Fashion Pet Peeves

[lovetriangle]

I think there must be a whole lot of people in the world who buy clothes without trying them on.

I have no other explanation for seeing people out in the world who look reasonably put together but wearing something completely unflattering. Not an unflattering item that happens to be the height of fashion - like, say, the tube-top like item where the ruching ends just below the bust making even the skinniest woman look pregnant - no I mean a perfectly serviceable top worn in such a way as to baffle me.

Case in point, the surplice wrap top.

I see many tops with a V neckline from a crossed wrap of fabric than ends just below the bust and is snug from the under-bust down. You'd think this would look good on anyone, but it has a fatal flaw. I see more tops like this worn with that under-bust seam creeping halfway up the bosom. Not only is this entirely unflattering, it also looks uncomfortable and sloppy; like the wearer doesn't own a mirror.

My fashion pet peeve of the day. That is all.

Comments

[demode.livejournal.com]

Okay, as a large busted woman who lives in V neck tops because they're most flattering -- yes, it's unflattering when that seam is right up with the nipple. But no matter how large a size you buy, they don't cut them for anything bigger than a B cup. So if you want to wear that style, it's going to ride up higher than it should. AND if you want a V neck top these days, the majority you're going to find have that empire seam.

Some of us wear what we do because we have to wear something! It would be nice if they realized that larger sizes often have larger cup sizes. It's all about size discrimination! Yay!

[suededsilk.livejournal.com]

This is also true; our pattern teacher was discussing the whole sizing issue - that you can't just take the size 8, B-cup sloper and use it for anywhere from 0-22!
Now why the actual patternmakers haven't figured this out, one wonders. :)

[isiswardrobe.livejournal.com]

I agree! I have a G-cup and it's plain SILLY how clothesmakers seem to think they can cut everything the same- just bigger. As if the think that a B-cupped breast looks the same as a G-cupped. *grumbles*