Why is men clothes getting harder to buy in the shops? I am looking for decent shirts for the evenings out.

All I see is a sea of dark blues, greys and beige and only a rack or 2.

I have a beautiful floral, red silk/satin shirt. However, my partner says 'I look like a male escort, who is pulling old boilers.'

I have lots of shirts some are XL,L to XXL depending on the cut, style and the country made was is made in.

I love to try to on before buying, I hate departing with money.

Green Man wrote:
I love to try to on before buying, I hate departing with money.

Never heard of people trying on shirts, blouses, tights or underwear when shopping.

Airtight plastic packaging is often a prohibiting factor. Free returns are ubiquitous though.

Reactor Sampson wrote:
Green Man wrote:
I love to try to on before buying, I hate departing with money.

Never heard of people trying on shirts, blouses, tights or underwear when shopping.

Airtight plastic packaging is often a prohibiting factor. Free returns are ubiquitous though.



Returns are not free for the planet though, are they, when it means several journeys instead of one?

Reactor Sampson wrote:
Green Man wrote:
I love to try to on before buying, I hate departing with money.

Never heard of people trying on shirts, blouses, tights or underwear when shopping.

Airtight plastic packaging is often a prohibiting factor. Free returns are ubiquitous though.

Waste fuel to go to post office or a shop? None near me within walking distance. The joys of living remote location, I wouldn't change it for the world.

I don't like plain shirts either nor checks or stripes. I can only wear flannel for the outdoors.

Wyot. lives in booty shorts and tee shirts, whilst wearing a floppy cricket hat. He has trophies and medals.

I like shirts also that go with well with my fancy belt buckles.

Honey wrote:
Reactor Sampson wrote:
Green Man wrote:
I love to try to on before buying, I hate departing with money.

Never heard of people trying on shirts, blouses, tights or underwear when shopping.

Airtight plastic packaging is often a prohibiting factor. Free returns are ubiquitous though.



Returns are not free for the planet though, are they, when it means several journeys instead of one?

I dead to think what people waste on fuel to send back items made in China. I avoid fast fashion when possible, however that's all I can find when I go clothes shopping. I like to wear fancy shirts, not polyester unless its a gilet for the Winter hikes.

I now buy a lot of things online and often they are way better, more original and easier than to go to shops. My colourful shirts, for example. And trousers - finding sweat pants with zip pockets is impossible in shops (I once went to ten different sports shops before finding a pair). I'm a massive Amazon customer and 90% of the time they are fine.

I am quite intrigued by Barney's idea that women don't try on blouses. Why wouldn't they? And does he think bras are outerwear? Maybe the only woman he has ever seen is Madonna?

I have just realised that I haven't had a blouse since I was fifteen.

Honey wrote:
I am quite intrigued by Barney's idea that women don't try on blouses. Why wouldn't they? And does he think bras are outerwear? Maybe the only woman he has ever seen is Madonna?

I have just realised that I haven't had a blouse since I was fifteen.

So about 10 years then Honey.

My partner only wears a blouse on evening outs, however she love dresses. They are not too low and not too high. If you got a cleavage, then show it off. Is her motto.

Do you think she buys every dress without trying them also Barney?

Like I said Barney, I have various shirt sizes depending on the style, origin and cut.

I do have a gut, also I need to see if they do up well if I want them buttoned up. Hence the gut.

Green Man wrote:
[quote]Honey wrote:


I do have a gut, also I need to see if they do up well if I want them buttoned up. Hence the gut.

So you have a gut in order to see if the shirts button up well on one GM?

Wyot wrote:
[quote]Green Man wrote:
Honey wrote:


I do have a gut, also I need to see if they do up well if I want them buttoned up. Hence the gut.

So you have a gut in order to see if the shirts button up well on one GM?

He can see his shirt buttons, but his flies are open.

Honey wrote:
[quote]Wyot wrote:
Green Man wrote:
Honey wrote:


I do have a gut, also I need to see if they do up well if I want them buttoned up. Hence the gut.

So you have a gut in order to see if the shirts button up well on one GM?

He can see his shirt buttons, but his flies are open.

I am not the late great Tubs Honey. He used table clothes as a bib at times in restaurant's and in cafes. I do remember he undid his trousers at an all you can eat to make more for food . He forgot to do them up when he got up.

He didn't still care.

God, I do miss him

JK2006 wrote:
I now buy a lot of things online and often they are way better, more original and easier than to go to shops. My colourful shirts, for example. And trousers - finding sweat pants with zip pockets is impossible in shops (I once went to ten different sports shops before finding a pair). I'm a massive Amazon customer and 90% of the time they are fine.

I refuse to shop at Amazon until they are unionised.

One of the benefits of Oz is t-shirts..worn no matter what the occasion. so easy.even in winter.

Amazon is unionised in the US and in the UK.


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