Every year, I partake in a particularly evil tradition that most women enjoy and men secretly do too. I speak of clothes shopping. I relegate this dirty deed to only once a year, because at the end of 2 hours, I’m ready to join a nudist colony…Okay, not quite, but you get my point.
So what makes clothes shopping so evil in my book?
1) Everything is all the same or gothic.
2) It’s unattractive. Just when I think that fashions could not be any less attractive, I stumble upon some
that are so hideous, they make the even the 80’s big socks, pink tights, baggy shirts and huge crimped
hair look appealing.
3) It’s not the Goodwill prices I normally like to pay—I’m a total cheapo. I used to find really great outfits
back in the days of Hotlanta, but here in Amish country, denim jumpers embroidered with colorful cows
are not my style.
4) It takes a whole lot of time to weed through the stuff that all looks the same anyway.
5) There’s no in-between. There’s the mid-life stores, and the teeny-bopper stores. I’m neither one and
both. I like low-rise pants but not too tight. I like simple, classy blouses. Not risqué, not fringed. Just
plain.
6) The stores play annoying music.
7) IF, I happen to find something I like, the chances are, it will not fit. The arms and legs are too short, the
waist to big, and the shoulders to tight. Yes, I think I’m more closely related to the primate than most.
The solution?
Like every entrepreneur I’ve ever heard of, they see a market that’s not meeting a certain need and fill it. So, I will name my brand, Tall and Skinny: unabashedly politically incorrect.
Comments (3)
beyond the "too tall" problem, I sympathize with all of these. (In fact, I have the opposite problem and can rarely find pants I don't have to hem). The Goodwill in Bel Air is excellent, if you get desperate enough to make the drive....(yay for consignment stores in towns full of rich people!) Miss you.
Re 2): I would have thought that was impossible...
hehe. Your post is very entertaining. While I understand your frustrations I do enjoy shopping:) And I totally feel you with number 5!!! I am having the hardest problem with that as well. Grrr...while you are inventing Tall and Skinny make some cool--appropriate--clothes for people our age...and don't just make them tall and skinny;)