Dear designers:

[mariolatry]

1. Cap sleeves look good on only a small percentage of adult women.

2. Stretch jeans look great when I put them on at 7 am, not so great when I'm hitching them up every five seconds for the rest of the day. Could we make jeans that are less stretchy? I hate the way belted jeans look.

3. I don't not wish to put my 2-year-old and 4-year-old daughter in coochie-cutter shorts. Could we get some longer ones?

4. Quit making kids' clothes that require ironing or dry cleaning, because, sure enough, my MIL will buy them for my kids. She will then foil my give-to-Goodwill plan by asking to see the kids in these clothes regularly.

That is all.

Please feel free to add your own.

 

[PixieTopaz]

Very few women can wear spandex clingy shirts -I swear every shirt I look at now is stretch



Many women dont want low cut necks

If you are over size 6-you dont want jeans flap pockets on your butt.... or jewels

 

[Darcy03231]

Some women have hips, a waist, a butt and a bust. We're not all built straight up and down.

Some of us have professional jobs. Not every shirt out there has to be cut down to your navel. I'm tired of having to wear a shirt under my shirt every day so I'm no "over-exposed".

 

[2cats1kid]

If you have to put a drawstring neck on a sweatshirt, do not make the drawstrings out of elastic and put a toggle on the end. Small children will take great delight in pulling them out and pinging them back in the wearer's eye. Do not ask how I know this.

 

[Kit'smommy]

1. Cap sleeves look good on only a small percentage of adult women.

2. Stretch jeans look great when I put them on at 7 am, not so great when I'm hitching them up every five seconds for the rest of the day. Could we make jeans that are less stretchy? I hate the way belted jeans look.

3. I don't not wish to put my 2-year-old and 4-year-old daughter in coochie-cutter shorts. Could we get some longer ones?

4. Quit making kids' clothes that require ironing or dry cleaning, because, sure enough, my MIL will buy them for my kids. She will then foil my give-to-Goodwill plan by asking to see the kids in these clothes regularly.

That is all.

Please feel free to add your own.

I agree with 1, 2 and 3, but I want options for my child other than easy care stretchy fabrics and denim.

I don't like dry clean only for children, but I iron all DS polo shirts, button fronts and cotton shorts for the week. It probably takes all of 10 minutes.

As an adult, I would like for skirts to be a little longer than they have been this past year. Most of the stores I like are hovering in the 16 to 18 inch range, and that is not happening.

 

[mom2aredhead]

"Baby Doll" cut tops and dresses are not flattering on anyone. I am not pregnant, and don't wish to look like I am.

Boys need to get dressed up for holidays too. However, their holiday attire does not have to look like this:
http://z.about.com/d/kidsfashion/1/0/A/J/greendogsweater.jpg or be plaid/argyle. Clearly there should be other options.

Boys under size 8 do not need a dinosaur, fire truck, or some sort of sporting equipment on every shirt.

 

[diznygirl]

I agree with you on #3!

I buy boy shorts for my daughter for school. Sooooo not right to be shopping for a little girl in the boy's department.

 

[disneyjunkie]

1. Cap sleeves look good on only a small percentage of adult women.

2. Stretch jeans look great when I put them on at 7 am, not so great when I'm hitching them up every five seconds for the rest of the day. Could we make jeans that are less stretchy? I hate the way belted jeans look.

3. I don't not wish to put my 2-year-old and 4-year-old daughter in coochie-cutter shorts. Could we get some longer ones?

4. Quit making kids' clothes that require ironing or dry cleaning, because, sure enough, my MIL will buy them for my kids. She will then foil my give-to-Goodwill plan by asking to see the kids in these clothes regularly.

That is all.

Please feel free to add your own.

Designers can't win. I love cap sleeves. I hate the way jeans look without a belt. I iron everything.



Yes I'm 42 but that does not mean I want to dress like my mother. I like sexy (classy, not hootchie) clothes.

Some of us love having big butts and nice hips. (the men in our lives love them as well) We don't want to hide these areas so please stop with the mom jeans.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Dear designers: please stop putting "puff" sleeves on little girls' shirts. I can't stand them! They don't look good on my daughter, they don't look good on me! (Same goes for cap sleves.. ugh!)

Also, all maternity clothes needn't be frumpy or career wear! Oh, and we're not all rich celebu-moms!

Oh! Please stop making clothing that is garment-dyed. I want my colors to last, thankyouverymuch!

 

[Christine]

I agree.

Some of us do have jobs to go to and, while we don't want to dress like grandmas, we also don't want to wear a skirt that is 4 inches above the knee when we are 46 years old.

Cap-sleeve, baby-doll shirts looked bad on me when I was 20 but just because I don't have a "cutesy" look about me. I understand the market for them and I do like them on other people, but really, is that ALL you can sell?

I don't have a big butt so I like flap-pocket jeans, but I agree on the stretch. I just like some normal denim.

 

[bigbabyblues]

Dear Designers: A tiny bit more length to some of these cute tops would be nice. I'm a very small-framed person, but I've had two c-sections and have a little bit of a tummy left, and I don't like tops that don't cover it.

As for #3 above, I'm glad I have boys!

 

[Christine]

Dear Designers: A tiny bit more length to some of these cute tops would be nice. I'm a very small-framed person, but I've had two c-sections and have a little bit of a tummy left, and I don't like tops that don't cover it.

I am 5'7" with and long-waisted. It's not fun.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

I am 5'7" with and long-waisted. It's not fun.

I'm big-chested and have the same 'short shirt' problem. Ugh!!

Oh, designers, please be consistent too. Whenever I like an item, I have to buy a few because that item or anything that remotely resembles it will never be seen again. Stop changing the styles so fast! Sure, do it in the juniors sizes, they always want 'new' things-- us moms, well... not so much!

 

[OhMari]

If I hear one more "reality person", actress or singer tell the world, that they want to design clothes. Go talk to the women that wear size 12-18. Because that size of clothes is never on the racks when you find a decent shirt that covers your upper arms, a nice fitting dress, or pants that don't fall past your butt line when you have to retrieve something from the floor.

Don't even get me started on mother of the bride and groom dresses. I'm sorry, but we are not 80 year old grandmothers that need sequences and accordian skirt style dresses. Now I know why the rich and famous have someone sew them dresses. They tell them exactly what they want to wear or they have stylist telling them what looks good on them.

 

[All American]

If you have to put a drawstring neck on a sweatshirt, do not make the drawstrings out of elastic and put a toggle on the end. Small children will take great delight in pulling them out and pinging them back in the wearer's eye. Do not ask how I know this.

It could be a new documentary--When Clothes Attack!

Sorry, but this made me laugh. It's the sort of thing that would happen to me at the end of a long, stressful day and would end up being the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back". Hope nobody got hurt.

 

[bigbabyblues]

I'm big-chested and have the same 'short shirt' problem. Ugh!!

Oh, designers, please be consistent too. Whenever I like an item, I have to buy a few because that item or anything that remotely resembles it will never be seen again. Stop changing the styles so fast! Sure, do it in the juniors sizes, they always want 'new' things-- us moms, well... not so much!

Add to my issues--I wear junior sizes (I'm 33), and I wish they'd stop changing so fast! Maybe make stuff for older small women? Who knows. If I find jeans that fit right, I have to buy several pairs, because heaven knows when I need more, they won't be the same.

 

[JuneCleaver]

Stiff tags in the necks of clothes are itchy! Take the lead from companies like Eddie Bauer and either print the info directly into the shirt or put the tag in the side seam.

Also, busty women like to have a choice of tops...not just tee shirts! How about blouses and tops that can fit your bust and not have the shoulder seams at the elbows or the sleeves hanging 6 inches past your finger tips?

Biggest peeve is there seems to be 3 or 4 ages for clothing in most stores. Unless you have the luxury of a What not to wear intervention and a shopping trip to NYC you get:

Infant and toddler
Teenager and Hootchie Mama (many brands do not distinguish lol)
Young Professional
Grandma

June
who has an eternal wardrobe of Eddie Bauer tee shirts and jeans because they fit!

 

[2cats1kid]

As a Brit, I had to go and google "cootchie cutter" and now wish I hadn't! They are called hot pants over here.

 

[OceanAnnie]

As a Brit, I had to go and google "cootchie cutter" and now wish I hadn't! They are called hot pants over here.

Don't feel bad. I'm not a Brit and I've never heard of the term. Most people I know still call them hot pants or short shorts, if they call them anything.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

If you have to put a drawstring neck on a sweatshirt, do not make the drawstrings out of elastic and put a toggle on the end. Small children will take great delight in pulling them out and pinging them back in the wearer's eye. Do not ask how I know this.

This happened to me without the help of a child. The string got caught under my purse strap on my shoulder and BOING! into the eye it went!