Trying on clothes in shops

I have bought a few things online during these trying times but I am fed up sending things back that either don’t fit or look awful on. In a store I can take two or three sizes in to changing rooms to see which (if any) look better on but buying online means buying something to find that it’s too big or too small, sending it back, then ordering a different size to see if that’s any better. It can take two or three weeks to eventually have something that fits. Or of course you can then find out that nothing fits and you end up having to keep taking things to your post office to return. Of course you could buy two or three sizes and return what you don’t want and then wait for a refund. I hope that trying on instore again isn’t too far away!

I used to try on clothes, lots of them and then choose what to take home. Sometimes I would then still take them back. Now I don't. My priorities have changed. I start back to work in September, working from home, so I do not need all the clothes I used to buy. I have some in my wardrobe with the labels still on and have decided that I used to be so wasteful. I have just ordered two pairs of slippers, think that is all I need for now.

Well, I am glad I don't live in Britian if you cannot try on clothes before buying them!

It sounds complely ridiculous to me.

@hebdenali I never try clothes on, I just buy them. But I do take a tape measure with me!

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The clothes are repackaged and sold on.
In store the clothes are quarantined for 72hrs.
Clothes brought back in store are either marked for priority orders to go out online or kept in store.the store returns are tagged hung and put in the changing room with the day marked on it. On 3rd day they are put back in store.
For priority orders the clothes are tagged folded and repacked in store then collected later that day or next, then sorted at warehouse - that takes over 72hrs and are packaged anyway.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Hebdenali you refer to your wife and then talk about you buying dresses and bras so not quite sure of your status. No shop wants to take back a bra that has been tried on.

I am a total convert to online shopping - I like Joules, Seasalt, QVC (sometimes) Woolovers, and Charles Clinkard for shoes , also Hotter.
Returns are no problem as they are usually free, delivery is also usually free if£50 or over and think what you save in petrol, parking and the stress of changing rooms (pre-COVID) .
Much easier to try things on at home in front my own mirror too. .

I rarely try clothes on anyway because I hate shopping and want to get out of the store as quickly as I can?

Hendenali....you don't have to explain your circumstances to anyone on here. It's called sour grapes

Clothes can harbour the virus for 3 days. One day posting back, and I suspect two days sorting and repacking. Add another day posting out and I think that's pushing it. so all online clothes should be safer than shops where people touch them to move them along the rack or find the right size.

25 Avalon. I’m curious about this comment about trying on bras and no one wanting to try one on the has been on someone else in the fitting room . It takes me at least 10 different bras to get anywhere near finding one that is right for me. In M&S it could be more than that as the sizing is so different between styles. I never know whether i suit a plunge, push-up, balcony etc and how it is going to look under a T shirt or a particular dress. Even in a specialist lingerie shop I would try at least 5.
I know I don’t have to explain my status. But I will as it seems to be causing concern. Married twice, two daughters, three grandchildren divorced twice and currently in a civil partnership (many years) with another woman. YES I’m that unusual creature .....a lesbian grandmother.

I bought a pair of trainers today and tried them on without thinking!

I'm a bit confused as to how people on here can be thinking clothes that have been tried on should be thoroughly cleaned before being sold on. Haven't you ever been in M&S, or any store actually, tried stuff on and seen the assistant put it on a rail by the changing room? (Or you put it there yourself if you don't want it) Do you think these items are then taken away for cleaning? Of course not. They're put straight back out on the rails!

25Avalon A woman can have a wife, y'know, do keep up with the 21st century!

And yes, bras tried on in M&S etc go back on the rails. Or did you think they go to a laundry or even get thrown away?

Yes paperbackwriter I do know that and the woman with a wife would be the husband, just as the man with a husband is the wife, and a trans man is he and a trans woman is she or whichever they wish.

I always thought there were some clothes that you are not allowed to try on or return once purchased such as knickers and I assumed bras too. I didn’t realise you could try bras on.

Hebdenali I hope I did not offend you. Me being stupid.
Interesting what you say about bras as I did not know you could try them on and have never done so. I just couldn’t fancy trying on one that somebody else had, even pre Covid. In M&S I always make sure to buy an unopened box. I never have much choice anyway being AA size which they only do the T Shirt Bra in that is not wired.

Marks do a bra fit service but I just don't fancy it. I use a formula to measure and calculate the size/cup and have found it works. Usually a DD but in one of M & S styles it has to be an E. Yes I've taken it home then returned it with no probs, that was pre-covid though.

25Avelon
How do you think it works for those of us who buy bras on line? We try them on and if not right, send/ take back.

I wouldn’t try anything on. I buy....leave them a few days, and then try on...then shower. Not that I buy that many clothes anyway.