"There are a lot of annoying things about being a woman, like periods, childbirth and not being able to play basketball in a way that keeps spectators awake. But near the top of the list has got to be buying clothes.
I know one way to fix it is just to be ballsy and wear men's clothes, and that's a bold choice. But you take a social hit for wearing "masculine" clothes, and most women don't want to take that hit. So they go to buy clothes made specifically "for women," and generally find a set of the most impractical, low-quality, high-maintenance crap that a sweatshop can make.
Here are a few of the many, many awful things about the clothes that manufacturers want women to wear:"
With each thing that this list named, I found myself nodding along more and more. And then realizing a big part of why I typically go clothes shopping at resale shops where the things being sold are (if I'm lucky) before a lot of this silliness really started coming into play. Well, maybe not so much anymore. But at least when I end up having to buy 3 shirts to wear as one because they're all so see through, I still spend less than what I would have on one really thin see through shirt from Target.
What else would you add to this list?
I know one way to fix it is just to be ballsy and wear men's clothes, and that's a bold choice. But you take a social hit for wearing "masculine" clothes, and most women don't want to take that hit. So they go to buy clothes made specifically "for women," and generally find a set of the most impractical, low-quality, high-maintenance crap that a sweatshop can make.
Here are a few of the many, many awful things about the clothes that manufacturers want women to wear:"
With each thing that this list named, I found myself nodding along more and more. And then realizing a big part of why I typically go clothes shopping at resale shops where the things being sold are (if I'm lucky) before a lot of this silliness really started coming into play. Well, maybe not so much anymore. But at least when I end up having to buy 3 shirts to wear as one because they're all so see through, I still spend less than what I would have on one really thin see through shirt from Target.
What else would you add to this list?
