Ayse
You should check out American Apparel
They do custom casual clothes, all made in the USA (southern CA).
20/20 did a profile of the founder on their "New Wealthy: How to Get It show" two days ago.
They skew young and they don't have stores everywhere yet, but its nice stuff for what it is.
I'm guessing Patrick's New Year's wardrobe is now complete? ;)
Seriously, I want to know who besides anorexic, coked-up celebrities and nine-year-olds can wear all the size 0s that have invaded my midwestern mall?
I live in Iowa. A state where the AVERAGE female size is 12 and I dare say in my NW region, 14. So why did the Gap lower their highest size to XL?
And why does some XL fit a female with say, a 36B (not me, I'm larger) while another style requires only a medium?
Why do clerks tell people that "this fits my sister and she's your size" and then tell you that if you wash it it will shrink, only to have to stretch permanently out of shape? Or that it will loosen with wear--and then it does shrink?
I want every fashion designer, whether Tom Ford, Stella McCartney or Jaclyn Smith, to make their clothes based on humans and size accordingly. Starting with a size two twig with no boobs and then swearing it will look the same on a natural size ten with say, a 36B chest is completely untrue and unrealistic.
AND every size twelve must be the same size twelve in every design. NO MORE carrying charts for each designer, store and item!
I wear a size ten in shorts, but eight in pants for Jaclyn's summer sets at JCPenny's but a twelve in sweaters and a six in fitted tops for Cheryl Ladd at KMart. Oh and I wear a size 9 1/2 dress shoe in Manolo but an 8 in flats for BabyPhat.
I see there is no more wonder why I wear men's clothes bought at the Goodwill and in pret-a-porter catalogues (where they take your measurements and then tell you sizes).
Its a conspiracy. I'm ready to bring down the smoking scissor seamstress (pardon me Chris Carter).
Or we could go back to the leaf thing.
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