If clothing designers say their outfits look best while jumping off a bridge, do we do that too?

[slemslempike]

I found this site linked through Hoyden About Town.

Two further things I hated are:

1. "Our bras are designed to position the breasts halfway between the shoulder and the elbow, which is what clothing designers intended."

Yes. Definitely the solution to this problem of clothes not fitting is for bodies to fit the whims of the designers, not to encourage designers to recognise that there is no one body size and shape and maybe there could be a broader range of fits and styles.

2. "You cannot slouch in our bras."

I DO NOT WANT CLOTHES IN WHICH I CANNOT SLOUCH. I like slouching. I know it's not "attractive", (and probably makes clothing designers really mad) but that doesn't say "comfort" to me, it says "constricting".


Our windows are in. But I don't have a curtain rail anymore, something to do with the supports being too brittle. Which is fine, we can get a new one. But I don't know how to put it up and I'm worried I'll do it wrong and it will all break.

Comments

[pescana.livejournal.com]

But ALL women want larger breasts! ALL OF THEM/US.

I certainly don't! But then I pretty much fail at the whole 'striving to match society's standards for women' thing, so this should not be a surprise.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

If I had larger breasts then it would be even more difficult to find nice bras than it already is. And they'd get in the way. And hurt my back. And, more importantly, not be any better than the body I already have.

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

I'm well past the nice bra point (though from what I can tell larger bras are less of a chore to find in the UK, where presumably fewer people need them) and definitely do not want them larger.

I adore the way you dress and carry yourself. It has an artless elegance about it that doesn't just look comfortable, it encourages comfort in others.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's nice of you! It might not be everyone's idea of a compliment, but I am very happy to think that I might encourage comfort in others.

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

Whew! It was absolutely intended as a compliment/honest assessment.