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I'm so OVER women's fashion/sizing! ARGH!
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 457050" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>OK, time for CANADA Moms to show up with ideas... Because we do NOT have most of the US stores... but we do have our own.</p><p></p><p>Here's my 2 cents... (Canadian cents, that is... you can translate that into US cents if you want...)</p><p></p><p>Rule #1 - if you need stuff that isn't so common... 2nd hand stores are <u>the best - hands down.</u> I'm not talking USED stuff here - I'm talking... the best deals on unusually-sized NEW stuff. DS has size 12+ feet... know what those shoes cost?? (if you don't know, don't ask). But... people needing size 12+ are rare... so, when the shoe stores do "inventory turn-over", the un-sold (usually non-typical sizes) shoes get given to some charity-based thrift store... We've found... NEW... Dockers pants($10), mens suits ($25), ladies lingerie, dress shirts($5-7), every type sort style and description of ladies tops you can imagine... daughter is the opposite of yours... extremely slender - "girls" sizing is too short at the waist and "ladies" sizing is to broad on the shoulders... but its amazing how many tops we find at the thrift stores. (For the record, she's 12 and takes a ladies size 2 petite... and we find it THERE).</p><p></p><p>Rule #2 - you've got to get creative. Like... what other stores (think non-clothing stores) would carry appropriate stuff. We're NOT big out-doors people, don't do back-country stuff really, but often find "just the right thing" at Mountain Equipment Co-op (yes they have a website; yes they do mail-order... so you non-Canadians can shop there too... but there's a raft of stuff they sell that is flagged "ships in Canada only", so... I warned you... you don't get to buy "everything"!). Working-wear stores. Other outdoor stores. Travel stores (Tilley has some unusual stuff, or at least used to)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 457050, member: 11791"] OK, time for CANADA Moms to show up with ideas... Because we do NOT have most of the US stores... but we do have our own. Here's my 2 cents... (Canadian cents, that is... you can translate that into US cents if you want...) Rule #1 - if you need stuff that isn't so common... 2nd hand stores are [U]the best - hands down.[/U] I'm not talking USED stuff here - I'm talking... the best deals on unusually-sized NEW stuff. DS has size 12+ feet... know what those shoes cost?? (if you don't know, don't ask). But... people needing size 12+ are rare... so, when the shoe stores do "inventory turn-over", the un-sold (usually non-typical sizes) shoes get given to some charity-based thrift store... We've found... NEW... Dockers pants($10), mens suits ($25), ladies lingerie, dress shirts($5-7), every type sort style and description of ladies tops you can imagine... daughter is the opposite of yours... extremely slender - "girls" sizing is too short at the waist and "ladies" sizing is to broad on the shoulders... but its amazing how many tops we find at the thrift stores. (For the record, she's 12 and takes a ladies size 2 petite... and we find it THERE). Rule #2 - you've got to get creative. Like... what other stores (think non-clothing stores) would carry appropriate stuff. We're NOT big out-doors people, don't do back-country stuff really, but often find "just the right thing" at Mountain Equipment Co-op (yes they have a website; yes they do mail-order... so you non-Canadians can shop there too... but there's a raft of stuff they sell that is flagged "ships in Canada only", so... I warned you... you don't get to buy "everything"!). Working-wear stores. Other outdoor stores. Travel stores (Tilley has some unusual stuff, or at least used to) [/QUOTE]
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