Lights in shop changing rooms

Rigol

I don't really like clothes shopping and usually avoid it.
Anyway, went to get some clothes.
Went to try them out in the changing room.
Looked in the mirror......faced with what looked like a deep fried battered version of me with 20 years added on. Not like normally at home where I'm just about passable.

Ever had this?

sportsfanatik

really?
when i look into the mirror in the changing rooms , i have a 6 pack with a light toned skin
either that or its a poster, i dunno.....

davet82

Rigol wrote: »

I don't really like clothes shopping and usually avoid it.
Anyway, went to get some clothes.
Went to try them out in the changing room.
Looked in the mirror......faced with what looked like a deep fried battered version of me with 20 years added on. Not like normally at home where I'm just about passable.

Ever had this?

female

sportsfanatik wrote: »

really?
when i look into the mirror in the changing rooms , i have a 6 pack with a light toned skin
either that or its a poster, i dunno.....

male

biko

I always look like crap* in the changing room mirror but if the clothes fit, feck I'll buy them anyway.


*the clothes probably look like crap on me IRL too but at least my friends have the decency not to say anything.

Kenno90

Bravo

0ph0rce0

I don't look at mirrors, Mirrors look at me cause I'm just so beautiful.

















I'm also a rascal between the sheets

SEPT 23 1989

I look great in any mirror

GalwayGuy2

Thought that was just me:O

tmc86

The majority of changing room/shop mirrors are at a slight angle too i.e tilting from the floor and resting on the wall

This is apparently a technique that makes you look better so the clothes always look better in-store but it might not be the case at home!

Blisterman

Retail design is fairly comprehensive. In most big chain stores, everything from the music, to the smell, to the lighting is designed to maximise the chances of you buying something.

I'd be very surprised if the changing room lighting wasn't designed specifically to make the clothes look as good as possible.

Eriopis

changing room lighting is well-known for making you look terrible - fluorescent light bulbs usually are the culprit.

tan11ie

Lights that bright don't flatter at all...and why do they have the mirrors angled so you can see your bum! seriously it's enough to turn you off buying the clothes

blacklilly

I tend not to look at my face in changing rooms, I just concentrate on the clothes. A few weeks ago I mistakenly saw my face in the mirror and I looked like I hadn't slept in a week and my skin looked really dull. I now wear a paper bag on my head while in changing rooms, works a treat

otto_26

I eat healthy and exercise regularly so don't have a problem looking at my body in the mirror.

phasers

otto_26 wrote: »

I eat healthy and exercise regularly so don't have a problem looking at my body in the mirror.

Yeah awesome good for you but what about your face?

otto_26

phasers wrote: »

Yeah awesome good for you but what about your face?

I'm really good looking.

phasers

otto_26 wrote: »

I'm really good looking.

Creepy PMs incoming

otto_26

phasers wrote: »

Creepy PMs incoming

I don't get ya?

g'em

otto_26 wrote: »

I don't get ya?

It's a recurrent theme with you otto

otto_26

g'em wrote: »

It's a recurrent theme with you otto

How dare you g'em!! Please explain for me then? your highness

annascott

I find that TK MAXX and Debenhams are the worst. They also make me look heavier.:eek:

MadsL

OP, why not shop in Hollister. Firstly, you will be lucky to have the 'beautiful people' acknowledge your presence, it is so dark that you cannot actually see any clothes and then when you try them on, all you can see is the Hollister logo. But then, isn't that all that the clothes need to have. Never mind if they fit, make your way to the register, where you will also get your complimentary sneer and get overcharged for a piece of tat made in China.

Go home, wear your tat, and then indulge in a bit of self-harm to make you feel that bit more, y'know, worthless.

Barna77

MadsL wrote: »

Go home, wear your tat, and then indulge in a bit of self-harm to make you feel that bit more, y'know, worthless.

Plus a bit of swearing after checking the receipt again

later12

Rigol wrote: »

I don't really like clothes shopping and usually avoid it.
Anyway, went to get some clothes.
Went to try them out in the changing room.
Looked in the mirror......faced with what looked like a deep fried battered version of me with 20 years added on. Not like normally at home where I'm just about passable.

Ever had this?

Yes, i think it's the lighting.
It's like having one of those harsh colour lenses on your camera, the ones that make things look grubby and Diesel stained.

Don't worry, it's definitely not just you.

Ann22

otto_26 wrote: »

I don't get ya?

I assumed he meant weirdos might start sending you private messages 'cos we're all picturing you as some kind of goddess:):)

I could be wrong tho', maybe he meant he's about to send you a string of private creepy messages:D

kfallon

Ann22 wrote: »

I assumed he meant weirdos might start sending you private messages 'cos we're all picturing you as some kind of goddess:):)

I could be wrong tho', maybe he meant he's about to send you a string of private creepy messages:D

Either way she's on to a winner :pac:

Ann22

I hate changing rooms, especially those communal ones. I've gotten myself tangled up in clothing on one or three occasions.

Those clingy tops with half a dozed different layers and straps and dangly things hanging off them that all get wrapped around those plastic things that stop you shoplifting.

I don't like looking at my red, sweating, distressed face in the mirror from under my armpit as I desperately try to wriggle my way out of it without the person in the next cubicle hearing it rip:(.

YellowFeather

I find changing room lights ok usually. I have a problem with the mirrors that show what you look like from behind though, 'cause the back of my hair always turns out to look like it badly needs a brush and I prefer living my life in ignorance of that fact.

The mirrors in the bathroom in work are horrible. I don't know how the hell they set up the lights, but all you can see are huge dark circles under your eyes. So, if your work day isn't bad enough, you get to take a look in the mirror and feel like shite about yourself. Work - grrrrrrr!

Ann22

I remember some actress - think it was Sharon Stone, saying she uses low level pink lighting around her house, says her cellulite doesn't show up so much.

Rigol

davet82 wrote: »

female



male

But I'm male.

I guess now I'm not allowed to curl up on the couch and watch dirty dancing while drinking baileys and sobbing too to get over it.

Neewbie_noob

Rigol wrote: »

I don't really like clothes shopping and usually avoid it.
Anyway, went to get some clothes.
Went to try them out in the changing room.
Looked in the mirror......faced with what looked like a deep fried battered version of me with 20 years added on. Not like normally at home where I'm just about passable.

Ever had this?

Fry wearing wonderbriefs in changing room

"Warning, object in mirror may appear more attractive than they actually are"

Ihatecuddles-old

It's like me but in HD.

Nobody wants to see that!

mfceiling

Blisterman wrote: »

Retail design is fairly comprehensive. In most big chain stores, everything from the music, to the smell, to the lighting is designed to maximise the chances of you buying something.

I'd be very surprised if the changing room lighting wasn't designed specifically to make the clothes look as good as possible.

Even penneys...