NH&G vent...Why are clothes for ppl like paper doll clothes?

[TBM]

I keep finding tops, dresses, swim suits, etc. that have nice details on the front, but nothing at all on the back. It is so unflattering and just odd.

It isn't just inexpensive clothing either...I have been looking for a swimsuit in all price points and keep coming up with paper doll clothes.

Speaking of paper doll clothes...a designer that I worked with told me that they had sent drawings to Hong Kong to have Nutcracker Ballet costumes made, and the all arrived looking exactly like the drawings....fronts only. LOL

[emoflamingo]

OMG yes. I have seen some cute stuff and then BAM the back is plain. WTF?!

I have clothing vents too. I hate clothes. Nudists have it right, sometimes, though I think I would need to be high or drunk the entire time.

I am annoyed that nothing fits me like it should. I'm not shaped like a model - I'm shaped like a real person. And short, which doesn't help.

[bunnymendelbaum]

This is a big pet peeve of mine!

[mrs.jacinthe]

I don't like shirts where the back is a different FABRIC from the front. It's like a freaking reverse shirt-mullet.

My clothing vent is running capris. Every pair I own sags in the crotch while I run and I spend most of my time adjusting myself - I'm sure it's hilarious (or disgusting, I'm not sure which) to watch, but it's SO ANNOYING.

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Amen to that. I want pretty all the way around. I'm so short that the contrast between all or nothing isn't a look I pull off well.

On the flip I also side eye a shirt of mine that's all lace in the back but plain in the front. I love it, but it's freakin' cold here 9 months a year...no one ever sees the back because it's under a cardigan half the time.

If they could also make a dress in a decent length that doesn't make me look pregnant, I'd be thrilled. I'm so over the Empire waist thing...very few people actually pull that off well IMO.

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May 15, 2013 18:56:36 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

If they could also make a dress in a decent length that doesn't make me look pregnant, I'd be thrilled. I'm so over the Empire waist thing...very few people actually pull that off well IMO.

Yeah...that is another look that doesn't work for me. I am slim, but super busty with a short torso. Most empire waist garments don't cover what they should so the seam hits in a stupid place, and if they do, they just make me feel matronly or huge.

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May 15, 2013 18:36:52 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

My mother has crabbed about this since I was a little kid. And stripes/plaids that don't match at the seams or pockets. Gah!

I think our mothers must have been separated at birth.

[auntie]

Ugh. Don't get me started.

It's all about the cost. Boring backs are cheaper and most people evidently don't give a rat's ass that their cable knit sweater has a plan knit back, or that their beaded dress is only beaded on the front, or that their dress only comes in s-m-l-xl and has an elasticized back rather than a proper zipper and darts, or that the plaids don't match at least horizontally. Back in the olden days when clothing was made by skilled Ladies Garment Workers clothing was made a whole lot better than it is off shore. I think this is a big part of the appeal of vintage.

My other pet peeve? The disappearance of sleeves in bridal wear. I do love me a strapless for a summer event, but in January here in the northeast? I'd like there to be an option to have a sleeve. Sleeves are expensive in terms of fabric- you're looking at a full yard of fabric or lace. And they require some skill and time to set in properly as well as a skilled alterations department to adjust properly.

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May 16, 2013 6:46:01 GMT -5 auntie said:

My other pet peeve? The disappearance of sleeves in bridal wear. I do love me a strapless for a summer event, but in January here in the northeast? I'd like there to be an option to have a sleeve. Sleeves are expensive in terms of fabric- you're looking at a full yard of fabric or lace. And they require some skill and time to set in properly as well as a skilled alterations department to adjust properly.

Omg...sleeves are another clothing peeve.

No one seems to cut sleeves or armholes correctly. If you try to raise your arm the sleeve pulls across the arm and is just all kinds of wrong, and the armholes lay strangely and are always the wrong size.




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[emoflamingo]

I'm willing to spend money on clothes that fit properly. See: the Ann Taylor dress I paid $160 for that no longer fits because my bust grew - again - and I cannot bring myself to take it out of my closet.