It occurred to us today, as we diligently tried on 9 items each at XXI (Forever 21--but I think the numerals look prettier, as does the company obviously who have started to drop the "forever 21" words from their bags/storefront altogether. Is the store XXI different from Forever 21, you may ask? No, no it is not.) that it is ridiculous to think that people buy stuff from forever 21 online ALL. THE. TIME. HOW!?!?!?!
1) The crap is made in all parts of Asia by all kinds of child labourers: and as such there is little quality control (resulting in rock bottom prices!) and absolutely no such thing as "consistency"
2) The clothes are literally manufactured a maximum (thank god) of FOUR INCHES DIFFERENT per large/large, medium/medium of different items. How could you ever know what size you are for REALZ??
Answer? You couldn't.
So, the moral is... DON'T buy stuff online from Forever 21, or H&M, or Urban Behavior, etc etc, because although they may be some of my favourite stores due to their relatively high coolness/cheapness ratio (any item under $5 = insta-buy in my world), buying online from them will only result in dashed hopes and dreams.
You wait patiently for your package to arrive, only to discover that the Vietnamese made THIS particular medium 3 inches smaller around the ribcage than that other summer dress from the same company. Thus you are now out $13.50, and have an ill-fitting (or non-fitting) new item.
BETTER idea, is to buy stuff that you DON'T have to try on, stuff that's a sure bet. Posters. T-shirts. Books. DVDs. CDs. mmmmm.... fantastic. Might I recommend All Posters, Threadless, and Amazon. Once, I also bought 50% off clearance stuff from HotTopic.com, but they charged me $200 worth of duty charges from Puerto Rico, Mexico and halfway across the globe because they had to ship it to their warehouse before mailing it. Fair? Helllll no. So they're cut from the list.
OR, better yet, buy ME stuff from MY list.... http://www.amazon.ca/wishlist/1M0M18GCIIPK4
Happy Shopping!!
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