Tuesday, February 5, 2008

A Woman's Angst

Okay Clothing Gods what gives? Has it escaped your tiny little fashionista brains that the sizes you throw at woman are at best difficult to understand let alone navigate? Example; if you pick up a pair of mens jeans off the rack the label might read w33 L 30. This means that the waist is 33 inches and the inseam is 30 inches. A perfect fit if this happens to be your size. A womans size 30/32 means she is a qualified Larger Marge (at the end of size availibility) and there are no inches involved because clothing of this size usually just drapes the wearer.I used to wear this size so I know what I am talking about. I would lie about what I was wearing because I didn't want anyone to know just how much my girth had grown. Why is there no uniformitty for womens sizes? I am currently in 3 or 4 different sizes yet when you hold them up to each other they are all about the same so why...I mean I like mens jeans but I should be able to buy my own size in girl clothes right off the rack and not have to spend half of my Saturday off from work trying on every flipping pair in the store to find the ONE that will fit just the way I want!

People wonder why women/girls have such a hard time with body image.

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