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Clothes shopping?

Losan

I struggle to find clothes I like for work (senior, professional, female)

Of course, I hate shopping in a shopping centre. Online shopping is much better but it's still difficult. The filters are about colours and patterns - where I'll have at least some preferences, nothing too bright...  What I'm really looking for is something comfortable - so would love to be able to filter by material as well. Suits just don't work for me and as a woman the dress code is more flexible than suit and tie thankfully)

I've researched personal shoppers online. I don't want to go round the shops with one. And online services tend to be limited to a small number of couture brands. Or are very focused on personal style and image. Rather than something that looks fine while being comfortable and practical. 

At the moment I cope by spending time looking through online shops and infrequently finding something I like. But I'm time poor.

That leads to three questions:

- Does any else struggle with this?

- Does anyone know of a good online personal shopping service that might work?

- Would anyone be interested in doing the research for me for a modest fee?!

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  • I would find it very difficult to find comfy clothes online, even if the material is listed, because you can't really tell how something will fit until you try it on. If it's a cotton t-shirt. you pretty much know it's going to fit and be comfy, but professional clothes are more form-fitting and therefore more likely not to fit as you expect. What I used to do when I was employed was buy a whole lot of clothes in one go and that would keep me for over a year. I really think that would take less time than trying to find stuff online.

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  • I would find it very difficult to find comfy clothes online, even if the material is listed, because you can't really tell how something will fit until you try it on. If it's a cotton t-shirt. you pretty much know it's going to fit and be comfy, but professional clothes are more form-fitting and therefore more likely not to fit as you expect. What I used to do when I was employed was buy a whole lot of clothes in one go and that would keep me for over a year. I really think that would take less time than trying to find stuff online.

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  • in reply to DragonCat16

    It's hard to find good clothes online. If it's about color selection and clothing selection, yes, but there are great stores that offer convenient size ranges right away to make it easier to find what you need. I don't like shopping, but I like analyzing the market. I can try on things in the mall and order a similar model online, knowing how it looks on me in advance. And as for accessories to outfits, I order many things from AAAPurse. I have found some great replica handbags there and want to buy some more. It is just like clothes. I have tried on bags in boutiques and looked at them to find a similar one and order from the site.