I’ve worked in the fashion industry for 17 years dressing women and the thing that always gets to me is how females always blame themselves when clothes don’t fit them.
Immediately they think it’s their body shape that’s ‘wrong’ and try squeezing in to their ‘usual’ size but leave the shop empty handed, body confidence knocked yet again.
It also amazes me how differently women view their body versus men.
For example, my female clients break down each body part, analyse it and criticise it. My male clients look in the mirror, see their overall physique and say ‘I’m pretty good’.
Don’t we think it’s time we took a leaf out of their book?
I understand that the size label we wear is an emotional ‘tag’ we carry around with us that represents our identity, part of our personal brand and some women are very attached to a certain number.
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it's very similar with mens shirts. in some brands I'm a XL, some I'm a L, some I'm a XXL, there's no real consistency.
The "problem that seems exclusive to womens clothing" that I never noticed and now seem to hear constantly is that most womens clothes don't have pockets. That shit baffles me.
how can you try on two or three different sizes without looking at the size label ?
Ha!! Look at the label when you select your 'usual' size plus 1 size up & 1 size down. Then try them all on without looking at which garment you think you should be, instead go with the one that looks & feels the best
that is looking at the label. the article says to pick them without looking at the labels ... how ?