Maybe this will keep at least some brick-and-mortar stores open? Some things like clothes and fabric are better bought in person (although I keep wanting to see a fabric store with sample swatches like they do for wallpaper).
About 75% of clothes I can eliminate without trying them on (must be natural fabric, must have sleeves/long legs/go to mid-calf, with skirts, I need to be able to take long strides, plus a specific range of colors).
I buy at thrift stores, mostly. (I astonished someone in college by saying I expected a pair of pants to be $5,not $40.) I can also sew a bit, to compensate for slightly off fits. Skirt or sleeves too long? Hems too low? Elastic waistband dead/too lose? Plus my current preffered store does not have changing rooms, so I'm getting good at eyeballing fit.
I do buy men's cashmere or merino sweaters (cheap secondhand), and alter them to my size - very comfy. (I also have some wool leggings that used to be men's sweaters - not a perfict fit, but the black is forgiving of mistakes and they are ment to be worn under other things. Much stretchier/comfier and cheaper than the store-bought wool leggings I tried once.)
Overall I find replacing zippers, parching socks, and hemming my own jeans to be easier and more relaxing than clothes shopping, and all this fashon nonsense is probably why. Plus my yearly colthing budget might buy me /one/ fancy designer blouse.
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Date: 2020-02-29 04:03 pm (UTC)About 75% of clothes I can eliminate without trying them on (must be natural fabric, must have sleeves/long legs/go to mid-calf, with skirts, I need to be able to take long strides, plus a specific range of colors).
I buy at thrift stores, mostly. (I astonished someone in college by saying I expected a pair of pants to be $5,not $40.) I can also sew a bit, to compensate for slightly off fits. Skirt or sleeves too long? Hems too low? Elastic waistband dead/too lose? Plus my current preffered store does not have changing rooms, so I'm getting good at eyeballing fit.
I do buy men's cashmere or merino sweaters (cheap secondhand), and alter them to my size - very comfy. (I also have some wool leggings that used to be men's sweaters - not a perfict fit, but the black is forgiving of mistakes and they are ment to be worn under other things. Much stretchier/comfier and cheaper than the store-bought wool leggings I tried once.)
Overall I find replacing zippers, parching socks, and hemming my own jeans to be easier and more relaxing than clothes shopping, and all this fashon nonsense is probably why. Plus my yearly colthing budget might buy me /one/ fancy designer blouse.