Step into my contraption

Posted on May 4, 2005 in Guest Blogger

The newest invention to make your life more covenant and easier as a consumer. The contraption promises it will get all of your measurements and tell you your correct clothing size. Ladies won’t have to try on 15 different pairs of pants before finding the one that fits. Sounds like a dream come true. It’s a fad or gimmick to get you to come in and spend your money.

As a parent it drives me crazy wasting time trying to find clothing to fit my children. One child is a skinny Minnie and the other has womanly curves about her but her tastes aren’t those of an adult. I have had difficulties finding clothing to fit me properly due to my proportions – I guess designers think I should have a bigger chest.

I thought at first great what a time saver. Then, I started thinking. Designers do vanity sizing that could cause some bruised egos. A consumer would have to get past standing in a see through box and see pointing from other consumers. Once inside the consumer would be bombarded with radio waves and think of all the sci-fi movies ever watched that had time machines.

A contraption claustrophobics would steer clear of.

I did go to the site (not viewable in mozilla btw), great if you only want to buy levis or bridal gowns and go to the few places listed. Personally I think it’s a waste of space and lack of customer service. A measuring tape goes a long way.

Personally I think a company should do massive surveys of people measurements. There are plenty of people myself included, who don’t fit nicely into a size. I would like to see a business offer custom sizing based on several point measurements. The fact is, some people have big butts some have small, some people have the “pinch an inch” . Some people have big thighs some have long legs and some short. Really pant sizing needs to go beyond waist and length size.
No contraption is going to help those pants fit perfectly if you fall outside the “norm” sizing.