There’s something I always dread about this time of year: shopping for new pants. I think I’ve only worn a pair of full-length pants twice since April. I’m content in shorts, a t-shirt and sandals. It’s comfortable and more importantly, I can actually find shorts that fit my body type. Finding a pair of pants that both fits my body type and style is always a long and exhaustive search. Being petite (short) doesn’t help.
If you’re a short woman you’ll quickly realize your choices in apparel are narrowed down to “yuck” and “what were they thinking?” For some reason, clothing designers must believe that if a woman is short, she is also 95 years old. I always have to resort to ordering my pants online to get a more tailored fit and it really stinks to have to pay $50 for a single pair of khakis. I have learned though, that if I find a pair of pants that fits me well, to order or buy five more pairs of it, because it’s rare that I find something that fits me off of the shelf.
Men have been wearing pretty much the same styles for the past 50 years and don’t have to worry about finding something they like, but every season women are forced to either accept whatever today’s fad is, no matter how ridiculous, or resort to shopping at a local thrift store to find something half-way normal looking from the past. Why don’t they just leave womens’ clothes alone? Quit trying to reinvent the wheel. We know what looks good and what looks bad. Stick to making what looks good!
A case in point is waist-less pants. It’s like wearing a shirt with only sleeves. What’s the point? If I were 18 and in shape, maybe they’d look okay but how many women fit that mold? After giving birth to a couple children, I cannot wear pants without a waist. The front hangs out and my backside feels like I’m wearing a drafty rain barrel every time I bend over. I want pants that I can move in, breathe in and not look like an old lady or a fat plumber!
And the shirt styles for women aren’t any better. This past weekend, I spent a couple hours at a local clothing store with my daughter, and out of the hundreds of shirts I looked through, maybe 1% were something I would consider wearing if I HAD to. I really thought that many of the shirts should have came with a red rubber nose to complete the clown ensemble the designer must have had in mind when designing those ridiculous looking things. Ruffles? Ruffles on t-shirts? Do ruffles EVER look good on anybody? No! I want normal looking clothes!
