Every now and again you may read newspaper or magazine articles that the fashion industry has been criticized for its sizing system, or lack of one as the case may be. This is appearing to happen on a more and more regular basis. There is no unique and specific sizing system in place that governs the entire world fashion industry. Instead, individual stores and brands are free to choose the dimensions of the garments that they produce and sell. As a result, a size that fit you perfectly in one store may be too small or too big in another. Seniors especially suffer as a result of this baffling inconsistency. It is gradually getting harder to find anything to fit you, and that simple fact makes clothes shopping a chore rather than being the pleasurable experience that it should be!

There are ways to avoid the hassle of the high street and once again begin to enjoy clothes shopping as the pleasurable activity that it can be. Clothes are available from a variety of sources and in this day and age you should not limit yourself to actual store shopping. Although you can fully appreciate the feel and look of clothing by trying them on in a main shopping are boutique, this is not the be all and end of clothes shopping. Trying garments on can ultimately be disheartening and send your confidence on a downward spiral. The lighting is often harsh and can make you look like a complete mess when in reality you actually don’t. It tends to highlight all lumps and bumps as well as magnifying wrinkles and marks. It really doesn’t matter that the clothes actually look like on you because your focus will not be on them.

Shopping on Internet websites and through catalogues can be so much more fulfilling. They tend to offer a wider range of sizes that regular stores and always have these sizes in stock. You don’t have to try the clothes on to get a rough idea of whether it will fit your or not because most online stores have a web page that alerts you to the true measurements of every size. By measuring yourself at home, you can work out whether the garments on sale will fit or not. Catalogues also have the same premise. They have sizing pages, seemingly endless stocks and show a true likeness of the clothes for you to examine at your leisure. One extra bonus of catalogue and Internet shopping is that their returns policy generally isn’t as stringent as in store returns policies. They understand that there are a variety of reasons why people return goods and do not hold it against them.

Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies

One thing that concerns seniors most about clothing in modern stores is that most brands actually cater for the youth culture rather then the older generations. Clothing is generally designed for the sake of fashion rather than comfort. However, sixty year olds don’t want the latest fashions. As a result, you may need to visit quite a few stores before finding a few that you are willing to shop in. Again, catalogues come in handy because they cater for all tastes. However, it may be worth asking friends where they shop for clothes. Recommendations are always more reliable than Internet ones, and they can save you the time and trouble of trawling through shopping precincts.

Clothing is an integral part of everyday life because of common decency laws and morals, thus you do have to shop for it whether you like it or not. Why not make the most of it with the top five tips listed:

1. Shop on the Internet and in catalogues
2. Gather the opinions of friends before looking at a particular store
3. Avoid changing rooms like the plague
4. Check out sizing measurements rather than actual labelled sizes
5. Measure yourself before venturing out of the house to clothes shop

If you take these tips on board then you won’t go far wrong when you shop for clothes!