Now, I hate shopping for pants. I'm 5'5", which makes me slightly taller than average height-wise for women, yet I need to shop petite because I don't wear high heels. They hurt, I'm clumsy, and I prefer to kick around in my Doc Marten mary janes or my adidas. I am a failure when it comes to shoe shopping. But I digress.
Shopping for pants has become a giant pain because I've now been relegated to short status and most stores don't seem to carry their petite lines in the shops, typically they need to be ordered online, which can be annoying and extra expensive since you have to pay shipping. Either that or I buy pants and have them tailored.
So when I went to Lucky at the Natick Mall (er, Collection), it was mostly to see what style and size would fit me so I could go buy stuff online. HOWEVER, at the Natick store they had a full array of "short" sizes (in general the shop seemed pretty spacious and packed to the gills with clothing). That totally made my day. Plus our saleswoman was beyond attentive and brought me no less than -20- different styles of jeans to try on. I didn't even know 20 different styles of jeans existed, but I guess they do.
All in all, I was blown away with the range of waist fittings, lengths, colors, different types of leg fittings, everything was just really impressive and the salesperson was able to look me up and down to determine what style would best fit me and compliment my body type. I generally veer away from pricier stores where the sales people actually care about your shopping experience (like, seriously, I think it would be completely possible to start a fire in the corner of Old Navy and no one would notice) so maybe my praise for our saleswoman is a little excessive since I don't spend my time shopping at places like Barney's.
I never thought I would spend $90+ on a pair of jeans, but I was so happy with the experience and so happy with the jeans themselves that in the end it seemed completely justified. read more