Just Another Work-Clothes Rant

[ladysprite]

I am not that small.

I mean, yeah, I'm short, and I'm not big, but I'm not freakishly teeny, either. I'm kind of.... average-sized. So why the hell can't average stores carry clothes in my size?

I need to wear clothes to work. And while I can deal with my non-work clothes being either poorly-fitted or highly specialized, for work I need simple, washable, professional-looking stuff. No hip-huggers, no pencil skirts, no babydoll tees.

Unfortunately, if I want clothes that fit, I need to either shop at Super Petite Elite Specialty Stores, where pants costs more than my wedding ring did and are dry-clean only, or at the Juniors department of other, more reasonably-priced stores, where the current trend in clothing is best described as Little Ho Peep.

All I ask out of life is a pair of non-pleated, machine-washable pants that start near my waist, end near my ankles, and either don't gap enough at the top for a patient to crawl down them or actually have belt loops. And a sequin-free, glitter-free blouse that doesn't hang like a tent. Is that too much to ask?

This rant is brought to you by my mad dash through my closet as I try to get ready for a new-practice interview today, in a desperate attempt to look professional and not like an eighth-grader in my mom's clothes.....

Comments

[asdr83.livejournal.com]

I've been having luck at Kohls for my hospital approriate pants, particularly the Gloria Vanderbilt brand of twill pants. They come in short, average and long, a variety of neutral tones and are machine washable. My only big complaint is that the blend of fabric that they use in the gray pants that makes them almost wrinkle free they use in none of the other colors, despite being the same style.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Kohls? For real? Wow - I'm there, next time I have a day off. Thank you for the heads-up!

[rabbitorf.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check that out, too. I didn't look at pants my last time there, but gota number of decent (but pricey) tops. Thanks for mentioning them!