Anonymous wrote:I don't find current fashions beautiful. I am bored of the clothes that I see.
Anonymous wrote:I'm 45 and would love to drop some money on clothes. I love clothes. But I'm short, chubby, bosomy, and have wide feet. No one makes beautiful, stylish clothes for me. So I buy the boring basics and channel my energies into decorating my home.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Lose their looks"? Where? In the checkout line at whole foods? At the bus stop?
I haven't "lost my looks." I still have a face, and people still look at it.
I think there is a huge market gap for well-made well-fitting clothes for diverse body types and a diverse customer age base. I think the clothing industry has a marketing failure. They've spent so much time on making fashion something you are supposed to do to "fix" yourself, and using an aspirational model of marketing, that they've missed a huge chunk of market share.
Exactly. I haven't lost my looks. At 50, I'm the same size and weight I was 38, and when I look in the mirror I'm quite satisfied with the way I look. When I walk into the store, I'm quite dissatisfied with what I see on the racks. So, no thanks. I look good enough in the 10-year-old trousers and 8-year-old cashmere sweater I wore yesterday, topped with my 20-year-old trench coat. (I did have on newish booties.) (BTW, is spring ever coming back?)
Anonymous wrote:"Lose their looks"? Where? In the checkout line at whole foods? At the bus stop?
I haven't "lost my looks." I still have a face, and people still look at it.
I think there is a huge market gap for well-made well-fitting clothes for diverse body types and a diverse customer age base. I think the clothing industry has a marketing failure. They've spent so much time on making fashion something you are supposed to do to "fix" yourself, and using an aspirational model of marketing, that they've missed a huge chunk of market share.
Anonymous wrote:Because I don't look half as good in those clothes like I did when I was young!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-women-spend-less-on-fashion-after-45-1459983312?mod=e2fb
"Women’s spending on apparel peaks at age 44 and then enters a long slump, according to a Goldman Sachs research report. The question is, why?
Why would a woman’s enthusiasm for fashion slow just as her household income is reaching its highest level and her career and social requirements are at their most demanding?"
I think its because women begin to lose their looks and their interest in fashion drops too.
In my case, it's partly because I am paying for college now and can't afford to shop as much these days. And it's partly because I think so much of what I see in the stores is dreck.
But I also find that I am just weary of the bullshit. Time is precious. Do I really want to spend it thinking about whether I should be wearing boot cuts or skinnies, low-cut or high-waist? What a fucking bore.
And, as the report notes, I'm at my highest level. I no longer need to dress for the job I want. I have the job I want, and I'm damn good at it, thankyouverymuch, and now I'm the one who gets to decide what I think a person in this job should look like.