On the clothes department, I believe that it is frustrating all around. I spent about 4 hours last month roaming Tysons, just looking for a pair of pants that actually fit. After trying every pair of pants in about every store in the Mall, I reached a point in which I wasn't even looking at the price. I just wanted them to fit. Gah!
In the end, I did find a pair in Ann Taylor. I snagged them immediately, and then I went online and ordered another in a different color, since they didn't have it in Navy (but they had the black). Being a size 4, you would think that shopping for clothes would be easier. It's not.
My theory is as follows: When we make clothes for ourselves, the clothes must fit our bodies. When we purchase commercial clothes, our bodies must fit the clothes. Unless you are buying something shapeless or loose, the chances that something will fit without alterations are slim. Even in "What Not To Wear" they admit that clothes need to be altered. It goes with the industrial revolution: unaffordable clothes made to order vs. affordable clothes that may or may not fit.
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Date: 2009-05-27 03:41 pm (UTC)On the clothes department, I believe that it is frustrating all around. I spent about 4 hours last month roaming Tysons, just looking for a pair of pants that actually fit. After trying every pair of pants in about every store in the Mall, I reached a point in which I wasn't even looking at the price. I just wanted them to fit. Gah!
In the end, I did find a pair in Ann Taylor. I snagged them immediately, and then I went online and ordered another in a different color, since they didn't have it in Navy (but they had the black). Being a size 4, you would think that shopping for clothes would be easier. It's not.
My theory is as follows: When we make clothes for ourselves, the clothes must fit our bodies. When we purchase commercial clothes, our bodies must fit the clothes. Unless you are buying something shapeless or loose, the chances that something will fit without alterations are slim. Even in "What Not To Wear" they admit that clothes need to be altered. It goes with the industrial revolution: unaffordable clothes made to order vs. affordable clothes that may or may not fit.
Sigh.