clothes and fashion: a rant
so today after my sort-of-half-day at work, i decided to go out jeans shopping. i figured it would be a really quick trip. of course, GETTING to the mall was quite the chore. i noticed that the freeway heading to the mall was really jammed, so i got off and took surface streets. this proved slightly worse, but i kept with it. knowing if i tried finding yet, another, route, things would undoubtedly be worse. so, i got there finally and was rewarded with quickly finding a fine parking spot. i didn't even have to circle. they had traffic directors at the parking garages and actually marked off places where you HAD to enter and HAD to exit. it definitely smoothed things out. in any case, i made it into the mall. it wasn't NEARLY has busy as it seemed to be judging by the parking situation. instead of making my way to the store i KNEW had my jeans, i went to the gap to see what they had available. i went a little hog-wild. i really did need something for christmas, so i found a really comfy and perfect red sweater and new black slacks (i could use these for work, too). i also found a comfy pair of jeans, too. on an impulse i grabbed two thermal henly's: black and gray-and-orange-stripe. after that, the amount i had spent weighed heavily on my head. i was HOPING for some kind of sale on jeans at american eagle. well, there was no sale. i figured, i'd get the jeans i wanted then return the jeans i got from the gap, therefore evening things out.
i found the E-X-A-C-T jeans i had that ripped 2 weeks ago. i found the exact size and "wash" (stone-washed, lighter jeans color). i go to the fitting room, JUST to be sure they were right, because they were exactly the same - surely they wouldn't have changed.
well, they did; to my U-T-T-E-R astonishment. they were EXACTLY the same! how the fuck could they have changed the SAME JEANS!?!?! seriously, they LOOKED the same. they FELT the same. but they certainly didn't FIT the same. how is this possible?
i hate women's sizes and sometimes women's fashion as a whole. you can't just change the way how different sizes fit. why can't they size women's pants like they do men's? how simple is it to display the waist and length? but NOOOOOO, they have to come up with some arbitrary number system which NO ONE follows the same. each store has their own size 6's, size 4's, it's seriously disgusting.
i left that store in a huff. i really wanted a pair of faded jeans. i checked the next place - pacific sunwear (pacsun for all those "newbies"). the jeans i was wearing at the time were from there. they weren't that fantastic, but i KNEW they had the lighter faded jeans. so, i went in and found the size i needed (this time it's a 7, yeah don't get me started on the ODD number sizes...). UNFORTUNATELY i couldn't find the right LENGTH. oh yeah, there are length discrepancies, too. you've got: regular, long, and short (also known as "ankle" in some OTHER stores). well, i could find were long and short. long's are usually too long, but sometimes shorts are just the right size (i AM short, mind you). i make my way to the fitting room. they're...too short. not by much, but they're short. i put my shoes back on to see just HOW short they were. yeah, too short. i manage to catch the attention of someone working there. i asked her to check if they by ANY CHANCE had a 7-regular. well, they didn't. apparently all the sizes they had were already on the floor. *sigh*
well, i felt really stupid doing it, but, i knew the only thing i had to do was go BACK to the gap and try and find a pair of faded jeans that actually FIT me. i mean, the jeans i got there fit just fine, but i needed something more faded. i steeled myself and headed in. i tried to find something that was on sale. there were tiny little signs all throughout the store that said "sale". the sweater i got was, indeed, on sale, but my other items were not. i scoured the jeans area. i looked and looked. i snagged a few pairs which were the same price and avoided those which were $10 more (how? how are the different?! they're jeans!!). i went BACK to the fitting room. i managed to pick the ONLY cropped pair of jeans on the floor (cropped in december?! what?!) and the others fit okay. i narrowed it down to two. i picked the one that truly WAS on sale. fate of COURSE was on my side...the same chick who helped out the first time i was there, helped me out again. i felt so incredibly stupid. it turns out the jeans were even MORE on sale than the price tag indicated. i started to feel a little better about my purchases.
seriously...i've grown to loathe shopping.
i found the E-X-A-C-T jeans i had that ripped 2 weeks ago. i found the exact size and "wash" (stone-washed, lighter jeans color). i go to the fitting room, JUST to be sure they were right, because they were exactly the same - surely they wouldn't have changed.
well, they did; to my U-T-T-E-R astonishment. they were EXACTLY the same! how the fuck could they have changed the SAME JEANS!?!?! seriously, they LOOKED the same. they FELT the same. but they certainly didn't FIT the same. how is this possible?
i hate women's sizes and sometimes women's fashion as a whole. you can't just change the way how different sizes fit. why can't they size women's pants like they do men's? how simple is it to display the waist and length? but NOOOOOO, they have to come up with some arbitrary number system which NO ONE follows the same. each store has their own size 6's, size 4's, it's seriously disgusting.
i left that store in a huff. i really wanted a pair of faded jeans. i checked the next place - pacific sunwear (pacsun for all those "newbies"). the jeans i was wearing at the time were from there. they weren't that fantastic, but i KNEW they had the lighter faded jeans. so, i went in and found the size i needed (this time it's a 7, yeah don't get me started on the ODD number sizes...). UNFORTUNATELY i couldn't find the right LENGTH. oh yeah, there are length discrepancies, too. you've got: regular, long, and short (also known as "ankle" in some OTHER stores). well, i could find were long and short. long's are usually too long, but sometimes shorts are just the right size (i AM short, mind you). i make my way to the fitting room. they're...too short. not by much, but they're short. i put my shoes back on to see just HOW short they were. yeah, too short. i manage to catch the attention of someone working there. i asked her to check if they by ANY CHANCE had a 7-regular. well, they didn't. apparently all the sizes they had were already on the floor. *sigh*
well, i felt really stupid doing it, but, i knew the only thing i had to do was go BACK to the gap and try and find a pair of faded jeans that actually FIT me. i mean, the jeans i got there fit just fine, but i needed something more faded. i steeled myself and headed in. i tried to find something that was on sale. there were tiny little signs all throughout the store that said "sale". the sweater i got was, indeed, on sale, but my other items were not. i scoured the jeans area. i looked and looked. i snagged a few pairs which were the same price and avoided those which were $10 more (how? how are the different?! they're jeans!!). i went BACK to the fitting room. i managed to pick the ONLY cropped pair of jeans on the floor (cropped in december?! what?!) and the others fit okay. i narrowed it down to two. i picked the one that truly WAS on sale. fate of COURSE was on my side...the same chick who helped out the first time i was there, helped me out again. i felt so incredibly stupid. it turns out the jeans were even MORE on sale than the price tag indicated. i started to feel a little better about my purchases.
seriously...i've grown to loathe shopping.