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Why is it so hard to buy cheap, practical clothing?
Because we're crowded out by fashion consumers, who are willing to pay a lot for their clothes? I'm not sure anymore, since you might say that the fashion market has nothing to do with the cheap clothing market.
Anyway, I went to the Albert Cuyp market this week, and managed to buy 6 T-shirts for 10 Euro. But I wish I could have done this at my local supermarket, instead of going to the other side of the city.
By the way, I've always been sensitive to clothing (e.g. labels rubbing on my back), and I hate finding out that models I wear have gone out of fashion and are no longer to be found (e.g. some kinds of slippers, underpants), because it means I have to readapt my skin or, if pockets are in the wrong places, readjusting my habits. I wonder if there's a market for models that are promised never to stop selling: it would suck to depend on a tailor for the rest of your life.
Ok, I'm exaggerating. It's not that bad.
What really sucks is having to look around and try things out, wasting away my time and patience. Can't I just order things the right model and size from home? Is biometrics that far from application?
ADDENDUM: MR on Vanity Sizing
Because we're crowded out by fashion consumers, who are willing to pay a lot for their clothes? I'm not sure anymore, since you might say that the fashion market has nothing to do with the cheap clothing market.
Anyway, I went to the Albert Cuyp market this week, and managed to buy 6 T-shirts for 10 Euro. But I wish I could have done this at my local supermarket, instead of going to the other side of the city.
By the way, I've always been sensitive to clothing (e.g. labels rubbing on my back), and I hate finding out that models I wear have gone out of fashion and are no longer to be found (e.g. some kinds of slippers, underpants), because it means I have to readapt my skin or, if pockets are in the wrong places, readjusting my habits. I wonder if there's a market for models that are promised never to stop selling: it would suck to depend on a tailor for the rest of your life.
Ok, I'm exaggerating. It's not that bad.
What really sucks is having to look around and try things out, wasting away my time and patience. Can't I just order things the right model and size from home? Is biometrics that far from application?
ADDENDUM: MR on Vanity Sizing
