Secondhand clothes

[vanillafluffy]

Today I did something I've never done before. I commented on a post at fatshionxchange solely to review a dress someone was selling. The community is for sales of plus size clothing. I've bought there a few times (although I know, I *ought* to be selling there instead).

Anyway, someone was selling a dress I got a couple of months ago from Fashion Bug. It's a basic, versatile dress, good to throw on and go, with easy-care fabric that never wrinkles. It drapes well, flatters the waistline, and I said that it was a very good value for the amount the seller is asking.

This is it:

What is irksome is, there have been no comments/sales for that or anything else the seller has listed, even though she's got some nice stuff at reasonable prices. I feel really bad for her; hopefully sales will pick up.

The community is on my friends page, and I check any post that looks like it might have something my size. However, I usually find that what's up isn't what I want/need. (There's no frackin way I'd pay $10 for someone's old tee shirt.) There arespecific things I prefer, certain skirts, shrugs, light jackets. I have to remind myself that my style now isn't everyone's, and for that matter, what I wear at 50+ isn't what I wore 10, 20 or 30 years ago.

I've cut way back on online purchases. Part of it is surfeit of stuff, another part is cost, but mostly it's because I'm tired of hit-or-miss results. I'd rather try it on first; I can try it on and not buy it---it satisfies my desire to shop while still preserving my bank balance.

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Comments

[adventurat.livejournal.com]

I used to follow that comm. But I don't buy clothes online when they're NEW - I'm sure not going to buy them used. Especially with the terrible presentation and shitty photography that is so common in comms like that: out of focus, poorly lit, cameraphone photos with captions like "sorry for the bad lighting; trust me it's a great item!" And a lot of people have unrealistic expectations about resale value of stuff, as if the fact that THEY owned it actually adds to the resale value. ($10 t-shirts are just the beginning.) Yeah. No.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

That's about the size of it---I've had a few lemons. A dress that was even crappier than the picture with flimsy, faded fabric, a skirt where the color wasn't even close to what I expected (orange is definitely NOT pink), and even when you know your measurements, things that should, in theory, fit, don't always.

I've got nothing against wearing ssecondhand, but I'll stick to thrift stores, where I can try things on and there's no shipping. *And* they're thrift store prices, which means $4-5 dollars for shoes, NOT $15 for something from Payless that probably cost them $15! (Plus shipping. I was born at night, but it wasn't last night.)

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[adventurat.livejournal.com]

That's what I meant to say - I don't mind secondhand clothes or shoes or handbags, but I have to be able to try them on, check them out. I've never quite understood the popularity of online clothing shopping, for that very reason. And "they have a great return policy" is no selling point for me, because it just means another trip to the post office, and waiting, and credit card refunds... no, thank you!