Would you buy clothes from GAP?
- Thread starter Hollis
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dolly's gal said:my last pair of jeans were from gap and i've worn them and worn them for nearly a year now and they're about to die. i don't know what i'll do cos i love them so much
what's wrong with me then? why won't jeans fit?
the only ones I saw i liekd were expensive diesel jeans- the waist was too low tho. reNnIe said:what's wrong with me then? why won't jeans fit?
for me it's cos i want a loose straight legged jean, low-cut waist and plenty of room in the arse. i can get boot-cut jeans that make my thighs look like sausages in a range of places, but slouchy non-flared jeans are hard to find (edit: unless you're a size 8 to 12, that is
)what kind of jeans are you looking for?
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
as an aside, for some reason about half the charity shop trews i bought in the early 90s (when my then-missus was getting me to decrustify) came from gap and i shredded them in months. the buttons would come off, the zips would break and the ankles would shred and take the rest of the lower leg with them. i'm glad that i didn't pay serious money for them.
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
but ... but ... butexleper said:
tiny stiching, from tiny hands = longer lasting ... better quaility
kea said:for me it's cos i want a loose straight legged jean, low-cut waist and plenty of room in the arse. i can get boot-cut jeans that make my thighs look like sausages in a range of places, but slouchy non-flared jeans are hard to find (edit: unless you're a size 8 to 12, that is
what kind of jeans are you looking for?
i want tight jeans that don't make my thights big. so far, so bad. Oh and I also have a thing about my love handles.. don't like low waist cos i feel i have a ring of excess flesh just hanging out. uuuh. not too sure what size i am, maybe 10?
Skim said:
really? wow. i guess i just assumed that cos i fit a gap 18, i must actually BE an 18 on my lower half. maybe i should overcome my shopping phobia and go try things on somewhere else, to check?!
i'm so tempted to start a thread keeping track of which shops suit which body types (eg: morgan - tall and skinny people; etc). i just got a black pencil skirt in wallis which is a size 14, and i never thought i'd fit into it; my sister made me try it on. they clearly cut generously. it'd be so useful to know which shops to try and which ones not to bother with!
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Hollis said:They are actually nice shirts.. My laydee co-workers all approve..
two of hollis' co-workers applaud his dress sense
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
if you are a size 18 i'm your mum ....kea said:really? wow. i guess i just assumed that cos i fit a gap 18, i must actually BE an 18 on my lower half. maybe i should overcome my shopping phobia and go try things on somewhere else, to check?!
i'm so tempted to start a thread keeping track of which shops suit which body types (eg: morgan - tall and skinny people; etc). i just got a black pencil skirt in wallis which is a size 14, and i never thought i'd fit into it; my sister made me try it on. they clearly cut generously. it'd be so useful to know which shops to try and which ones not to bother with!
Skim
Well-Known Member
kea said:really? wow. i guess i just assumed that cos i fit a gap 18, i must actually BE an 18 on my lower half. maybe i should overcome my shopping phobia and go try things on somewhere else, to check?!
i'm so tempted to start a thread keeping track of which shops suit which body types (eg: morgan - tall and skinny people; etc). i just got a black pencil skirt in wallis which is a size 14, and i never thought i'd fit into it; my sister made me try it on. they clearly cut generously. it'd be so useful to know which shops to try and which ones not to bother with!
Sizing differs so much from place to place, I've got no idea what a true size 14 is. I read that Topshop switched to vanity sizing a while back... I wonder which other retailers like to flatter us?
Wee Beastie
calling all vegetables
I bought a gap tshirt from a charity shop the other week. Should I be attacked for wearing it?
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
When I wake up and want to look like Justin Timberlake, THEN I'll shop at (the) Gap
MiddleMonkies
New Member
The Gap is good for when you need something basic. I bought some black pants and a black blazer from the Gap recently--plus a friend of mine works at Banana Republic so I got a discount.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
political activism is officially DEAD in Suburban75. I'm apalled...discussion of dress sized when the planet is being wrecked! This cut and paste is from elsewhere on the U75 website...
A promising new candidate for a top 5 place is GAP. As Stan Nichols explains: 'GAP, Inc should definitely be included in with boycott top five , not only for their refusal to pay workers a living wage, but also for not allowing their plants to be inspected by other sub-contractors they hire. The Fisher family (founders of Gap, Inc which includes, Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy) is reported to be worth 11 billion U.S. dollars, Donald Fisher alone: 8 billion. Gap CEO, Millard Drexler makes over 24,000 per HOUR! Not only can they not afford to pay a decent wage to their workers, but they can't afford to pay for conservation or restoration plans for the 235,000 acres of old growth forest they bought from Louisiana Pacific in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties. They are rapidly logging and killing the ecosystem in Northern California to make a greasy dollar. When the land is dead, it is rumoured that they will sell it for real-estate development. Consumers need to know what is behind Gap's label!'
OK. who buys Esso petrol?
A promising new candidate for a top 5 place is GAP. As Stan Nichols explains: 'GAP, Inc should definitely be included in with boycott top five , not only for their refusal to pay workers a living wage, but also for not allowing their plants to be inspected by other sub-contractors they hire. The Fisher family (founders of Gap, Inc which includes, Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy) is reported to be worth 11 billion U.S. dollars, Donald Fisher alone: 8 billion. Gap CEO, Millard Drexler makes over 24,000 per HOUR! Not only can they not afford to pay a decent wage to their workers, but they can't afford to pay for conservation or restoration plans for the 235,000 acres of old growth forest they bought from Louisiana Pacific in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties. They are rapidly logging and killing the ecosystem in Northern California to make a greasy dollar. When the land is dead, it is rumoured that they will sell it for real-estate development. Consumers need to know what is behind Gap's label!'
OK. who buys Esso petrol?
