Fashion

[etherial]

A near-death-experience on Monday reminded me of something I've always found strange. People find clothes uncomfortable. Now, I'm not just talking about women, for whom the fashion industry is one of their most visible enemies, constantly creating clothes that fit absolutely no one, and expectations of size and scale that are inhumanly cruel, but the consensus at the time was that a significant majority of people, everyday, wear clothes that they find uncomfortable.

This I don't get. My closet is full - overfull, in fact - with clothes that I find comfortable. Clothes that I don't exactly find joyous to wear, but am perfectly happy wearing day-in, day-out, everything in my wardrobe is something I'd feel perfectly fine wearing around the house just 'cause, even the stuff that I don't because it really needs to be dry-cleaned.

I mean, I do have some shirts that don't fit quite right, but they look really nice, and the tiny discomfort of wearing a shirt that doesn't fit quite right is outweighed by the fact that these shirts look really good. So tell me, people of the world, what clothes do you wear - rarely or regularly - that you find uncomfortable? What do you do as an alternative when you're lounging around the house? How and why do you put up with this crap?

Comments

[jehanna.livejournal.com]

I love Tibetan-type stuff. All those made-in-India things. Sadly, "one size fits all" is generally more like "one size fits most", and I'm not in the "most" group at the moment. So I've been sewing more instead.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of a time back when I was a kid where one of my friends got a "one size fits all" dress and all of my friends who were there decided to test the theory. It did in fact fit all of them (including the guys), and there is (or was) photographic evidence to that effect. Ah, the good old days ;P.

I'm sorry the tibetian/indian stuff doesn't fit you though. If I sewed I would totally conspire with you to design patterns that are similar that would fit you, but all I do is cross-stitch.