Do you try on clothes before buying them?

blackcard · 26-12-2015 01:21AM #1

Up to now, I have hardly ever tried on clothes before buying them except maybe when buying a suit. Even when a sales assistant might look at my purchase dubiously and ask me if I wanted to try it for size,I would say that I was fine. Then, if there was a problem with the item of clothing - too short,too tight etc. I was too stubborn to return the clothes. But after buying two pairs of trousers recently for 180 euro and finding them to be skintight, I will definitely be trying on clothes in future. Do you?

kneemos · 26-12-2015 01:25AM

Haven't bought clothes in a shop since I don't know when.
Never had a problem online,shirts,pants,jeans have always fitted perfectly.

Letree · 26-12-2015 01:29AM

blackcard wrote: »

Up to now, I have hardly ever tried on clothes before buying them except maybe when buying a suit. Even when a sales assistant might look at my purchase dubiously and ask me if I wanted to try it for size,I would say that I was fine. Then, if there was a problem with the item of clothing - too short,too tight etc. I was too stubborn to return the clothes. But after buying two pairs of trousers recently for 180 euro and finding them to be skintight, I will definitely be trying on clothes in future. Do you?

I try on everything except underwear. I try on t shirts, shirts, jeans, jumpers, jackets etc. There is just too much variability in sizes to take the risk and just buy without trying on first.

JupiterKid · 26-12-2015 01:33AM

I just love to try on black lace lingerie - bras, thongs and the like.

I do get odd looks from the shop assistants when I step out of the changing rooms in the lingerie and stilleto heels - I am a bloke after all.

Tell me - just what on Earth is wrong with trying on a thong if you think it looks great on you? Hmmm?

26-12-2015 01:34AM

Always, sizes vary massively. Very rarely but clothes online unless the sizing is fairly uniform across the range which it isn't for a lot of brands.

kneemos · 26-12-2015 01:41AM

The mark up on store clothes is vicious . You'd have got three or four pairs of pants of the same quality for your 180 Euro online.

M+S.ie or Savilerow.com are particular favourites of mine.

RayM · 26-12-2015 01:43AM

Never. Too much hassle and faffing about. I prefer to just walk in to a shop, pick up what I want, pay for it and then fuck off.

J_E · 26-12-2015 01:45AM

Yes - I have chunky thighs and I find it so hard to find trousers which are the right fit, so can't take the risk of knowing if they are good to go or not. Hate having baggy waists!

Letree · 26-12-2015 01:46AM

I think not trying on clothes in shops is more about self-consciousness than a laziness.

dr.fuzzenstein · 26-12-2015 01:47AM

I have 36 inch waist and 34 inch leg. In the shop I grab about 5-6 pairs of trousers with that measurement and if 2 of them fit it's a minor miracle.
The size written up on clothes is pure fiction.
I have shoes from size 9 to size 11, the same applies, need to grab 4-5 pairs and hope one fits. There is simply no way ordering clothes online can ever work. You would have to order 20 items in the vain hope that 4-5 of them would fit.
Cannot possibly work.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 26-12-2015 01:53AM

Generally I do. I pick out a few different outfits, try them on, and choose then. Unless I know exactly it is I'm looking for, then I don't bother.

Gaygooner · 26-12-2015 01:54AM

Dunnes don't like you opening the packages.

26-12-2015 02:06AM

Yes, almost always. I am quite tall so I especially need to try on jeans and trousers. I also have long arms, so coats can be a problem. Dresses generally don't cover my arse so I must try them on too.

T-Shirts and pjs are alright. Shoes also need to be tried on all the time as my feet are a half size.

My boyfriend never tries anything on. He finds going to changing rooms too stressful.

blackcard · 26-12-2015 02:10AM

I imagine some stores / brands give incorrect sizes on purpose eg you try on a size 32 which is really a 34 and you feel so good about a size 32 fitting you, you buy the item of clothing

strelok · 26-12-2015 02:12AM

blackcard wrote: »

I imagine some stores / brands give incorrect sizes on purpose eg you try on a size 32 which is really a 34 and you feel so good about a size 32 fitting you, you buy the item of clothing

vanity sizing.
it's more common with sizes as words 'small/medium' etc, but it creeps in to numbered sizes too. it's all meaningless.

blackcard · 26-12-2015 02:16AM

strelok wrote: »

vanity sizing.
it's more common with sizes as words 'small/medium' etc, but it creeps in to numbered sizes too. it's all meaningless.

But surely a size 32 should be a size 32 and there should be no room for error?

dr.fuzzenstein · 26-12-2015 02:34AM

blackcard wrote: »

But surely a size 32 should be a size 32 and there should be no room for error?

I take it you've never bought clothing?

blackcard · 26-12-2015 02:39AM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I take it you've never bought clothing?

Surely there must be regulations controlling clothing, a 32" waist or leg should be easily verifiable.?

Atlantic Dawn · 26-12-2015 02:40AM

If same brand I have already no, if new brand yes.

Mint Aero · 26-12-2015 02:45AM

I'm always sure to leave a sh*t stain before putting it back

26-12-2015 02:51AM

Depends on how much it costs. If it's a pair of jeans over 30, then yes, I will try them on. I tend to only buy jeans and hoodies though, and usually in Penneys, so no, I don't. I got caught out by that years ago. I bought a lovely dress in Vera Moda in Denmark, because the euro was strong against the kroner at the time and it was super cheap, and I was rushing. I'm a small girl so I bought the XS. It was too small, I discovered when I got back to my friend's place, but I had no time to go exchange it. I brought it and the receipt into Vera Moda in Dun Laoghaire and they exchanged it for the next size up! Only, I think, because the manager was so nice. So yeah, since then, if it's something worth more than 30 euro, I do try it on.

I was buying very expensive underwear in M&S a few months ago, and the lady asked me if i'd like to try on the bra before I bought it, I said it'd be grand, she was looking at my boyfriend (who was paying) and said "It's not cheap, you need to know if it fits!" and he said "Sure it wont be on her long!"

fuzzypickle · 26-12-2015 03:58AM

Nope. I hate using changing rooms. I always end up next to the ma with the kid who's nearly shorter than the curtain and just stares at you.

Graces7 · 26-12-2015 05:49AM

No. All my clothes are bought in charity shops. They do allow trying on but no need...and they all stink of cheap conditioner which I am allergic to ..

the_syco · 26-12-2015 06:03AM

Yeah. So many t-shirt that claim to be XXXL, but are only really XXL is annoying!

chillybilly · 26-12-2015 07:13AM

Of course, how else would I know if they fit me? Sizes vary across brands so much that I could be an L in one store and S in another. Saves you the hassle of returning an item or exchanging for a different size as well.

26-12-2015 10:45AM

Try on everything except for underwear. I find about ten different items, like 10 pairs of jeans, 10 t-shirts etc. in the right sizes and try them all on. I buy whatever fits well.. If that's none, fine. If it's everything, fine.

I go clothes shopping about once a year cause I despise it.. If I don't find anything new, I just don't worry about it.

dr.fuzzenstein · 26-12-2015 01:44PM

Graces7 wrote: »

No. All my clothes are bought in charity shops. They do allow trying on but no need...and they all stink of cheap conditioner which I am allergic to ..

No, always have the creeping suspicion that people died in those clothes.

mackg · 26-12-2015 01:58PM

Yeah always except if I'm buying the exact same item I had before.

I'd want to see how it looks on me, even if it is bang on waist and leg for jeans across a brand different pairs will have different fits so it's easy to end up with something you won't wear.

Ruu · 26-12-2015 02:02PM

Yeah, rip open the three pack of boxers and try them on, just to make sure I have enough room!

Agricola · 26-12-2015 02:05PM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

The size written up on clothes is pure fiction.

Probably true. I read that men's trousers waist measurements are routinely rounded down, often by 2 or 3 inches, so we can all pretend we haven't gone over the magic 36"!

Badly Drunk Boy · 26-12-2015 02:08PM

kneemos wrote: »

Haven't bought clothes in a shop since I don't know when.
Never had a problem online,shirts,pants,jeans have always fitted perfectly.

Weirdo!!

I mean..."Yeah I'm the same. I'm 6'5". I'm 42. I'm awkward."

Do you try on clothes before buying them?

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