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

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Have you tried boy's pants?

Now while there's a lot of boy's clothing that looks like it came off the rack at We B Pimpz Yo!*, there are more likely to be plain dress pants (khakis, chinos, et al) in the boys section.




*Matches the Little Ho Peep

[umbran.livejournal.com]

Have you tried boy's pants?

Um, my Lady has hips in ways that boys don't.

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

True, but I've known some ladies, who despite having hips, were able to wear men's or boy's pants.

[frozencapybara.livejournal.com]

I wear men's pants all the time, and I don't think anyone could accuse me of being remotely shaped like a boy/man. Clothes are weird.

ladysprite, if you do decide to go that route, I'll note that I've found that "relaxed fit" style tend to be less prone to gapping at the waist. The true benefit to men's pants is that the sizing is reasonable - not some weird "guess what size I am today in this brand!" game - and, miracle of miracles, you can actually select the length as opposed to picking from "fits weird", "too long", and "WAY too long". Why women's pants don't do this, I'll never know.