women's pants rant

[Owlie]

Hahaha I just had to laugh when I saw this. I loooooove getting the Eddie Bauer catalog - but I'm pretty sure absolutely nothing but their First Ascent line fits me. At ALL. They don't make tall pants smaller than a size 6. And their shirts are all so short on me and the sleeves are all too short but the clothes are so cute it kills me. AGONY, I tell you! I just have to wonder where they get models for their catalog? Since aren't most models supposed to be taller than the average woman? I can't figure it out. Maybe they use actual people-sized models and then photoshop them?

I got two skorts and a pair of shorts from them last summer. By the end, the undershorts of the skorts were too tight and migrated up. Okay, fine, I can live with that, since the average person is not a cyclist and does not have cyclist's thighs. I've never bought full-length pants from them.
I have a similar complaint about their tops, though. Cute, really, but I must be between sizes or something. They're tight in the shoulders (expected, since I have relatively broad shoulders) but loose everywhere else, and the sleeves are usually a bit too short. The length of the body is fine, for the most part, so maybe I just like sleeves longer than the average person...not that it matters for me because I roll them up. The shoulders on the long-sleeve shirts I got for Christmas are fine, though. Weird.

GLC: Are you just rough on your jeans? I haven't had a problem with Gap's jeans thus far, save a couple of pairs that are slightly too long and therefore have chewed-up cuffs...