tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post2028818011278826436..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: In defense of mannequinsPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-48949742323417658292011-12-10T19:06:32.044-05:002011-12-10T19:06:32.044-05:00H&M, GAP... I guess this is why I end up getti...H&M, GAP... I guess this is why I end up getting most things at Uniqlo. Aside from the t-shirts I got when I happened to be studying in Paris when the Petit Bateau stuff was on sale, Uniqlo's basically it. I think their behind-the-scenes model on whom sizing is based is some Japanese woman who happens to be built exactly like me. 28 years living in or at least often visiting NY, and I still haven't figured out where to buy shoes, but at least clothing is sorted out. If they go out of business in NY, it's Japan or the nudist colony.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-78808256663862932492011-12-10T19:01:16.674-05:002011-12-10T19:01:16.674-05:00Britta's Blogger-eaten comment:
I think you c...Britta's Blogger-eaten comment:<br /><br />I think you can shop online for H&M in certain countries, but not the US (at least last time I checked, which was several months ago). H&M generally runs really small (or they haven't totally caved to vanity sizing) AND it's super inconsistent, I definitely have things all over the range in sizes from there too. I'm not sure exactly why that is the case, though it's better than the GAP, where you can try on identical pants marked with identical sizes and one pair is much bigger than the other.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-42552213863807476012011-12-10T17:19:30.614-05:002011-12-10T17:19:30.614-05:00Britta,
Precisely. The alternative to this is air...Britta,<br /><br />Precisely. The alternative to this is airbrushed models. The alternative to airbrushed models is models with a zit <i>not</i> airbrushed out. It's never going to be the full range of non-model-looking women. <br /><br />As for H&M specifically, I didn't even realize there was an online-shopping option. I haven't shopped there in a while, but my recollection (from seeing the tags when I do laundry) is that the sizing indeed varies tremendously. I think it has something to do with inexpensive and stretchy materials, or so I told myself at the time re: the striped tunic-thingy three sizes above what I normally wear.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-25038146063436182812011-12-10T15:21:58.480-05:002011-12-10T15:21:58.480-05:00I actually also agree about mannequins and I reall...I actually also agree about mannequins and I really don't have a problem with H&M. (it's also an ethical way to cut costs, unlike paying your workers slave wages.) I also am not sure I buy the argument that seeing clothes on models lets you know what it looks like on yourself (I know this has been raised before on this blog). Besides being 6 ft tall and 3 inches wide, clothing on models is pinned and photoshopped anyways, so how they look in photos tells us nothing about how the clothes would look on them in person. I find, particularly with H&M, everything has to be tried on in person to have any clue if it would work, since sizing and cuts can vary a lot between different lines and garments.Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02224221011978374915noreply@blogger.com