Comments on: (Not) Smart Shopping : Settling for Adequate

By: deepali

deepali — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:08:00 +0000

I used to love clothes shopping, but only at certain stores (ie, boutiques, not dept stores). I need things organized and manageable. I do like Macy’s because it’s organized by brand (to some degree), so it’s like mini stores. That’s how Japanese dept stores are arranged as well.
I know which stores/brands I like, and I tend to stick to those. If I venture away, it’s only with my mom, who has an eye for style and bargains.

Of course, aside from an occasional trip to those favorite stores, I stay away from shopping altogether now.

By: Meg from The Bargain Queens & All About Appearances

Meg from The Bargain Queens & All About Appearances — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:42:01 +0000

@ Kacie and others who dislike offline shopping

I’d love to hear more from you because the goal of The Bargain Queens, the other blog I write for, help people like you find deals on good clothes and accessories. I hope you’ll check it out, of course, but more importantly, I’d love to hear if there is anyway that we at the site can do a better job for you.

I have a contact form on my other blog that you can use to contact me. It’s at:
http://www.allaboutappearances.info/about/

By: Kacie

Kacie — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:51:02 +0000

I haaaaaaaate clothes shopping. It wears me out and it takes forever for me to find something I like that fits well and doesn’t cost a ridiculous amount.

So, I shop for clothes online when i can, since it doesn’t stress me out as much. I’ve had good luck with that so far.

By: Smarter Shopping with Swango — Online Clothing Swap Shop

Smarter Shopping with Swango — Online Clothing Swap Shop — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:38:37 +0000

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By: Meg from All About Appearances

Meg from All About Appearances — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:59:23 +0000

Sounds like the story of my fashion life up to about a year ago!

I didn’t care much about clothes growing up. Many of my clothes were hand-me-downs, so I really couldn’t be too picky.

Even as an adult, it took a while to get out of that mindset. It got to the point where I just wore my husband’s pants because I didn’t want to shop because I was so used to not having the money and not being able to find anything that looked nice. That was definitely a low point in my fashion life.

Since then, though, I’ve found out that it is worth it to spend the time and money to buy clothes that I will really enjoy. It took a while to figure out what those clothes were, but now I really love getting new things. It doesn’t take much more money or time once you know where to shop and for what — unless you start liking it too much (like me for a while). But really, style is about exercising choice, not spending more.

By: kay

kay — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:30:26 +0000

I hate clothes shopping. I’m fat and there are NO nice clothes for fat people and the stores that have ‘our sizes’ are so expensive, I can’t afford it. I end up wearing sweats and tshirts ALL the time. Not a great way to feel good about yourself when you already feel like crap for hating what you see in the mirror.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:44:23 +0000

@plonkee:

It could be. But most of the sizes have shifted downwards. According to my mother, sizes now are much smaller than they were when she was young (for the same numerical value). A 7 today fits a larger woman than a 7 fit in the 1970s. And size zero never used to exist. (Size “zero” doesn’t even make any sense!) Perhaps they’re moving that way so that we can all feel better about ourselves because we’re wearing smaller sizes.

That’s completely bogus, of course. Fit matters much more than size — after all, you’re probably the only one who sees your clothing tags! So silly.

@ Mrs. M:

Here’s to curves, indeed! Rah, rah. Though I do have the longest legs of the group of us, I think (well, except for Cybele).

By: plonkee

plonkee — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:35:32 +0000

@Christine:
I think they do the size thing so that they can change the measurements of the sizes as the population gets larger, and no one really notices.

I have to admit that this is just my own pet theory, but it could be true.

By: mrsmicah

mrsmicah — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:44:10 +0000

@Christine, exactly! We’re cursed with our mothers’ figures, rather than our other aunt’s. If we were taller with thinner legs, we could fit styles better. But no, we had to be curvy. Well here’s to curves!

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:27:13 +0000

I think we do. Most pants fit my waist or my hips, but generally not both… or they fit both but aren’t long enough in the leg… etc, etc.

The biggest problem, I think, is all those darned nonsensical women’s sizes. Am I a 7, a 4, an 8, a 6? I’m any of those, depending on the brand in question. I wish that women’s clothing manufacturers would move to the men’s system: straight waist/inseam measurements, in actual physical units. Life would be so much less confusing then.