lessons

I take back everything I said about finding several pieces of clothing from Victoria's Secret that I just had to own. I ordered those necessary items online last week: a turquoise linen cardigan, a tribal print romper, a shirt, and a neon red bathing suit. Everything but the shirt is going back to the store.

The problem is that there is a fundamental disjuncture between what the clothes look like in the catalogue or online and how they fit in real life. Why do they not carry any of these items in their stores? The shirt was a little roomy, but it still resembled the picture and fit as pictured online. However, the rest of it was a total wash: the cardigan had ill fitting baggy pockets, the romper was too short in the crotch area and had an empire waistline, which meant I looked like a pregnant toddler, and the neon red bathing suit was actually bright pink. I hate bright pink. So today it's all going back to Victoria's Secret, and I've learned my lesson: I'll stick to...ahem...underthings, and leave Victoria's Secret clothing to the romance novel heroines.