All clothing is ugly these days

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Anonymous wrote:I once wore unlined wool pants to the theater, and to this day I have no earthly idea what that play was about, because the only thing I could pay attention to the whole night was the godawful itching of my legs. I have never been so happy to take off and never again wear a pair of pants. Those suckers were expensive, too.

Oh yes, unlined wool pants are like having bugs crawling all over you.

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I agree with the all ugly clothing concept- and I also am not as thin as i used to be so clothes dont fit as well. so now i just wear basic easy boring stuff (black shirt, white button down, cashmere sweater ) but then i jazz it up with quality jewelry, good handbags and interesting shoes.

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Shop at Bloomies.

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Anonymous wrote:I shop exclusively on the Real Real for tops and blouses and sweaters. Highly recommend. Wish I could do this for bottoms but too tricky.

+1. I've found eBay is also good for designer clothing at decent prices. My latest score is a Loro Piana green, 100% cashmere, short winter coat for something like $200. Plus it's better for the environment to re-use stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:I shop exclusively on the Real Real for tops and blouses and sweaters. Highly recommend. Wish I could do this for bottoms but too tricky.

+1. I've found eBay is also good for designer clothing at decent prices. My latest score is a Loro Piana green, 100% cashmere, short winter coat for something like $200. Plus it's better for the environment to re-use stuff.

PS, there's a good chance it's 20 years old, but it looks new and I love dark green.

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There are still beautiful clothes. The problem is that they are really expensive now. On average, I spend $500 - $700 on pants.

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I actually think there is a lot of great clothing out there. But it’s not at mall stores or fast fashion. You have to spend money.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think there is a lot of great clothing out there. But it’s not at mall stores or fast fashion. You have to spend money.

Like Kamala wore this weekend? Who let her wear that suit?

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I used to be able to find classic business-casual tapered pants at Target. I think they made them for 20-somethings, because they look like what the teens and 20s were wearing to work. I could find nice tops and summer dresses on occasion, too. Actually, they used to have a lot of nice stuff.

Now all Target has is cr**. Petticoat/nightgown dresses, plastic neon dresses, tight tight tight cheap knit T-Shirt dresses, Goucho pants with huge bulky elastic waists, high-top jeans and pants that come up to my tits, huge oversize baggy pants and jeans, and of course, 80% of shirts are crop top. Also, this pandemic fad of either slinky cheap polyester (nightgown/petticoat dresses) and everything else in heavy shapeless burlap material, won't stop even though the pandemic has been over for some time. On the East Coast here, it is already hitting 80 degrees at the beginning of May. Heavy Shapeless Burlap? WTF??? And don't get me started on the ruffles on top of ruffles on top of ruffles. Some men in high places are having a really good laugh at our expense.

Target thinks they are targeting teens and college students (who are notoriously broke, may I add.) But teens generally won't be caught dead at Target, and these clothes won't bring them in. Dozens of better, cooler places for them to shop, as well as online. Most of the customers at Target are women in their 30, 50s, and 50s. They have money, but there are no clothes there for them anymore. Teens are never going to want to buy the excrement that Target is selling.

Who the eff are these ignorant old men buying this god-awful ugly garbage from China or where ever? Target is a home decor, kitchen and bath and appliance store for GROWN-UPS. When they come in, they pick up clothes, too. Teens shop at teen shops AT THE MALL, that have MUCH NICER STUFF THAT IS ACTUALLY TRENDING AND IN STYLE, from stores that CATER SPECIFICALLY TO TEENS, 20's, and trendy 30's, and have been doing so for decades, and know how to capture that market.

Target also got rid of about half of their women's clothing space to make room for Sephora make-up. Sephora, which has over-built and is not doing well. Boring display with the same stuff you can buy anywhere else, surround by yellow Poliice-Tape to try to keep out supposed shoplifters. I rarely, if ever, see anyone in there. Trying to cash-in on the hideously over-priced moisturizers, concealers, anti-aging, exfoliant, etc. marketed to children and teens to make them feel they need to buy hundred of dollars of this stuff for their skin to "glow".

And then they wonder why their sales are down.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the all ugly clothing concept- and I also am not as thin as i used to be so clothes dont fit as well. so now i just wear basic easy boring stuff (black shirt, white button down, cashmere sweater ) but then i jazz it up with quality jewelry, good handbags and interesting shoes.

Same. And it's a real bummer when you try a different brand ( i just tried garent hill for the first time) and have to return a lot of it, just not made for a curvy body really. But I kept the cute sandals and some tees. I'm just sticking to basics as well, in cotton and linen, sheaths and or maxi dresses in solids and calling it a day. I don't have the patience anymore.

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Target ranter...I feel your pain. You might try Kohls instead.

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There are beautiful clothes out there but they are really really expensive. My fav store is Scanlon Theodore, but the average dress is $800.

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I remember buying work clothes at Target like slacks and fitted blouses. There is nothing there anyone could possibly wear to work now. Most of it is hoochie mama clothing like you see sold at failing malls plus a few things you could maybe wear to a concert. That's it.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think there is a lot of great clothing out there. But it’s not at mall stores or fast fashion. You have to spend money.

OK…where? Where? Post names of stores or links. Pony up.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course of your shopping at H&M etc the fashioned are cheap and trendy. But one can find classic items at places like J Crew and Ann Taylor or Brooks Brothers. Just have to spend a little more than the teeny bopper stores.

Actually, no, "one" can't. Everything at AT and J Crew and Brooks Brothers has no darting/definition in the waist, haven't you noticed? Seriously, go look at AT blouses/tops online right now. They are all boxy/loose, and have weird colors and prints, and have random tie-things at the neckline.

Exactly and jcrew is terrible quality now.
Brooks brothers does have button down dress shirts with darts.

I buy brands like Theory - I'm slim but curvy. They accentuate my figure but are well tailored and classic. Talbots and brooks brothers look great on skinny models in the catalogue but in real life they are frumpy and boxy. I find Theory on sale a lot and Nordstrom rack but I'll pay full price since they are so nicely suited to me. I think you can still find simple elegant things at J Crew. Cashmere sweaters etc. nice pants. Great shoes. Neimun Marcus and saks carry brands which are similar and classic but with a modern cut. You have to ignore the trendy stuff.

Theory and Vince used to be my go tos. But unfortunately they have really gone down in quality. Most of their items are no longer worth the price.