I’ll go first.
- I spend a lot of time in Asia. In recent years, as with other parts of the world. It’s getting hotter and humid. I visited an East Asian country recently and temperatures were about 50°C (122°F for the Americans) with the humidex. Culturally, it’s more conservative there and older people say women shouldn’t show cleavage, collar bones, wear spaghetti strap tops, etc. At this point, it’s so hot outside I will take the option of not getting heat stroke and risk offending some local. Something like a loose linen top might have worked as a compromise but I don’t own any.
- the quality of pieces have gone down. It’s insanely expensive just to get a classic cut blazer or a dress that isn’t boxy. I don’t recall it being this expensive 20 or 30 years ago to have some pieces that aren’t loose shapeless pieces of fabric.
Iy was Japan, wasn’t it?
When I went there it wasn’t insanely hot, but still pretty hot. I was wearing a dress with not too much cleavage and a large cardigan on top that came undone at the chest. A few old men stared and one even stopped to say something to me with a very weird tone while staring at my chest, but I couldn’t understand what he was saying.
I’m thinking he was berating me.
When I went there it wasn’t insanely hot, but still pretty hot. I was wearing a dress with not too much cleavage and a large cardigan on top that came undone at the chest. A few old men stared and one even stopped to say something to me with a very weird tone while staring at my chest, but I couldn’t understand what he was saying.
wow that’s really frustrating, i’m sorry that happened to you
Polyester. I feel gross even touching it. It doesn’t even have to be hot for it to smell like BO. But if you want inexpensive (especially plus sized) clothes, you’ll have a hard time finding anything else.
and unfortunately it’s the fabric for most of the readily available clothes now!
