What does XL mean toTommy Hilfiger?
My mom went shopping the other day, and she decided to buy me some new work shirts. My work shirts have to be white, button down, collared shirts that would work with ties.
She came home with more shirts than I really need, including one Tommy Hilfiger shirt that she bought "on sale". The "sale" price was 30.00, marked down from 50.00, and the tag said XL. Any two of the other shirts she bought probably cost that much. Most were XXL, and I can swim in them.
Let's clear something up: I'm not a fashion model. I have wide, solid shoulders and chest that give way to an equally proportioned belly. Not the sought after "V" shaped torso which so many find unattainable by any means.
So I try on this Tommy shirt: fits pretty good, I think. The shoulders have plenty of room, are *almost* too spacious. Then I buttoned it up. Again, good across the chest. Two inches below my sternum, however, there appeared a conspicuous bulge, the the point where there was a gap between buttons. As I mentioned my gut is not inconsiderable, but good god! Who are these clothes made for? I have enough shoulders for a someone a foot taller than I am, and the shirt was very much comfortable there, yet I can hardly take a deep breath for fear of liberating a button? I mean, c'mon!
Now I know how normal sized women feel when they want to buy clothes. Fuck you, Tommy Hilfiger, and fuck your millions and millions of dollars.