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Since I know now that a steady income will be on its way..i went for some much needed shopping. But seems like no body wants my money..

Jeans..I could not find a decent pair which did not show my plumber's butt. What's with the low rise jeans...yikes am def getting old.

Shoes: So i needed work shoes (as all mine are in still in storage and can't get to them). Why can't they make normal wide enough well heeled shoes....all I mean ALL are narrow and pointy tointy...how can one work in them!!

Sorry had to rant...

I feel as if in the last couple of years I feel as if the clothes are either "too young" for me or "too old". Don't they makes clothes are people in their 30's!!!!

CONGRATS.. U got that job. Dont worry, jeans and shoes thou shall find! Shop for shoes in India, why dont you do that, since you are coming over. LeeCooper (Made in India) are just swell (pun not intended)

dude...in Hyd..i can't find decent anything...
will try to find the ones u recommended..but where!!

seriously I was in the mall today and everybody was under 90 lbs with 12" waists...one hand America is overweight and the other anorexic...

I will be in India next week..yippee..

I'll add to your rant.

Yesterday at the Mall I saw a polar fleece pull-over that I liked. It had a front kanga pocked, a drawstring pull at the bottom and a zip up neck. It was perfect for my trip and best of all..it was 75% off. I got the sucker for $9.99.

I tried on the Large and no go. I tried on the XL and same thing. I was pissed off (but loved the the top so much) that I asked for a 2XL. It fit. I asked the Salesgirl if their sizing had changed and she said it had. That she worked there and last years medium is bigger than this years large. Why do they do this????

I honestly think it's so they can charge more money for "plus" sized fashions. That said, if I went to a "plus" sized store everything is too big!!

Although not older... I am an average size. Not super skinny, and yet not really overweight. Just normal. It is SO hard to find clothes. Styles for my age group are either for super skinny anorexic types, or are at the complete opposite end of the spectrum in plus size stores.

Gah!

Although, fortunately, waist lines on jeans are slowly creeping upwards... thank god. The Extra Extra Low Rise jeans are now considered skanky...

AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!! I couldn't agree more! My friend and I were just moaning about jeans with less than one inch zippers that let everyone see the butt floss that you are wearing. OK, maybe I'm getting old and stodgy where I don't find your underwear showing as good fashion. I also hate jeans that are too tight in the thighs. I hardly have large thighs and every pair of boot fit jeans I try on are too tight in the thighs. What girl can wear such fashions??!! I might have to start shopping for jeans in the little boys section!!

My only problem with finding jeans is that I'm butt-less. Makes shopping for a just-so pair rather impossible.

For other stuff: I've just about given up. Some things (white cotton work shirt, t-shirts, blue jeans) I will buy at the store. Everything else (simple black dress, khaki skirt, etc.) I've decided I'm just going to have to make.

I'm just learning to sew, so everything I make takes a LONG time, but at least I get exactly what I want, in a precise fit, and with the added bonus of being able to say, "Oh, this? I made it."

It's lessens dramatically the horror of shopping.

Women have it easy, compared to us oddly-shaped men.

I have to buy all my clothing at "The Short & Squat Men's Shop".

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Originally posted by travelbugs2:
AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!! I couldn't agree more! My friend and I were just moaning about jeans with less than one inch zippers that let everyone see the butt floss that you are wearing. OK, maybe I'm getting old and stodgy where I don't find your underwear showing as good fashion. I also hate jeans that are too tight in the thighs. I hardly have large thighs and every pair of boot fit jeans I try on are too tight in the thighs. What girl can wear such fashions??!! I might have to start shopping for jeans in the little boys section!!

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I've stopped buying clothes. Soon, I will have none because mine will have all worn out. But the stiff, box-pleated skirts popular in Brisbane these days make me look like a HIPPO, while the tops that blouse out around the waist and tighten so they rest on the top of the hips just make it worse. I get to look like I have NO boobs, no waist and an ENORMOUS ass. Let me not forget that pastel colours make me look dead so I get to look like a dead version of all of the above.

I figure in the next couple of years, colours will return to shades I can wear, my ass can once again hide behind fabric cut to make it look normally-sized and without letting the masses know the colour of my undies. Soon, I will be able to buy trousers intended to be worn by 12-year-old boys and soon waists will reappear.

Either that, or I'm going to find a good seamstress to make me clothes and I'll never wear jeans again. Either one.

The best part is that I have a very helpful friend who keeps making suggestions like, 'that $75 shirt doesn't make you look THAT dead/fat/horrible. You should buy it.' Bless her, she's a size 6 in Australia and a size 0 in the US.

Ok, with a new job on the way, I had to go and buy formal clothes. Trousers... if it fits my waist, i cant get it up my thighs....

Finally got a large size, which was comfortabel on the thighs and had to get the waist altered and length altered. I so hate shopping. That or I need to exercise.

Shirts were fine... picked up some lovely ones. And shoes, oh, got those non pointy ones, it seemed they fitted perfectly while at the shop, now they are a tad loose, nothing an extra insert cannot solve.

So tomorrow I go shopping again, for inserts for new shoes, for a formal bag, (last job I could carry a day pack), for socks, and god alone knows what else.

What I hate most about my new job, I will have to dress formally. enough of this rant for now. Tomorrow is another day.

Dusty, you should have gotten a job in the Outdoor Industry.

At my job shorts, a t-shirt and flip-flops are the norm.

This country is hell for clothes shopping. Plus, you can only try on pants/skirts in dressing rooms - no shirts! I am definitely not coming back with a whole new wardrobe.

Plus, Korean girls wear really really weird/ugly shit. They also have no hips or breasts. I'm massive by their standards. I also don't want to have the name of some designer all over the place - it looks tacky, especially because it's all fake.

Maybe Thailand will have clothes. No, scratch that - it's probably going to be hippie clothes. And dreads.

meagicano..i just got an email from a friend who just landed in Korea who said the same thing....she's going to be there for 10 weeks..

This friend is Korean but lived in Belguim so she is feeling a little weird I guess looking at people who look like her but not really.

I would it if you could send her an email and if you can just help her out.

throughanopeneye@yahoo.com

thanks

Ok, I have to say that I find this thread really interesting for the following reason. There are some threads out there that I have sadly been spending too much time on (color me embarassed) about "what to pack" in terms of clothes. So many packing guides and other travelers will say to always underpack and just pick up clothing items as you go. This thread validates my belief (and slight paranoia) about wanting to bring a decent amount of clothes with me that I REALLY like. I firmly believe that I very well may not find ANY clothes along my travels that I want to buy and wear.

I experienced the same thing in South America. Maybe we really are fatties in the USA??? The women in South Amer also seemed smaller than U.S. women (I can only IMAGINE how it must be in Asia). I tooootally went shopping in Buenos Aires and could hardly find ANYTHING to fit me. I mean, sure I could stand to lose 10lbs, but at 5'9" and a US size 12 it was very difficult to find anything that would fit.

Anyway, now I am the one who is ranting, but I feel your pain.

Joe, you are so lucky.

I just thank God for H&M (longish italian style cut, and not too expensive). I guess you guys have them in the US too, but back when I lived there I just headed straight to the men's section cause they don't make clothes for women at my height (6'2" , or 188 cam roughly). In Europe it's easier but the costs most places...

Madhu, emailed and emailed. I just let her know that I'm here, I know you and if she wants to meet up or hang out or anything I'm in Seoul.

Elis,

H&M really is the deal, especially in Norway where everything else is so expensive. If only they had an online store or place nearby me. I'm hoping they're creeping west in the US, as I know they have some Chicago locations.

I know it's little consolation, but I think everyone feels like nothing fits them. I've never met anyone who said that everything just fits like a dream. Either you're too big, or you're like my dad and I, having to order pants because it's not exactly easy to find 32x34 in most stores.

What a fab rant! - hope I can add to it.

I HATE the fact that almost every cute summer top requires that you have a barely "A" chest size. I am a D-cup - I *need* a freaking bra! What are my options: a crappy strapless which offers minimal support or do I wear a bra and let the straps show - which I think is the ugliest look ever?!! God, I wanna show some flesh but between the plumber's crack and my real woman gazoombas, it isn't easy!

If I ever have the money I am going to hire a personal shopper/stylist. I had the pleasure once of shopping with a fashionista friend for the right pair of jeans and he made me try on about thirty pairs (no joke) before I found the perfect fit and style. I just dont have the energy to do that myself, plus he knew all the places to shop, sale racks, could modify garments etc etc. It was great.

Finding the best fit is the most important part of fashion I think, even if you consider a low-rise style, which can be quite flattering but can also be fugly if the fit is bad.