• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m suddenly thankful my business casual attire can be picked up for like 5 bucks at goodwill.

    Hell, for my promotion to my first office job, my previous manager straight up bought me a bunch of cheap polos on his own dollar, basically saying “don’t embarrass me for suggesting you for the position”. Wore those for like a whole year or more before buying my own for cheap.

    A full suit? Fuck. Good luck thrifting one that fits well without tailoring, if you can even find matching jacket and pants, let alone several.

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      7 months ago

      I have never found pants that didn’t have to be hemmed no matter what size my waist is. I’ve lost a huge amount of weight- gone from obese to the average weight for my BMI and it’s still true. It’s infuriating. I’m not tiny either, I’m 5’9".

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        7 months ago

        Must be tough finding pants with eight or ten legs (depending on how you categorize the two arms and eight tentacles)

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        6 months ago

        Every off-the-rack suit is for some average body which doesn’t seem to exist. I’ve never had a jacket fit shoulder, chest, and arm length.

        I can choose to look like a child in his father’s jacket, a child who has grown out of his own jacket, or pay a few thousand (?) for something that actually fits.