Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"

[Browncoat]

9 hours ago, xls said:

DRAWSTRING PANTS!

I can't find plain black pants without them all having dumb-fk drawstrings! 

WTH started this stupid shit? FK U

I have sudden urge innocence buy the time I untie those r******* strings in the bathroom it'll be too late. 

LL Bean and Land's End have non-drawstring black pants -- the Perfect Fit and the Starfish, respectively.  I haven't purchased either one, but they look nice online.

[Ohiopirate02]

10 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:

How easily new clothes get holes in them. I’m wearing a pajama set for the first time, I’ve had it on for not even an hour, and there’s already a hole in the pants! I paid $40 for this set; there is nothing I’ve been doing that would have already made the pants rip. I can’t sew either, and I’m not going to throw out brand new clothes. I’m thinking of getting fabric glue but clothes that are expensive and that new should not already have holes. 

Fabric quality across the industry has declined partly due to climate change. The cotton growing today  is not the same as the cotton that was grown 10 years ago or longer. And when fast-fashion booms like what has been happening with Shein, that trickles down into the factories making clothing for Target, Walmart, Old Navy, and mid-level brands like GAP, J Crew, and Banana Republic. It's very difficult to find well-made inexpensive clothing outside of a thrift store. 

[Mindthinkr]

2 hours ago, Browncoat said:

LL Bean and Land's End have non-drawstring black pants -- the Perfect Fit and the Starfish, respectively.  I haven't purchased either one, but they look nice online.

I’ve bought some, and other than some fading they have kept their shape and are still wear well after 7 years. 

[Absolom]

For the already owned drawstring pants, tie the drawstring in a bow. When you need to go pull both ends at the same time.  It's a quick release move.

I live in black yoga pants or black Land's End pants.  I don't want to think about how old some of the Land's End pants are.

[PRgal]

15 hours ago, xls said:

DRAWSTRING PANTS!

I can't find plain black pants without them all having dumb-fk drawstrings! 

WTH started this stupid shit? FK U

I have sudden urge innocence buy the time I untie those r******* strings in the bathroom it'll be too late. 

What about elastic waist?  Are you looking for men's or women's?  For women's, Pact has drawstring, but the darkest colour is a charcoal colour called "storm."  It's probably not dressy enough for what you're looking for.  Athleta might have some selection as well.

[Calvada]

10 hours ago, Absolom said:

For the already owned drawstring pants, tie the drawstring in a bow. When you need to go pull both ends at the same time.  It's a quick release move.

I live in black yoga pants or black Land's End pants.  I don't want to think about how old some of the Land's End pants are.

 I have got several pairs of Lands' End elastic waist knit pants.  I live in those all winter long.  But I don't just have black, I have gray and navy blue too.  I have multiple pairs of Lands' End yoga pants too.  These are items I always look for when I go to their annual warehouse clearance sale in the summer, held about 40 miles from where I live.  I think a majority of my wardrobe is from Lands' End:  t-shirts both short and long sleeved, polo shirts both short and long sleeved, knit pants, regular pants, fleeces, sweaters, yoga pants, shorts, nightgowns, bathrobes, coats.  Not to mention sheets and towels.  They do regular sales.  Right now it's 50% off site wide with the code KNIT50.  I'm not employed by Lands' End, just a Wisconsinite who has shopped there for decades.  

[Dimity]

Peeve of the day - when someone asks your advice on something you are actually quite knowledgeable about - and every single suggestion won't work because...reasons.  I should know by now that mostly when someone asks for advice all they really want is to vent or else to have you validate the choice they've already made and yet I fall into this trap every single time.