Re:How Zara Grew Into the World’s Largest Fashion Retailer
by antr on Friday November 09, 2012 @02:39PM
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I've come across this same "issue", specially with suits and shirts - for some reason in the US these are more "baggy".
Re:How Zara Grew Into the World’s Largest Fashion Retailer
by eliza1wright on Friday November 09, 2012 @03:13PM
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Yup. In my experience, designers don't want to explore proportions beyond that of the standard fit model. So if you don't have a "normal" (not necessarily average) body as determined by the designer, you're outta luck. And if you're plus size, you have to be the right kind of plus size.
Re:How Zara Grew Into the World’s Largest Fashion Retailer
by BenSS on Friday November 09, 2012 @03:25PM
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Agreed, It wasn't until recently I actually realized how badly a lot of my stuff fit! Since then I've been more picky about it, and it is hard. Some retailers are better about it (lands' end canvas) and some carry a slim/tailored fit option.
This. So America gets completely different cuts of clothes. If you're not overweight, or huge, most clothes sold in America suck. I didn't realize this until I spent some time studying in Italy, where even the cheap t-shirts they give away at 5ks races fit so much better and look so much nicer on me. It wasn't until then that I realized the cut of the clothes, not just "size" or "style" make a huge HUGE difference in appearance. That, and when you would walk into a store, the employees will say "don't buy that, this here fits your body style soo much better" and they are right. In the states, I've noticed people just buying whatever is trendy, with zero understanding of what actually looks good on them, and what doesn't....