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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Dana - May 05, 2014 10:38:30 am PDT #26866 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I sometimes end up buying petite sizes because if it's big enough to fit me in a regular size, it's too long. I laugh when that happens, because....I am not petite.


shrift - May 05, 2014 10:46:06 am PDT #26867 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

But also people's bodies are ridonk!

I know, but I mean that dudes get to buy pants based on their waist and leg length! Why can't women get waist/hip/length sizing?! Other than the fact that the entire clothing industry would have to change how they operate.


Jessica - May 05, 2014 10:47:12 am PDT #26868 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I would settle for skirt waistbands that fit like pants. I'm fine in either pants or dresses, but tailored skirts always cut into my belly, even when they fit.


Connie Neil - May 05, 2014 10:56:16 am PDT #26869 of 30000
brillig

Hubby and I wear the same length of jeans. He's nearly a foot taller than I. Then again, he also has extra vertebra.

Woman Within has betrayed me, I bought a skirt of the exact same size and length and style as another one that is the perfect length, but this one is 4 inches longer. I bought a pair of pants from them that were also petite, and they're nearly six inches longer than my legs. Petite is marketed for short people! I don't want to hem! Unfortunately, it's been months since I bought them, so complaining about it now is stupid. I've just been staring at them and glowering about I have nice dress wide-leg pants that I don't wear because I hate hemming.


Dana - May 05, 2014 10:57:15 am PDT #26870 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I think the world is just lucky we wear clothes at all.


Burrell - May 05, 2014 11:02:07 am PDT #26871 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Why can't women get waist/hip/length sizing?!

what shrift says X100

Also? Regulars used to fit perfectly, then they got too long. I refuse to believe that everyone else got taller.


-t - May 05, 2014 11:06:24 am PDT #26872 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Petites are often too long for me. I buy "petite short" whenever I see it in my size, pretty much, because that usually works for me. And I can't be bothered to hem.

Reltaedly, today's jeans have perfectly fine front pockets - same brand and maker and size (maybe not style but I'm not sure)as the ones that I was complaining about last week. IDEK.


Calli - May 05, 2014 11:17:48 am PDT #26873 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I've found the holy grail of jeans--a size and style that consistently fits ok. Levis changes some of the detail on them, but usually not in a terribly obnoxious way. Still, the last pair I bought had fake pocket flaps on the back pockets. The pockets themselves are the same usable size and position as all the others. But they have these useless snap flaps stitched on the top, outside pocket edge. Are they supposed to confuse pick pockets?


Jesse - May 05, 2014 11:22:16 am PDT #26874 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also? Regulars used to fit perfectly, then they got too long. I refuse to believe that everyone else got taller.

Yeah, inseams have gotten a lot longer, and I love it! I just looked it up, and the jeans I think are a scosh short for me are 33" in the regular length. That's long!


flea - May 05, 2014 11:36:37 am PDT #26875 of 30000
information libertarian

What Jesse said. There are actually pants for sale now with inseams too long for me! I need a 34 inch inseam and some regulars are that long. I have seen talls at 36 inches! (Which I guess I would like if I wore heels.)