Baron Kurtz said:I guess it's more expensive to make a jacket with a proper silhouette? Perhaps retailers are tricking customers into thinking they're going to get the look, and then not providing it, knowing that many customers will have a very delusional idea of how something looks on them, remembering more the mannequin than themselves when deciding whether to buy or not.
I have toyed with the idea of pursuing a law suit on grounds of false advertising when a store pins their jackets excessively. But i can't afford it and disagree with such frivolous suits.
Re: well fitted jackets. When in the States i was constantly being told not to wear jackets which highlighted my body shape (lean, slightly athletic) when going for job interviews etc. I should somehow look like a shapeless pile of fabric, just because? Perhaps the lack of modern off-the-peg manufacturers producing jackets with such silhouettes is a reflection of this mindset?
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I think the main problem is that while we all think that the trim waist fit looks good, few men can fit it anymore. So they continue to pin, but continue to sell things that are big around the waist.
It is not new though. As I have mentioned before, the old esquire illustrations feature an impossible trim look because they are illustrations. No man will ever look quite like them.
women complain about impossible images and standards, but men also will never be equal to the impossibly slim models and illustrations. Fortunately, we don't seem to mind and neither do women, so I guess we are okay. I think it is solely the gay men who have to dea lwith unrealistic expectations.