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Kate 08:59 on 2019-10-16 Permalink Reply  

• Mr.Chinaski 09:36 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  Uniqlo falls a little into pret-a-jeter, but it has a more intemporal minimalist style which leads to wearing the clothes longer, especially at their mid-to-low price. It’s the place where when you find your style, you can pretty much go there and keep it alive and fresh for years at a high affordable:quality ratio.

• Blork 11:49 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  As I am not rail-thin, I don’t give AF about Uniqlo. (Their clothing is all sized for tiny Japanese people.)

  I’d be much happier if Muji were to open, as it’s mostly about ridiculously adorable zen-like household goods plus a bit of clothes (my Muji demin shirt actually fits me, but I can’t buy socks there because they don’t go beyond about size 9).

  …not to be confused with Miniso (on Ste-Catherine next to Fats Billiard pub), which is basically just a Chinese dollar store made up to look like a Japanese goods store. (Cheap and badly made junk.)

• Kate 11:51 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  I like Miniso, Blork. I carry my human chow lunch around in a Miniso glass food box. But the chain hasn’t been doing all that well in Canada.

• Blork 12:00 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  I liked it at first, but the second and third time I went in there, after the gloss was worn off a bit, everything seemed really cheap and kitschy. I bought a hard covered blank book and the cover fell off before I even got home.

  (You can get glass food boxes at Winners, and they’re probably better quality…)

• CE 12:11 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  As someone who is pretty thin, I appreciate that there are clothing stores like Uniqlo. American Apparel was a bit of a revelation for me when I moved to Montreal as I had no idea that it was possible for a thin man such as myself to buy clothes that didn’t feel like I was swimming in them.

  I’ve bought some jeans and t-shirts from Uniqlo in New York and find that their stuff is of much higher quality than other similar places like Zara and H&M and is just a little bit more expensive.

• Blork 14:16 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  Wow, that’s funny to read. As a not thin person, I feel like virtually all clothing stores are designed for thin people. Go through the racks at Simon’s and try to find a shirt that’s not marked “slim fit.” (There are a few, but they’re never the ones I want.)

  This is all made worse by the dominant style over the past decade, which seems to be “emaciated hipster.”

  Zara is just insane. I once tried to try on a sports jacket there. I chose a size larger than I usually take and when I tried to put it on I couldn’t even get it up to my shoulders. It was like trying to put on a child’s garment.

  (And BTW, I am neither fat shaming nor thin shaming; as a “somewhere in the middle” person I’m just pointing out that most clothing seems to be made for people much thinner than me. This used to be a female-only problem I think, but yay for gender equality!)

• Jo Walton 15:39 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  I’m quite fat, but Uniqlo make jeans that fit me and are made of a linen cotton blend that’s lovely, wears well, and isn’t expensive. I liked them so much I bought multiple pairs. I doubt I’ll go to their shop — who shops in shops in 2019? — but they have a great website and definitely are making clothes sized for big people and not just tiny people. Really. I’m wearing them right now.

• Blork 15:49 on 2019-10-16 Permalink

  Thanks for the tip!

• Mr.Chinaski 10:15 on 2019-10-17 Permalink

  Saying that Uniqlo is only for thin people makes me believe they never went there. In fact it’s probably one of the only place where you can find clothes in every size/type/color/fit, it’s how they became popular around the world, a one stop place.

  Also, Miniso probably hurts MUJI entering the Canadian market as people will think they both are the same. Miniso is the Dollorama version of real MUJI items.

• Uatu 10:45 on 2019-10-17 Permalink

  I’m short and Asian. About fucking time I have a store where i can buy off the rack without going to the tailor.

• Jack 12:16 on 2019-10-17 Permalink

  I’m fat and Renaissance works for me.

• Blork 16:06 on 2019-10-17 Permalink

  I take back my comment about Uniqlo sizing only for tiny people — it’s true I haven’t been there, and I was basing that only on a few things I read a while ago.