Am I the only one who struggles with online shopping? Like with measurements for example, I don’t know what there talking about or if the clothes will be the right size. How does everyone else get around this?
If I ever buy any clothing online (so far I think it has been shoes that was very hard to find), I first go to physical shops that either have the same thing I want (probably at a higher price) or have the same model, but in a different color scheme and then go online to buy it :)
Online for brands I’m familiar with, in-person for others.
I don’t shop for clothes online. In clothes shops they typically have changing rooms, and there would be nothing more disappointing than finding a dress or other article of clothing that I really like, only to try it on after it gets delivered and find out it’s either too big or too small…
I really rely on those changing rooms. I know this may sound like a pity drag but as someone with shall we say “behind” it’s super hard to find things that fit over my weste.
I would like to dedicate this post to all the amazing jeans and skirts that could have been worn. Your service who have been appreciated.
I do better shopping online. I am tallish and there’s not much available locally, so much more available online.
Generally you can write to customer service for actual measurements, I have to do that sometimes. Reading reviews can help too, especially when people say their measurements and what size they got.
My kids (as I did when I was their age) do love shopping at the thrift store, trying things on.
I prefer clothes shopping in person, unless I know exactly what I’m getting and see a good deal. And exactly for the reasons you mentioned.
How do people get over that? How do they know it’s the right size if they haven’t seen it IRL?
If it doesn’t fit then it’s a lot harder to get a refund and + you now have the disappointment of waiting a few weeks or days just to find out they don’t fit you.
I don’t buy clothes online but my wife does. This is how she works: She orders stuff all the time. Maybe every few days something will arrive and she’ll try it on. It’s like a constant production line so she’s never actively waiting to try things on. They “just arrive” constantly.
And yes she returns a ton of stuff. She probably visited the post office twice a week to return the non fitting items. Or a lot of times they fit but don’t quite look the same on her than she imagined or the quality wasn’t great.
Also some places she has ordered enough times from that fitting isn’t an issue any more. She knows their cuts and sizing very well.
I guess it also helps to be a standard size of traditional proportions. For myself I have to compensate for a more typical programmer physique haha.
She should be aware that likely almost 100% of those returned clothes are going to the dump. Unless this is a very reputable seller, with a trustworthy supply line, even if they say they recycle or resell, they likely don’t.
That’s the whole point of not ordering online unless I know exactly what I’m getting.
But that’s the problem it’s hard to know what your getting. For me all those measurements mean nothing to me.
