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Argh, clothes shopping

TheCatWoman

Looking through my wardrobe the other day, I realised most of my warmer weather clothes are falling apart and worn out. So I need to start the dreaded process of getting new ones, I hate clothes shopping, it's such a depressing experience, I rarely find anything that fits, what is it with sizing these days and who really has arms like broomsticks? I rarely find anything long enough in the body with many tops ending just below my boobs and leaving me not only feeling a bit chilly, but like a walking offence against public decency. I hate the nasty fabrics, and they all seem so poorly made. I've looked offline, online in charity shops even at ethical clothing stores because they usually have nicer fabrics, but I'm too big to be ecological, too tall and big generally, it seems you have to be child size to be either ethical or ecological. Vile, eye popping migraine inducing colours and patterns seem popular too.

I can't use a sewing machine either because they hate me and a good choice of fabrics is getting harder to find too, help! Please tell me I'm not the only one who wonder if she'll be stuck indoors because of not having any clothes to wear.

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  • That sounds awful. Most of my clothes are either worn out because I wear them so much or brand new because I hate them. All of the clothes that I wear often are "place clothes", meaning I got them from an experience that I had. Some examples from my winter clothing are my 2 youth group fall retreat shirts (from different years), my swim team shirt from last year (the only two sports I'm somewhat good at are swim and cross country), my music shirt from Choir, and my camp shirt from last year (which is smaller and less warm than all of the others). Those are pretty much the only shirts I wear, because I'm afraid to wear plain-color shirts and I've never liked shirts with words on them. Also, I feel like I can't buy new shirts because everything seems like a crop top these days. Pants are a whole different story. I have to get them from stores and I can't wear jeans. Soft jeans are all too small for me because they're made for kids. I mostly wear leggings, but even those are hard to get right. My legs are too long for pants that fit in the waist, but when I buy longer pants, they are too wide in the waist and I feel like I'm constantly pulling them up. I'm really excited but also nervous  for warmer weather, because all of my shorts that I wore last year are not the type of pants that I wear now, so I might be stuck with just skorts. Also, I'm in that middle age between kids' and women's clothing. I totally understand how you feel, not being able to find clothes that fit and you feel good in is awful.

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  • That sounds awful. Most of my clothes are either worn out because I wear them so much or brand new because I hate them. All of the clothes that I wear often are "place clothes", meaning I got them from an experience that I had. Some examples from my winter clothing are my 2 youth group fall retreat shirts (from different years), my swim team shirt from last year (the only two sports I'm somewhat good at are swim and cross country), my music shirt from Choir, and my camp shirt from last year (which is smaller and less warm than all of the others). Those are pretty much the only shirts I wear, because I'm afraid to wear plain-color shirts and I've never liked shirts with words on them. Also, I feel like I can't buy new shirts because everything seems like a crop top these days. Pants are a whole different story. I have to get them from stores and I can't wear jeans. Soft jeans are all too small for me because they're made for kids. I mostly wear leggings, but even those are hard to get right. My legs are too long for pants that fit in the waist, but when I buy longer pants, they are too wide in the waist and I feel like I'm constantly pulling them up. I'm really excited but also nervous  for warmer weather, because all of my shorts that I wore last year are not the type of pants that I wear now, so I might be stuck with just skorts. Also, I'm in that middle age between kids' and women's clothing. I totally understand how you feel, not being able to find clothes that fit and you feel good in is awful.

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