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one_voice

(20,043 posts)
17. Ridiculous. Right?
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 02:38 PM
Jun 2014

Unless you live in an area that's warm all year round you're only wearing it a couple months a year. Add to that unless you have a pool, live in a community that has a community pool, have a friend/family member etc which you visit often that has a pool how much are you going to wear that 115 dollar swim suit.

If you have a boat you might wear it a lot.

I have a pool and I still wouldn't pay that much for a swimsuit.

Women's clothes out price mens--I think.

I was in the the store with my husband. I was buying a few colored tees and I wanted to buy some underwear. When my husband saw the price he was like shit I could buy a pack of six for what one pair of yours costs. Now, you get packs of women's underwear but they're still much more expensive than men's underwear. Same brands; Hanes, Jockey etc.

You don't even want to know what we pay for bras.

Go into the men's dept for a basic short sleeve Hane's tee shirt (Boscov's) $4.99 go into the women's dept same tee shirt 12.99.

It's crazy.

Some things are a little more comparable like work clothes & good shoes.

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Those are very gorgeous women. Whisp Jun 2014 #1
It's regular sized women too- they scale way down and get someone with long legs. bettyellen Jun 2014 #2
I love your brother. nt Mnemosyne Jun 2014 #3
Interesting topic. I found a couple places that do use properly sized women. Look at bottom of your uppityperson Jun 2014 #4
Another is... one_voice Jun 2014 #6
I applaud their efforts... cyberswede Jun 2014 #8
My dryer insists that I'm a size 14. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #5
Mine insists I only need one sock... one_voice Jun 2014 #7
I knew it was a conspiracy; mine does the same thing. LoisB Jun 2014 #20
they use plus size models NMDemDist2 Jun 2014 #9
That's odd because I did choose... one_voice Jun 2014 #10
the link in your Op NMDemDist2 Jun 2014 #19
As a girl who was always too skinny growing up, I'm proud of my curves McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #11
I've always been scrawny Tsiyu Jun 2014 #16
On the other hand, remember that extremely tall women wear bigger sizes than you would expect McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #12
the waist length is where most off the rack clothes go bad. mopinko Jun 2014 #21
I want to know why a swimsuit costs A HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN freakin' DOLLARS... Volaris Jun 2014 #13
Especially considering they used to sell Ocean Pacific in Huntington Beach for $25.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #14
That's actually kind of low JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #15
I'm larger up top too... one_voice Jun 2014 #18
Ridiculous. Right? one_voice Jun 2014 #17
women's clothes often cost more than mens passiveporcupine Jun 2014 #22
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