How to choose clothes on the Internet and not be included in the selection "expectation and reality"

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Do a mini-research before putting anything in the basket. It will take time, but it will save you from wasting money.

1. Focus on measurements

The mistake of a beginner in online shopping is to focus only on the specified size. The parameters of the shape for which things with the same marking are designed can vary greatly depending on the brand. For example, for the 46th female size, the volume of the hips can fluctuate in the range of 96-102 cm, and in the letter designation it can be either M or L.

Therefore, you need to open the size chart of a particular brand and, by your measurements, determine what is right for you. Ideally, it is good to refresh the measurements before ordering, since you can always get better or lose weight. Your best bet is to ask someone to measure you so that you can stand up straight and not twirl.

Regardless of gender, three measurements are important: at the most prominent points of the chest and buttocks, as well as at the waist - in the narrowest place, and not where you are used to seeing the belt.

This also works for shoes: be sure to take measurements. Stand on a piece of paper, trace your foot, and then measure from the middle of your heel to the most prominent part of your big toe. If you can choose the width of your shoes on the website, measure the width of your feet as well.

2. Become aware of the features of your figure

This is not at all about the fact that everyone immediately needs to hide some flaws, including nonexistent ones. Understanding the nuances of the figure will help you choose the right size and not miss the thing.

For example, if you are a woman with steep hips and the thinnest waist, it will be difficult for you to choose a pencil skirt without trying, since both parameters are important here. But for a sun skirt, only the waist circumference is fundamental, the probability of error is minimal.

3. Remember: more is better than less

An item that is slightly large is hardly a bad buy at all. It can be sewn in the right places, remade or worn as oversized. Clothes that are small can only be put on the shelf. So, if in doubt between two sizes, choose the larger one.

For shoes, this advice does not always work. Sneakers with laces or warm winter boots, if mistaken by half the size, can sit comfortably, but alas, dress shoes.

4. Choose clothes that will fit perfectly in any size

If you are just getting acquainted with a brand of clothing, first take things with which you can be mistaken in size. For example, a sweatshirt or raglan sleeve sweater does not have a shoulder seam that needs to lie in place. Just the thing will be either tight or loose fit.

Pay attention to loose fit and knitwear. But products with a bunch of darts, tucks, sewn from non-stretching fabrics, much more often can lead to an error.

5. See the thing in all colors

It so happens that in a neutral color the product looks great and the hand itself reaches out to add it to the basket. But before that, it is better to look through all the photos of the thing in all the colors presented.

For example, it may turn out that the garment has strange seams or darts that were not visible in black, but visible in green. When the thing is not in the picture, but in your hands, all this will matter.

7. Pay attention to the model's height

Size is not the only parameter that affects the fit of an item. From the height for which it is designed, it depends whether the sleeves and trousers will fit, whether the waist line will be under the chest, whether the armholes will be comfortable.

Most often, things on the European market in sizes S and M are designed for a woman with a height of 170 cm and a man at 176 cm. This parameter can grow with size, but not always. If you are close to this mark, most likely there will be no problems. The rest should be more careful about the choice.

The sites often indicate the height of the model. You can evaluate how the clothes fit on her to see if the clothes fit you.

8. Watch the video

If there is a video on the product page, do not skip it. You will be able to see how things behave when moving. It may turn out that even in those 30 seconds that the model is walking along the catwalk, the skirt is lifted up, and ugly creases form on the jacket.

9. Read reviews

It's good if buyers can share their opinions directly on the site. If not, don't give up. Search the internet for reviews by picture, article number and name. It is likely that it is being discussed on some forum for shopaholics.

10. Analyze reviews

If there are a lot of reviews on the product page, among them there will definitely be the following:

• I ordered XXL size S for my parameters, but it did not suit me. Return!
• This lilac is not lilac enough!
• Sits not at all like on the model!
• This thing for 200 rubles looks like 200 rubles!

Such reviews can spoil product statistics, but their value is extremely low. Unless you also have some very strict ideas about the lilac color.

But pay attention to the comments left by people close to you. If someone with a height of 175 cm writes that the sleeves are short, and you are 180 cm, it is better to think about whether such a thing will suit you.

11. Do not be lazy to return what did not fit

Even online shopping gurus are wrong. But this does not mean that the money is irretrievably lost. Study the conditions under which you can send an inappropriate item back to the store.

As a rule, in the end you will have to pay for the delivery of the package to the seller. For international shipments, the fees can be a hefty one, but consider this a fee for the experience.