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

Side comment

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

On the one hand, I agree with you about the "Little Ho Peep" look. On the other... dammit, my parents used to say the same thing about the clothes *I* wore in high school! Are we turning into our parents in our old age?

On the third hand, a 6-year-old wearing a shirt that says "I'm Too Sexy" is DEFINITELY inappropriate -- and I blame the parents, because you know she didn't buy it herself.

Re: Side comment

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

I remember what I wore when I was a teenager. It was not this trashy. And the current trend towards baby/sexy - not just for six year olds, but for sixteen-year-olds, is just creepy.

Re: Side comment

[lisagw.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine, when buying underwear for her four year old - found THONGS in the little girls underwear section. Uber-creepy.

Re: Side comment

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

There was a big to-do a few years back when Abercrombie and Fitch not only had little girls' thongs, but the thongs had catchy phrases printed on them including (I shit you not) "Eye Candy".