Lolabola, One Great City! has a Dots! I passed it a couple of weeks ago. The huge “Closing Down Blowout Sale!” signs pasted in the windows were what caught my eye (there are in fact no visible dots at this location). I knew I had to return before long, and yesterday, having picked up my composting tin from neighbouring big box store nightmare, I had my chance. I wandered in with the goal of finding something to help me look a little less ratty, and emerged 45 minutes later with three nice tops and one pair of pants for $38. And only one item made in China. Wa-hoo! Good old Dots. Good-bye.
I’m not a big clothes shopper. I find the whole experience a bit depressing. Nothing ever fits, especially not pants. Shirts feel like they’re on the verge of falling apart. Almost everything is made a million miles away under god-knows-what conditions, and to try to shop locally is truly limiting, here in One Great City! at least. So, an experience such as I had yesterday is kind of refreshing, but part of me still feels uncomfortable. The volume of clothes available in the average ladies’ clothing store is completely overwhelming, and Dots was no different. Where the hell do all these things end up? Am I adding to the demand that more of this crap be churned out by buying some of it? It just feels like a big waste.
2 comments:
I find the average amount of anything found in any store to be alarming.
So basically you HAD a Dots is more accurate then. I think a lot of their clothes are ones that were rejected by bigger stores like the big B. We used to have to rip out the labels on some items so they could be sold and not be recognized as the B brand or whatever. I guess you can look at it as saving clothes from the bin.
One Great City, whatever. You're no match for The City of Champions.
Oh, do not go there, not to hockeyville. Ohhhh the bruising of the municipal ego...
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