/fa/ - Fashion

Is it just me or does brick and mortar shopping seem next-to-impossible nowadays?

I went to central London to get myself a pair of plain black trousers. It's a fair journey which I seriously hate making... I don't live far but the trains and tubes are horrible especially going alone...

I went in Hermes, Selfridges and Liberty and ended up having to leave empty handed... Selfridges is one of the biggest stores in the UK yet they don't have any stock. They have like 2 racks of Rick. Ofc NO items you like are ever in your size then they make you stand around "checking the stock" which they never, ever have (do they honestly check stock or just go out back for a fag, come back and say there's nothing?). They had one pair of black trousers marked "36" from Lanvin. Thought it was my lucky day but turns out they meant 32 inch waist, not Italian sizing, so I was dwarfed. Went in Hermés, they had like 2 pairs of trousers and kept trying to sell me alternate colors and jeans (lol). I know these are exclusive brands and they don't want to crowd the shop floor but there has to be some way around it.

In almost all stores it's just rows upon rows upon rows of Alexander McQueen because nobody in the entire world buys it. I wasn't even looking at sales I was looking at full-RRP items and there was nothing. Go to Liberty and you will find like, one XL APC shirt on a rack then just tonnes of Kenzo and the worst items from random brands lol.

Now I go online and can EASILY find the items I want, the brands I like and the sizes I need. If it's Mr. Porter I can even find out the specific measurements so really, it seems like the pros of shopping online greatly outweigh the cons these days. There's a slight risk of getting something that doesn't fit, but at least you get SOMETHING. Really I feel like the only place worth going to in person is massive chain stores like H&M where they have 100000 of every product in every size...

Anyone else agree?