Abercrombie/Hollister/Gilly Hicks
I need to rant Ala, and rant hard.I'm sure you've seen people wearing clothing from these three companies (all of which share the same parent brand). They often come in obnoxious day-glow colors with cheap, iron-on logos of seagulls and peanuts-esque surfer boys with freckly faces, but sometimes I find something cute and cave in. Hollister and Gilly Hicks aren't horribly expensive, and I don't mind buying the occasional winter jacket from Abercrombie & Fitch.
But holy poop, the bane of my existence is how they size their clothing. It's gotten even worse recently, since Hollister added size 00, so what's become my size at their company (an unfortunately tight 0) has gotten even smaller. I did some measuring. My old Hollister "size 0" pants were 30 inches around, still two inches shy of the standard for 00 sized pants. Since they implemented the 00 size? My size zero pants have shrunk to twenty-six loveing inches around!. That's a children's size ten!
When I shop at nicer places such as Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, Armani Exchange, I am an unwavering size 00. I fit that size according to the standard at the measurements 30-22-32. Why the hell does it seem like this company is going out of their way to make me feel like a whale?
My new puppy ended up getting into a load of laundry a few weeks ago and destroyed the majority of my bras, so I ordered a few new ones from Gilly Hicks recently, mainly because they're cheap as hell and cute. The smallest band size they carry is a 32, when I'm normally a 30 or 28. I ordered all size 32's, and when I tried them on I noticed they were really tight, even causing bulges on my back. I looked at the bands and noticed they were really, really small. Even compared to a Victoria's Secret 30. I measured them. TWENTY ONE loveING INCHES AROUND.
I hate women's clothing.
I hate it sooooo much.