Clothes shopping? A joy or a Royal Pain?

JupiterKid · 29-09-2019 06:49PM #1

So I'm down at the posh Kildare Village outlet place and getting a few new pairs of slim fit jeans in the Levis store. I really hate clothes shopping - I know what I need, go in and get it and get out quickly and do it as little as possible - but my OH loves the whole shopping experience...especially shoe shops. He cannot just walk past a shoe shop.

The only shop I can lose myself in is a good bookstore. The rest are just a place to go into, get your stuff and go. Plenty of guys my age (early middle age) with their wives and kids looking bored out of their tree and acting as bag carriers but one thing that's changed since I was a young lad in the 90s are the number of younger guys who have loads of bags and are obviously really into their clothes and fashion.

So, AHers...do enjoy a bit of retail therapy or it it a chore to be endured?

gifted · 29-09-2019 06:52PM

I hate it.....I buy...I take home...I try on....I hand them to herself to bring back....

Edit....if something fits I buy 3 pairs ....

Ted_YNWA · 29-09-2019 06:54PM

Same as you, hate it with a passion. Hate having to deal with crowds of dawdling people too.

So am very much an in, get what I need & out as quickly as possible.

BDI · 29-09-2019 06:55PM

I wish I had time to get drawn on, or to go shopping like these Facebook people do today. Ferrying kids around when I’m not in work. Brought two of them for a haircut a few weeks ago and didn’t have time to get my own cut.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 29-09-2019 06:55PM

Chore,,..a pain....hate it....

What's to like about clothes shopping? Nothing.

Deja Boo · 29-09-2019 06:58PM

Pure chore - it's put off as much as humanly possible.

Zaph · 29-09-2019 06:59PM

I hate clothes shopping, and shopping for shoes even more.

Voltex · 29-09-2019 07:07PM

Every time I go clothes shopping with the wife and kiddos, I invariably find myself muttering the mantra "F**k My Life". I think its a coping mechanism.

Day Lewin · 29-09-2019 07:08PM

Pain in the neck and everywhere else. A dismal chore.

gmisk · 29-09-2019 07:12PM

I don't mind shopping as long as they aren't too busy and I am not looking for something specifically.

I know most of my sizes in superdry, topman, Hollister etc so buy things like shirts and t shirts online as well.

Leg End Reject · 29-09-2019 07:13PM

I hate large shopping centres and large shops where you have to look for things. I don't mind a smaller shop where things are clearly laid out and easy to see, but shopping wouldn't be a hobby. It's done on a need only basis.

Kildare Village is one of the most soulless places though, complete with faux Amercian customer service. You can't walk into a shop without all the staff tripping over each other to ask if you need help.

Seamai · 29-09-2019 07:13PM

I hate clothes shopping but I think part of it is down to such a poor selection that is available for middle aged men, in Cork it's woeful with torn jeans at one end and Farah slacks at the other and not a lot that I want to wear in between. Shirt collars are a real bug bear of mine, I'd say 8 out of 10 shirts I try go back on the rail because the collar doesn't sit right (M&S are particularly bad on this front). I've tried buying on-line a few times and ended up sending them back as the didn't look anything like the did on the site. Was in Italy recently, it was impossible to find a trousers that I could get into without a coat hanger and talcum powder.

Ken. · 29-09-2019 07:28PM

I love my job. If I won the euromillions I'd find it hard to give up. I would, if I won it hire a shopper. Someone to go get me stuff. If I never had to set foot in a clothes shop again I'd be happy.

whisky_galore · 29-09-2019 07:29PM

Easy.
Research clothing needs, i.e. new trousers.
Find out online if in stock.
Go for same brand and size as last time to avoid wasting time in changing rooms.
Voilà.

Military operation, in and out. None of this window shopping bullcrap.

TheValeyard · 29-09-2019 07:30PM

I absolutely hate shopping. Especially clothes shopping

Alun · 29-09-2019 07:33PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Military operation, in and out. None of this window shopping bullcrap.

Exactly. Back in the days of the Travel 90 bus tickets, I used to pride myself on being able to get into Dublin by bus from Bray (up to an hour on a bad day) and be back on the bus to get home before my 90 minutes were up!

pinktoe · 29-09-2019 07:36PM

I like buying suits/getting them tailor made etc

Absolutely hate jeans shopping or shops with a large footfall. I hate all shopping centres in Ireland but am fairly content in them abroad.

Wayne Jarvis · 29-09-2019 07:44PM

Anyone who actually enjoys going into a busy shopping centre is irredeemably psychotic and should be put down.

corner of hells · 29-09-2019 07:45PM

I hurt my back years ago , had surgery and was prescribed oxynorm to deal with the pain.

Nowadays, if she wants to go shopping , I drive to the destination take two oxynorm and off we go .
The day passes pain free and happy.

The only condition is she must drive home.

Thargor · 29-09-2019 07:47PM

Where do people buy tshirts these days?

There used to be loads of websites selling tshirts but even Ebay and the Chinese sites seem a bit pricey for the crap they're selling nowadays.

Is there some big tshirt retailer selling good stuff for low prices Im missing out on?

PowerToWait · 29-09-2019 07:51PM

The IG generation appears pathological in its vanity. The lads are simply absurd, the peacocking is bemusing and quite often hilarious to me.

Please don’t bother hitting me with the Socrates quote either. This crowd are giving the Italians a run for their money in the dandy stakes.

Church on Tuesday · 29-09-2019 09:04PM

I love clothes but hate having to buy clothes in actual shops.

I just buy online from places I know that will have my proper size. Perfect. Works out a bit cheaper too.

RhubarbCrumble · 29-09-2019 09:54PM

I hate Kildare Village. TK Maxx makes me want to murder someone. I'm female. My male other half loves both of them, but falls to pieces if he has to step over the threshold of Penneys.

Lithium93_ · 29-09-2019 10:11PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

I love clothes but hate having to buy clothes in actual shops.

I just buy online from places I know that will have my proper size. Perfect. Works out a bit cheaper too.

As someone who just comes in height wise at just under 6'6", I can most definitely relate to this, it's easier online (if ya have your sites) instead of spending hours traipsing around the shops.

Hobosan · 29-09-2019 10:42PM

Online shopping is problematic too. Poor standardisation in sizes, product not what was displayed, the hassle of posting it back after waiting a week for delivery, lower quality clothing across the board. It's a lottery sometimes.

But then there are **** all mens clothing shops in most towns and of the few that exist near me, a shíte jacket will be a few hundred euro.

Then you have all the bizarre expensive clothing that takes up valuable shop space, though most people I assume are looking for no nonsense clothing. Remember that thread a while back with a €1000 coat in Brown Thomas that could double as a lagging jacket? That's the shíte you have to wade through.

Badly Drunk Boy · 29-09-2019 10:43PM

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Kildare Village is one of the most soulless places though, complete with faux Amercian customer service. You can't walk into a shop without all the staff tripping over each other to ask if you need help.

I live a few miles from Kildare Village but still have only been there twice, and the only money I've spent has been in whatever coffee shop I was dragged into (another type of shop I don't like). The shops in those sort of places are fairly alien to me, so I avoid.

I know it's not great for the local economy but I prefer to buy online (sometimes from Irish sites, sometimes further afield) but when I get something I like, I buy in multiples. It's surprisingly hard to find a plain black shirt (for example) without a logo/extra stripe/stamp of some sort so when I do, I run with it! Of course, my main point is that buying this way, I get to avoid the harrowing experience that is shopping in a shopping centre/designer outlet.

I also have the height issue so regular shops don't have clothes for my size.

Leg End Reject · 29-09-2019 10:45PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I live a few miles from Kildare Village but still have only been there twice, and the only money I've spent has been in whatever coffee shop I was dragged into (another type of shop I don't like). The shops in those sort of places are fairly alien to me, so I avoid.

I know it's not great for the local economy but I prefer to buy online (sometimes from Irish sites, sometimes further afield) but when I get something I like, I buy in multiples. It's surprisingly hard to find a plain black shirt (for example) without a logo/extra stripe/stamp of some sort so when I do, I run with it! Of course, my main point is that buying this way, I get to avoid the harrowing experience that is shopping in a shopping centre/designer outlet.

Logos! One thing I hate, ostentatious bs.

twignme · 29-09-2019 11:23PM

I hate clothes shopping. Would rather stick pins in my eyes. I also hate online clothes shopping, all the shipping and returning aggravation. In the shops, the mirrors and lighting in the changing rooms (make that tiny cubicles with nowhere to hang your clothes or sit to take off your shoes) that make you look 200 lbs and with cellulite like the surface of the moon. You’re a size 10 in one place and a 14 in another. It’s all just rather a chore.

Lewis_Benson · 30-09-2019 12:22AM

Clothes shopping is grand......

When you buy online.

Bobblehats · 30-09-2019 12:30AM

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

Clothes shopping is grand......

When you buy online.

Until it arrives in the post...

and that 22” across is actually 21”.

Strumms · 30-09-2019 12:42AM

I neither hate it or love it... it’s a necessity.

I just make sure I’m doing it on a weekday as every borderline lucid thick fûckwit with no sense of direction, personal space or personal hygiene seems to populate the shops on a Saturday.

Clothes shopping? A joy or a Royal Pain?

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