I need new clothes
2008-Feb-11, Monday 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerI noticed two weeks ago that the last of my comfortable dress shirts has a hole at the corner of a pocket. *sigh* Finding acceptable new clothes is not an easy task for me.
I was maybe around 14 years old during a trip to a clothing store where my mother could buy items for an infant in the extended family. She surprised me by handing the item over to me and asking if I would wear it. I felt it in my hands, and no I wouldn't have worn it and told her so. She put it back on the shelf and continued shopping. That was the exact moment when I realized that I was extraordinarily picky about what clothes I would wear, when I saw that my mother used my standards in determining what was non-scratchy material suitable for a newborn.
My last round of shirt-buying was about 8 years ago. I was very lucky in finding a style of shirt that met two important criteria for me. 1) non-scratchy material and seams. 2) Monochrome with no obvious signs of designer labels. At the time, this brand of shirt was carried only by Mervyn's. Imagine my distress a few years ago when they closed all of their stores in Minnesota. Ack! I emailed them about the possibility of ordering clothes online. They said they were considering it but it was not currently available. I just checked their website, and it's still not available.
At my last interview (and for upcoming interviews, I guess) I wore an UNcomfortable shirt. As soon as I have income again, I intend to buy another batch of clothes. Does anyone know of a store (either with physical stores in Minnesota or online stores anywhere) with very soft, monochrome, long-sleeve, buttoned shirts? If I knew details on the brand of shirts that I have now, I'd tell you, but I ripped the tags out many years back. The only thing still marked inside some of them now is "High Sierra".
Any ideas?
I was maybe around 14 years old during a trip to a clothing store where my mother could buy items for an infant in the extended family. She surprised me by handing the item over to me and asking if I would wear it. I felt it in my hands, and no I wouldn't have worn it and told her so. She put it back on the shelf and continued shopping. That was the exact moment when I realized that I was extraordinarily picky about what clothes I would wear, when I saw that my mother used my standards in determining what was non-scratchy material suitable for a newborn.
My last round of shirt-buying was about 8 years ago. I was very lucky in finding a style of shirt that met two important criteria for me. 1) non-scratchy material and seams. 2) Monochrome with no obvious signs of designer labels. At the time, this brand of shirt was carried only by Mervyn's. Imagine my distress a few years ago when they closed all of their stores in Minnesota. Ack! I emailed them about the possibility of ordering clothes online. They said they were considering it but it was not currently available. I just checked their website, and it's still not available.
At my last interview (and for upcoming interviews, I guess) I wore an UNcomfortable shirt. As soon as I have income again, I intend to buy another batch of clothes. Does anyone know of a store (either with physical stores in Minnesota or online stores anywhere) with very soft, monochrome, long-sleeve, buttoned shirts? If I knew details on the brand of shirts that I have now, I'd tell you, but I ripped the tags out many years back. The only thing still marked inside some of them now is "High Sierra".
Any ideas?
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