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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Moda - za on i onu. Fashion - for him and her.
Jeans. I wear Seven For All Mankind, bootcut, men's, 31."
I have a pair that is almost only threads. I can't remember why we were in the men's department of Nordstrom. Perhaps because we the store at that entrance. Perhaps because my friend and her husband wanted to shop in that section. Perhaps because I knew I wanted to buy jeans and I recalled that in high school, I wore men's Levi's 501 jeans, and I wondered if men's jeans would again work. I am in graduate school now and jeans are practical and expected, a good pair with some stretch material would make that uniform feminine and flexible - ways to dress it up or down.
I tired on these Seven For All Mankind jeans and asked my friend, "Is this what you felt like when you tried on the perfect wedding dress?"
As my body has changed over the years and as these jeans have stretched out, I have had them altered. Four times. About two years ago, I bought a pair of women's Seven's, and that didn't work. The waist fell in a way that interrupted my line and I found somewhat unflattering. I also felt indiscreet wearing them as they sat low on my hips. I might sell them to the resale shop here. Why did I buy them? I didn't have that "perfect wedding dress" experience in the dressing room. I guess I just thought I should be a female and buy products for women. Perhaps I thought that would make me more like the feminine girl my mom imagines I should be. Finally, time to go back to the men's dept.
I bought my most recent pair early this spring at Nordstrom. I took men's and women's pairs to the dressing room (in the men's dept -more fun) and tried them both on. The salesman told me, just by how his face looks, that the men's jeans were perfect. They looked quite feminine, hit all the right lines. I tried on the women's jeans, to be sure. The salesman said, buy the men's. I did.
I have a pair that is almost only threads. I can't remember why we were in the men's department of Nordstrom. Perhaps because we the store at that entrance. Perhaps because my friend and her husband wanted to shop in that section. Perhaps because I knew I wanted to buy jeans and I recalled that in high school, I wore men's Levi's 501 jeans, and I wondered if men's jeans would again work. I am in graduate school now and jeans are practical and expected, a good pair with some stretch material would make that uniform feminine and flexible - ways to dress it up or down.
I tired on these Seven For All Mankind jeans and asked my friend, "Is this what you felt like when you tried on the perfect wedding dress?"
As my body has changed over the years and as these jeans have stretched out, I have had them altered. Four times. About two years ago, I bought a pair of women's Seven's, and that didn't work. The waist fell in a way that interrupted my line and I found somewhat unflattering. I also felt indiscreet wearing them as they sat low on my hips. I might sell them to the resale shop here. Why did I buy them? I didn't have that "perfect wedding dress" experience in the dressing room. I guess I just thought I should be a female and buy products for women. Perhaps I thought that would make me more like the feminine girl my mom imagines I should be. Finally, time to go back to the men's dept.
I bought my most recent pair early this spring at Nordstrom. I took men's and women's pairs to the dressing room (in the men's dept -more fun) and tried them both on. The salesman told me, just by how his face looks, that the men's jeans were perfect. They looked quite feminine, hit all the right lines. I tried on the women's jeans, to be sure. The salesman said, buy the men's. I did.
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