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I'm so effing sick of what passes for fashion these days
I went shopping this weekend for some clothes. I trudged through three reliable stores (well, they used to be reliable) and didn't try on a damn thing. Not one thing. I do not want to wear some boxy oversized top in a neon color with some skinny stretch jeans. I do not want to wear some baggy floral dress. I have boobs and I have thighs. I would like some figure-skimming stuff that flatters the body. Not everyone is pin-straight and wants to feign looking like they just rolled out of a 1980s-era bed.
I'm perplexed as to how these stores aren't bankrupt. Who WANTS to look that bad? (And I know someone is going to answer this question by linking me to the F&B board, LOL.)
I finally bought a cardigan and top from a store that my 62-year-old mother frequents. It's apparently come to this.
Re: I'm so effing sick of what passes for fashion these days
It takes an unbelievable amount of patience. I'm a mall shopper, but only sale/clearance, and I'm sure you can imagine what ends up there. I went yesterday to find A SHIRT for dinner out. It took me three hours.
The fashion is out there, but the main problem for me is buying pants. There are NO PANTS that fit me (and I haven't gained weight or anything). I am really tall with wider hips and a narrow waist. I tried on some pants yesterday (since I was in the dressing room anyway) and they were all about two inches too long in the crotch. I swear it's a conspiracy to make me suicidal.
it's not even cotton or a blend -- it's that crappy material; I forgot what it's called.
Oh god, pants and jeans. I've finally found jeans that fit fairly well, but pants I have to have tailored, which makes me very glad I can wear jeans all the time at work.
I've noticed that to find styles I like, that are flattering, I need to spend more, which sucks. There are lots of dresses at Anthropologie that suit my body type (I need fit-and-flares) and Nordstrom has lots of things I like. However, I can't afford most of the things I see and like.
Tarpon, you're right about the material, too. This is why my self-imposed clothing-buying ban has been pretty damn easy to keep up.
Ugh I feel your pain bowies. Especially w/ the pants.
I have this exact same issue and it's a nightmare. I have wide hips but a tiny (for my frame) waist. And I'm tall. The jeans are either made for tall people with no curves or short people.
I finally found the Curvy line by Gap (their 1969 line) and so far, so good. But these jeans took me like 5 years to find. I was pretty much wearing unflattering jeans that made me want to cry every time I put them on that entire time.
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My problem is that lately I keep finding these great deals on jeans and I keep buying them, even though I don't need jeans, because omg they fit. (Except for the extra foot of material hanging beyond my foot. I don't know how you can say things are made for short people, imoan. That's crap.)
So, I have some cool jeans- or will, once I finally get them altered, but I have nothing else. Nothing to wear on top. Nothing to wear to a place where jeans would be inappropriate. It's just me and my jeans.
I had finally found a pair of jeans that fit well and weren't exactly cheap in price. After about 6 mos the inside of the thighs had worn so thin that they are about to tear and the corners of the back pockets have holes starting where it's stiched to the back of the jeans. I usually only wear them on Fridays to work.
I have hardly purchased anything this season because the selection just sucks and the quality is just as bad. Luckily I had been generous to myself the last few years and have enough of a selection so I'm not wearing the same things over and over each week.
What brand are they? It may be worth complaining.
They are Lane Bryant and I paid about $60 for them. I know they aren't high-end, but $60 for a pair of jeans that fall apart after 6 mos is not acceptable! I have a pair of jeans from there from 3 yrs ago that are still in decent shape so I know that their quaility has really gone down.
Yes! I have one brand of jeans that fit me. And only one style. And I'm between sizes right now. Kill me now.
I've nearly given up on trying to find clothes.
I also do not understand the return to the 80s style. I often tease my mother by showing her old pictures of me and asking if she loved me, because it's awful. Why on earth would I want to go back to that?
I can't find pants that fit. Even the petites are to long. I have jacked up sizes apparently, but I have to hem or roll my pants up. During the summer I live in my capri's, but during the winter, it isn't an option here.
Ha, I told my BFF about my shopping experience this past weekend and she went off on a rant about it too. She's got an amazing figure, but (shockingly) wants to look like a well-put-together woman and not like she's swimming in her clothes.
As she put it, "What woman wants to look 20 pounds heavier and like she has no waist? NO ONE! Give me some g-damn clothes that fit!"
I don't know if this is your style at all, but AT is having a sale. 60% off all marked down items.
http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/department/AT-Sale/cata00007?cid=E0004190
Nope!
And I don't want jeans with spandex in them, that fit at 8:00 am and by noon have to be pulled up every 10 minutes from them stretching right out! whatever happened to jeans!?!
I might have to check that out - hopefully I'll have some birthday moneez to spend.
I'd love to be in a focus group about this stuff. They'd have to pay me to shut up.
I was just saying this weekend I need new skinny jeans, and maybe some colored ones. I like them because I can wear them with my high boots, and my ballet flats.
The vanity sizing these days is out of control. If I am an extra small, what the helll size does someone like BBE wear?
That code is for today only. Although, I found a shirt at Loft this weekend for $12.