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I just got back from my first time buying clothes in a long time. It was profoundly unpleasant, and not just in the "oh, guys don't like to clothes shop" way (though I do admit I like a whole lotta things better than shopping for clothes).

First off, the only place at the Sycamore Mall that sells men's clothes, now that Austin Burke has closed (and dammit, I was hoping they'd still be open because their going-out-of-business sale was actually pretty good!), is a ritzy department store called Von Haur. Think a more upscale Dillard's or Jones Store - they had a live piano player playing while I was there, to give you an idea of the ritziness of it. And then of course I stroll in, all sweaty from the half-hour walk to the mall and dressed in typical ratty student wear.

I, of course, had just thought it was a mildly upscale department store, like the aforementioned Jones. Nice, but not ridiculously pricey - and I was figuring I could pick up a nice pair of khakis for $30, maybe $40 max. Then I discovered that the cheapest pair of khakis they had were $50, and the second cheapest were $70 (it just went up from there). Ouch.

Anyway, I'd left it till the last minute (I needed them by tomorrow morning) and didn't really have time to check somewhere else, so I picked up a pair in my size and a pair the size up (because men's clothes have gotten less standardized in recent years, and occasionally I find myself wearing a size smaller or a size larger in certain brands, though more usually the latter) and went to try them on.

Neither of them fit.

Okay, I thought. That's weird, but I guess I'll try the next size up.

Those fit as long as I didn't try to move.

What the hell, I thought. I know I haven't gained THAT much weight since the last time I bought pants (which was only in September).

So I try on the next size up - three sizes larger than any of my other pants, and the largest size the store carries in these khakis, which was making me start to worry - and finally found a pair that fit and allowed me to, y'know, walk.

So I left with my expensive pair of pants that are three sizes larger than I usually wear (which did wonders for my self-esteem), feeling frustrated and depressed. And then I realized that from what I've heard, this is pretty much what women go through whenever they shop for clothes.

So, my female brethren (sistren?), I feel your pain, even if only to a very small degree.

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Date: 2006-06-11 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jantalaimon.livejournal.com
yeah, it's like, do the people making clothes for plus-size individuals really want to undermine them that badly? do they really want them to dress that badly? i don't even shop in the plus-size section (i can fit some juniors stuff, which amuses and disturbs me alternately but also means i can get cute hello kitty stuff @ target XD), but i see how bad it is. it's a good thing my mom really mostly wears office attire, because she'd have NO luck finding anything decent + casual, or a nice evening dress type thing. :P hell, it's not always easy to find something that isn't hideous and overpriced in a "normal" size, let alone any specialty sizes!

and don't get me started on petites, which is also where i usually have to get my clothing from unless i want to let it sit in a pile for months while i work up the mindset to fight with my sewing machine long enough to hem the items in question. XD

[livejournal.com profile] spaz_666's mom shopped (dunno if she still does) at Von Maur, i meant to mention. i've only been in one of those once, and there was also a pianist. it was very strange, even moreso than the first time i ever went in a Nordstrom's. give me Target any day. and i've recently discovered Charlotte Russe has cheap, cute jewelry, although i suppose that doesn't matter much to you, but really $3-$5 for a pair of earrings vs. $10-$30 kinda wins any day. XD

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Date: 2006-06-12 12:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yoshitsune.livejournal.com
Hey, what are you talking about? You know I'm all about the cheap, cute jewelry! I blow half my paycheck at Claire's every month!

...okay, not really. My jewelry is pretty much limited to a bracelet I wear every day that I inherited from my dad; I don't even wear a watch anymore. XD

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