update!!!

Okay - as I've told you below, I bought a new top from Lane Bryant that would be nice for work. I wore it, washed it, and the SOB lost two buttons in the washer and one in the dryer! This thing has been worn once and washed twice! I hate, hate, hate sewing. Even if it's a button. Honest to god, when I had money if a top lost a button I threw it away. I have blouses from flippin' WalMart that I've had for two years and worn almost weekly that have never lost buttons in the laundry! Most of what I said below still stands, but just make sure you don't wash any of their stuff. Ha ha

Shopping Enabler reviews Lane Bryant

Lane Bryant has determined that there are basically only three shapes of women- fat butt, fat gut and just right. Their RightFit line is color-coded according to which you are. I am a yellow (straight) - My stomach is disproportionally large. There are also Blue for my teenage self - that is overly curvy. They also have an in-between color which is red - or to me, just perfect. I seem to have skipped that size going between point A and B. Okay - so now that you've established which one you are, you go into the store to try on your size and - What the hell!!! The sizes go between like a size two to maybe a nine or so. Have you been hijacked and transported to Wet Seal? No - they jacked around the sizes so you can't tell what to try on. Disconcerting! But - the sales lady was quite accommodating and all it took was a waist measurement to put me between two sizes. I know I take a petite (AKA -short), and I wanted dark wash because I already have a pair of faded. I chose boot-cut because I detest flares and for some odd reason they don't make the straight leg in the petite. That's really weird. Maybe they think that straight legs look horrible on short chicks or something, but I don't care. I love 'em. I will explain why in awhile. So - there I am in the dressing room happy as hell to try on my new jeans - and the bastards are too long. Dang! Venezia jeans in general tend to be too long though. I have a pair that I wear around that are all worn out on the bottoms from being stepped on. Not really a good look. So here's my beef - if they had them in straight leg I could flip the cuffs up once or twice and they would be fine. Bootcut doesn't cuff worth a damn. I tried on the average length and it cuffed fine except I don't like the thick cuffs that happen when you have to roll it five times or so. I could have them altered, but I am not going to spend forty dollars on a pair of jeans and then spend more to make them fit. My mom does a little sewing, but I am not going to trust her with shortening pants unless I know for sure the flood waters are coming. She broke my heart once by ruining a pair of Hugo Boss jeans I just loved. And you can't say crap because she's doing you a favor. So- I left without my new jeans, but found a nice blouse on sale that will be fine for work.

It was a pleasant shopping experience as a whole. Lane Bryant seems to have a fair amount of younger fashions interspersed with the grandma clothes. The sales help is pleasant, if overly committed to getting you into a LB credit card. Do they know how many cards I have? Are they nuts? They have expanded their selection of intimate apparel i.e. undies. I would have explored a little more if I didn't have Junior with me begging to go next door to Petco and check out the pet adoption. She tried to rush me along by picking out some clothes for me. All granny tops in a size 28. "Here mom - these look like they're your size!" - "Not quite yet, honey". But I think it is worth a solo trip sometime to check out the bras and undies.

See ya!

enabler