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What's your hit rate when shopping for clothing (casual wear)?

Trying to figure out if I'm uniquely bad at this, or if it's normal and I just need to be buying more stuff to increase successes, or instead skill-up and reduce the failure rate. I think once I've walked out of a store with clothing, there's maybe a 50% chance per item that it actually works out for me.

I almost entirely buy clothing online, with probably an 80% success rate, but I am quite picky and think about it for several weeks ahead of time.

Lately my preferred method of getting clothing is from Uniqlo collaborations, where they preview their items a month before the sales date, and if I still want something a month later, I generally really do want it and will wear it. Occasionally I have to send something back, which is annoying to do, more than other companies. Also their collaborations, specifically, are a bit better quality than other clothing at that price point.

I do not wear jeans at all, and still wear skirts with leggings in situations where jeans would be appropriate, because they never fit correctly.

My husband buys items in person but does not try them on, and wears literally everything he purchases for several years. This seems to be some combination of not being picky, and having the body type that most clothing is designed for.

<...> having the body type that most clothing is designed for.

I realized a few years ago I had achieved a body that was perfectly compatible with at least several brands I liked. Not too short, not too tall, not too fat, not too athletic. This meant I could buy practically anything they had for sale off the rack. Sadly, one of them must've diversified its suppliers and this is no longer true for their knitwear.

Cultural question but what kind of knitwear does a Russian man wear? Jumpers?

Any kind? I like turtlenecks, but you can wear crew necks, V-necks, quarter zips, full zips...

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