by women for women, and fitted and refitted on different body types. We are proud of our fit which is a challenge, as there is no exact fit and measurements to any size in Europe and beyond. However, once you have established your size you will find you will be that size throughout our website, enabling you to shop with confidence. Special consideration is made to fabric selection we always go that extra mile to find the very best quality, feel and finish.

The emphasis on fit encompasses all our styles. Trousers are all made with an element of stretch, shirts often have hidden elastic waistbands and tops always have extra ease. Sweatshirts and jumpers are always cosy, colourful and comfortable. Whilst coats are always a bit of a statement, we tend to leave black coats to others!

We are particularly famous for our dresses which we have a large selection of mini, midi and maxi styles crafted in unique, quirky and ditsy prints, colourful checks and premium quality plains. Did we tell you that 90% of our dresses have pockets?

Our ethos regarding design and manufacture is to produce products that have lasting appeal and anything other than throw-away fashion! When we hear stories of mothers handing down styles to their daughters, it gives us great pleasure and is definitely a direction to true sustainability. We are working our way through the whole sustainable journey which isn’t without its caveats and hope in a year or so to be almost 70% sustainable.

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2.9

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

216 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I did not receive the correct order

I did not receive the correct order - I will be returning the dresses that I have received. Very disappointed !

2 October 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Lovely,

We are very sorry to hear about this. If you contact our customer service team at contactus@joythestore.com and they will be more than happy to sort this out for you.

Thanks,
Team JOY x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quirky products,great.

Fast delivery,a lot of products to choose from,comical and different.

4 September 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Duff,

Thank you for such a lovely review, we really appreciate it. There will be more products this month to have a look through so watch out for that!

Thanks,
Team JOY x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing product

Amazing product! Amazing Store!

8 August 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Lovely,

Thank you so much for such a lovely review. We hope you continue to enjoy your order!

Thanks,
Team JOY x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

great

great , worked got shirts

2 August 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi there,

Thank you so much for the positive feedback, we really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review!

Thanks again!

Team JOY x

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I LOVE Joy but their clothes have some quality and design issues

I LOVE Joy. One thing I don't love though is the quality of the clothes. The prints are gorgeous, and customer service is so responsive and helpful.

However I've had two disappointing experiences. The first one was when I ordered a dress that literally fell apart after washing once - luckily the lovely people at Joy sent me a replacement!

The second and most recent experience was ordering a jumpsuit that appears to have been badly designed and had no way of getting it on! It was supposed to have an elasticised waist but didn't, so i couldn't get it over my hips.

Again, Joy were super helpful and apologetic and said it was a design issue they'd follow up on. But it's still incredibly disappointing when the print was so beautiful and the quality seemed great.

I'll continue to shop with Joy, but hope they can resolve some of these poor design and quality issues.

Edited to say: thanks for issuing my refund! I hope this jumpsuit comes back in future as it's so beautiful!

1 August 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Lovely,

Thank you so much for being so patient with with us.

We have now removed the jumpsuit as after you flagged this up with us we have investigated and realised there has been a design issue with the jumpsuit. We have now removed it from the website to ensure that others don't experience the same problem.

JOY Team x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've been ordering from Joy for the…

I've been ordering from Joy for the very first time this last week, and I can't rave enough about how amazing this company is! I've never had clothes fit me so well! Everything is of beautiful quality and I couldn't believe how fast the shipping was. I'll definitely be ordering a lot more in the future, this is what all shops should aspire to be!

1 August 2021
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Reply from Joy

Thank you for your kind words!
I hope you loved your order.

JOY Team x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent communication

Excellent communication. Quick delivery. Quality and sizing as expected .
Would order online again.

1 August 2021
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Reply from Joy

Thank you so much for your review.

JOY Team x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered merchandise on May 2 and still waiting on a refund.

I ordered merchandise on May 2, 2021. I have not received any items as of July 25, 2021. Paypal temporarily refunded the amount and then charged it back again. I had to wait 1 hour to just file a dispute after they transferred me to more than 3 people and several disconnections. They do offer callback with an additional on call wait. (Not Joyfornice they only offer email and fax numbers)

25 July 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Linda,

I do not believe that this review was meant for us. We are Joy the store, not Joy for nice design, I also cannot find any orders from you with us. If you do need to discuss this further with us to determine this, please do email us at contactus@joythestore.com and we will be happy to look into this for you.

Thanks,
Team JOY x

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Poor refund process

Clothing quality is OK, order and delivery process was good. However, the refund time is unacceptably poor.

21 days they have advised for my refund on quite a big order. For this reason I will not be ordering in the future. I would avoid if you are looking for quick return on refunds. This is the first online clothing company that I have had to endure such a lengthy refund process. Improve Joy!

10 July 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Joy

Hi Lou,

Thank you for your review, we like to take all customer feedback into consideration. We usually aim to get refunds issued within 14 days but give a 21 day security as we have found that banks can take up to 5 working days to process refunds back into a customer's account.

If you would like to discuss anything else, do feel free to email us at contactus@joythestore.com.

Thanks,
Team JOY x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad quality and expensive. More than one month and a half for the refund.

Bad quality and expensive. More than one month to get the refund.
The material of the dresses are really thin, they don’t worth the price you ask and even in reduction is very expensive for the low quality. Actually I can find better options in new look, h&m and even Primark for less money. The style and pattern are really nice but considering there are a lot of places where you can buy different clothes with good prices, I think Joy doesn’t meet, at least, my criteria.

Also the refund take ages, one month to Joy to answer they have the clothes back, and 21 days to get the refund. And not to mention the delivery costs, other retails offer for free or is not too expensive.

Honestly, I am not going to do more shopping here.

6 July 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Joy

Hi Milena,

We hope you are well,

We are so sorry to hear that the quality of the dresses you received left you feeling disappointed! We are also very sorry to hear you were disappointed with our refund process. We always appreciate any feedback and will take all your comments on board.

If there are any particular issues you would like to raise regarding your order, please feel free to email us at contactus@joythestore.com and we would be more than happy to help!

Kind regards, Team JOY x

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Nice *thumbs up*

Used the website instead of physical shop.
Website was easy to navigate and there were enough pictures & information to know the product.
It would be preferred if they had a "next page" button instead of having to scroll down to see the products.

Delivery arrived in good time and the condition of the items was excellent.

2 July 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Lovely,

Thank you for such a great review. We hope you enjoy your order!

Thanks,
Team JOY x

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Very hit or miss experience over the years

My experience with this store is always hit or miss. I used to visit their York Store a lot before it closed, and preferred this to online shopping as the fit of their clothing varies quite a lot and I could figure out there and then if stuff didn’t fit rather than wasting my time placing an order. I would often try on 3-5 dresses in store and usually only 1 would fit and the others would be ill-fitting in all different areas, despite all being the same size. I own a couple dresses which I bought from the York store many years ago which I do still enjoy to this day. I recently purchased a coat from them online which is absolutely stunning and I love, & in this same order was an equally beautiful dress that I ended up having to return because it started to break after 1 wash, (I hadn’t even worn it yet, other than to try). I had to contact them last week as it’d been 30 days since they received the prior mentioned returned dress and they hadn’t refunded me (their site says to wait 30 days before contacting them), and they responded by refunding me & apologised because they were supposed to action the refund on June 1st…so if it weren’t for me remembering it was outstanding I would never have received the refund. I might avoid shopping here in the future as it can be more hassle than it’s worth and can be quite pricey.

15 June 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Joy

Hi Lovely,

I have just had a quick look over your order details and seen that all your other refunds had been processed on time, apart from this particular one which was processed immediately after receiving your email, we can only apologise for the technical error that occurred .

Any feedback we really do appreciate and we do take on board.

Thankyou !

JOY Team x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely summer shirts

I have bought several short-sleeved shirts from Joy this year and they're all great. Bright colours and patterns, soft fabric which washes well and a flattering fit.

15 June 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi there,

Thank you so much for the positive feedback, we really appreciate it!

Kind regards,
Team JOY x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cancel my order. Unlesd already got out over hour ago.

Cancel my order now. Still not billed to account. Unless you want to drop a whole lot dpwn on cost.

Mgk

10 June 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Joy

Hi there, I hope you are well! We are so sorry to hear that you are disappointed. Unfortunately we cannot find an account in your name, we are a clothing store based in the UK. Please email us at contactus@joythestore.com and we can help you further. Kind regards, team JOY x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Present for daughter

Present for daughter, Arrived on time and I’m sure she will love it

1 June 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi there,

Thank you so much for the positive feedback, we really appreciate it!

Kind regards,
Team JOY x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The quality is very bad...

The quality is very bad.... very very bad for the price you have to pay!! I bought three dresses and all of them are like transparent.... I didn’t like at all.

1 June 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Sandra, I hope you are well! We are so sorry to hear that the quality of the dresses you received left you feeling disappointed! If there are any particular issues you would like to raise regarding your order, please feel free to email us at contactus@joythestore.com and we would be more than happy to help! Kind regards, Team JOY x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wanted to order summer itemsdisappointment

Wanted to order summer items - only limited stock and what has arrived is more for winter. Very poor.

1 June 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi there, I hope you are well! We are so sorry to hear that you were disappointed with the stock we have available. If there are any particular issues you would like to raise, or if there is anything else we can help you with, please email us at contactus@joythestore.com. We would be happy to help! Kind regards, team JOY x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very quick delivery given that I live…

Very quick delivery given that I live in NZ and good quality clothes. No surprises as the pictures accurately portray the clothing. The sizing is on the small side but European sizing tends to do this as opposed to American.

15 May 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi Meg,

Thank you so much for the positive feedback, we really appreciate it!
It is great to hear you are happy with your order.

Kind regards,
Team JOY x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

I received my order before the expected date. The returns was really easy too.

14 May 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi there,

Thank you so much for the positive feedback, we really appreciate it!

Kind regards,
Team JOY x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lobster top

I ordered the sweatshirt for a present. It arrived promptly, and is exactly as described on the website.

13 May 2021
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Reply from Joy

Hi there,

Thank you so much for the feedback, we really appreciate it!

Kind regards,
Team JOY x

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