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Introducing . . . The Grimsicals
by Margaret on 2/22/2010 12:40:43 PM
What is the deal with jeans? A year ago I could get a pair of jeans that fit perfectly in several different brands. I could always trust the fit of Levi's 501's without even trying them on. I could order from a catalog and never worry. But now -- no way.
In the last several months I bet I've tried on 60 pairs of jeans from Target to the $200 kind. Every single damn pair of pants has a huge gap in the waistband. The pair of Eddie Bauer size 4 jeans I still wear is nowhere near the same fit as the new Eddies. A size 4 now fits my calves, but that's as far as they'd go. I had to jump to an 8 and the butt barely fit while the waist could hold two of me. I do NOT want the neighbor to be able to see my underwear from across the street.
What is the deal? This is so irritating. I can still fit my old size fours. These new ones seem to be made for toothpicks with beer bellies.
This has nothing to do with art, I'm aware, but can you relate to this junk?
HELP! 
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1 Response to Ants In My Pants
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First I want to say I love your work and your candor about your work and how it comes about. I have been a artsy crafter all my life and most things I complete are not the original intent. There are few exceptions. But I just can't seem to stay on task for whatever reason. As a result I have sent the majority of these projects to the city dump. Only lately have I been able to let myself keep those "MIStakes". Especially when I am working with polymer clay. I may have the perfect head going then the HOT HANDS start manipulating my efforts on the other side of my head and in trying to right that something else goes awry and then I have what you call a grimsical. After seeing yours, I am now going to keep all mine.
Anyway, about the jeans thing. I totally get where you are coming from. Only I think this has been happening in the clothes for several years now. I am not thin like you, quite the opposite. I used to wear X-large tees and blouses. Then suddenly, and I didn't gain weight mind you, measurements the same, I had to check, my size went up to 1X, now I'm between the 1X and 3X depending on the maker. I swear to the heavens I think I'm in the children's department when I go clothes shopping, which is rare these days. The jeans have been a hassle too. I found a brand that fit and they are fading after a couple of years wear, so I go out to replace them. Can't do it. The same size in that brand is now too small. My ass didn't get any bigger, but the pants don't fit. If I get a size that fits the tushy, the waist is like a swimming pool and the legs are run-off canals for the pool. I thought making my own clothes would be fun. HAH! Who am I kidding. I hate sewing, but I still have a couple of new patterns and material if I change my mind. In the meantime I continue to wear my old faithfuls and hope the clothing market will rethink their strategy. Perhaps enough of us will get tired of the ill-fitting and smaller fit and not purchase clothes, forcing them to go back to the way it use to be. American made with American bodies in mind! If you get my drift.
Will check back again to see your new works.
Deborah Thomas