I walk into a Forever 21 store today knowing exactly what I wanted to buy and I assumed that since I already knew what to get, I'd be out in a jiffy. I had laid my eyes on that black top with white stripes and layered puffed sleeves two weeks ago. It was only $10 when I first saw it and to my surprise, it cost only $8 two weeks hence. Anyway, still pretty sure that I'd be done before I knew it, I picked up a size M and walked confidently into the fitting room - still expecting to be done very quickly! And once I tried that top on, I was faced with this rather confounding question - Was it comfort or appearance for me? This size M fit well - rather too well and I wasn't sure I wanted something so figure-hugging! I wasn't sure that made me Comfortable! So I figured, may be yeah - size L might be it and dashed out of the fitting room and right into the pile of the different sizes and picked up what I thought I wanted. Only to realise that just made me feel discouragingly unsettled. Because this size was tad too big. After endlessly questioning why there wasn't a size just in the middle of the two, I knew this pointless rambling could go on forever. I found myself trying on the two tops, 5 times each to figure out which one of them 'felt right'. And at the end of fifteen mins and persistently alternating between the two I was sure that by the time I walked out, I would have one of them in a yellow bag! But this whole episode left me bagless and unpleasantly startled at how such a simple decision could have only one answer - I think I'll just come back tomorrow.
While one of the tops made me feel too comfortable, the other one kind of revealed my figure which was pretty good to feel. I thought one of them was too roomy and THAT made me uncomfortable! The idea of walking around wearing something that clearly is oversized! And then I figured may be it wasn't just comfort vs appearance, there was a third factor that I conveniently discounted - feel. I presumably equated comfort with feeling good only forgetting that we live in an era of relativity. What about 'too' comfortable? In an age of consumerism where we find ourselves spoiled for choices more often than not, I think its the 'feel' factor that should be of utmost importance to a buyer while wading through piles of colours, sizes, designs, lengths and so so much more!
While one of the tops made me feel too comfortable, the other one kind of revealed my figure which was pretty good to feel. I thought one of them was too roomy and THAT made me uncomfortable! The idea of walking around wearing something that clearly is oversized! And then I figured may be it wasn't just comfort vs appearance, there was a third factor that I conveniently discounted - feel. I presumably equated comfort with feeling good only forgetting that we live in an era of relativity. What about 'too' comfortable? In an age of consumerism where we find ourselves spoiled for choices more often than not, I think its the 'feel' factor that should be of utmost importance to a buyer while wading through piles of colours, sizes, designs, lengths and so so much more!
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