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TurkS
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Mar 27, 2018
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Shoes are difficult to buy online unless you already dont a fitting instore . Kinda good on the wallet but a dick move against the stores. Same with a lot of shirts, clothes , jackets etc.
Mar 27, 2018
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Mar 27, 2018
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TurkSAgreed on the shoes. Online shopping for shoes/boots can't compare to trying them on in a store with competent staff. That's worth paying for. But once you know your measurements, clothes aren't so complicated.
Mar 27, 2018
Cloaca
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Aug 4, 2018
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I find the measurements on clothes sold online to be unreliable, so the ability to return clothes is necessary. In fact, I tend to order three bracketed sizes and return two, so a company that doesn't like that doesn't get my business.
How clothes measurements should be done: Flat on table measurements of the garment, including for shirts a belly measurement, not just chest. If you have clothes at home that fit you can measure those and be sure.
Most places do really crazy measurements. Jeans waist? Vanity measure, totally removed from physical reality. Jackets? They will assume how much "ease" you want and factor that in. You may want little ease, or you may want to wear it over something or just have it baggy. You don't know how they've done it.
There is one physical reality: The flattened, non-stretched size of the garment on a table, measureed from specific points to other specific points. For certain knits and stretchy fabrics you may want to know the expansion percentage for both warp and weft. Again, you compare with existing clothes you have. You do not try to measure yourself, nor do you get someone else to measure you. You order an object of a specific physical size, and you either get that or you return what they send you.
Aug 4, 2018
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