http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8804364Well now, we know what really was going on.
It's good to see the depressed tomcat primitive is looking for a job, rather than sitting around waiting for the social security disability checks to come flowing in.
ThomCat (1000+ posts) Thu May-28-09 05:41 PM
Original message
I recently went shopping with a friend for women's clothing.
She needed a suit for job interviews.
Why can't the tops and bottoms of suits be purchased separately? How many women are the same size on the top and bottom? If a woman is a different size on the top and bottom do they really expect her to buy the suit twice to get one top and one bottom that fit?
And why can't women's clothing be sized in inches like men's clothing?
No guess at what this size means with this brand or this designer. This number of inches is always going to be this number of inches.
Women pay so much money for clothing, I just don't understand why there hasn't been an armed revolt against this horrible system.
fizzgig (1000+ posts) Thu May-28-09 05:43 PM
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1. trust me, i've thought about burning down a number of stores because of that
i remember how excited i was when they started selling bikini tops and bottoms separately.
shopping for clothes sometimes makes me feel like i am the only woman shaped like i am even though i'm pretty average.
HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Thu May-28-09 05:44 PM
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2. Take both sets up to the counter and simply say,...
... "My ass likes this suit but my tits like this suit. They can't agree so I'm afraid I can't purchase either."
They'll probably work something out.
ThomCat (1000+ posts) Thu May-28-09 05:49 PM
Response to Reply #2
7. Does that really work?
The two women I was with didn't ask. They were both pretty certain that there was no way to mix and match. You just had to search until you found a suit that fit.
HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Thu May-28-09 05:55 PM
Response to Reply #7
9. If they want the sale, it will work.
I have a friend with two different shoe sizes, left and right that is. He's done this since we were in high school. They'll sell the mixed pair and use the other two for display items. In the case of suit parts, they'll just re-price them as singles (at something that's probably slightly higher than half the suit price) and mark them as "clearance".
The worst they can say is "no", but it the likely response is "I'll have to talk to the manager" and an "okay" a few minutes later.
gmoney (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 12:55 AM
Response to Reply #7
40. they could be somewhat sneaky and unethical...and just switch the parts that fit onto one hanger and nonchalantly go to the register and pay for the suit.
It's a pretty big bonfire.
datasuspect (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 03:05 AM
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44. i thought you meant YOU were shopping for womens clothing
sometimes i like to feel frilly
Oh, but one suspects the data primitive hit it right on the money.
