Argh, clothes shopping

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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  • I've just found what has worked over the years, then I buy copies of it over and over online retailers. I can stomach Costco and 2nd hand stores but most big box stores are vortexes of shifting patterns of product displays, gratuitous noise, unpredictable and voracious humans and eventually, down the rabbit hole of shutdown (one of my forms of meltdown).

    I can go to 2nd hand stores where I can feel things and see a wider variety. If there was something I really like I can find out where to get it and, again just get copies.

    Trouble recently has been manufacturers change the patterns, sizing, and fabric too often without notice! Or they quickly become hard to find. I am back in the flux like you are. I will have to make it a object of my attention, which resent.

    Good hunting. !

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  • I've just found what has worked over the years, then I buy copies of it over and over online retailers. I can stomach Costco and 2nd hand stores but most big box stores are vortexes of shifting patterns of product displays, gratuitous noise, unpredictable and voracious humans and eventually, down the rabbit hole of shutdown (one of my forms of meltdown).

    I can go to 2nd hand stores where I can feel things and see a wider variety. If there was something I really like I can find out where to get it and, again just get copies.

    Trouble recently has been manufacturers change the patterns, sizing, and fabric too often without notice! Or they quickly become hard to find. I am back in the flux like you are. I will have to make it a object of my attention, which resent.

    Good hunting. !

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