Skirts from China?

[Couya]

Recently I ordered a few cheap items from Ali Express more from curiosity than real need. No, not skirts, sunglasses, underwear, swimwear, and quite happy with the result and speed, with the proviso that the asian interpretation of S, M, L, etc, are definitely smaller than we expect in the west. Knowing that, no problem.
The one article that I might have written about on this forum has not yet arrived; hold your breath !

Nothing really skirt-like on Ali Express, except this :
http://fr.aliexpress.com/item/2015-New- ... Title=true

Impossible to see details on the black one, but the khaki one shows up quite well -- drop-crotch pants with pockets and an apron fore and aft. I hesitate, as the quality looks poor, and there are probably better things to be found elsewhere for the price.

I remember, perhaps a year or more ago, seeing pics on a Chinese site of skirts for men (male models) that looked interesting, but they were looking for retailers in the west, and were selling in batches of 100 items, as far as I remember. I don't know if they ever found buyers.

Martin

[Couya]

Actually, there is another men's skirt available there :
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Male-sko ... 03028.html

The model wears trousers under the skirt (utility kilt style) unfortunately.

I don't think I could buy this, as the model appears to have no buttocks, but I have, so the skirt would probably be too tight for me. Also, it has an ugly zipper down the front, and is available in black only. I'll spend my 60€ on other things.

M

[r.m.anderson]

ARG!!! enough to start a revolution; rebellion or something on the order of an inquisition "PANTS WORN UNDER SKIRTS/KILTS" !

By running a zipper down the middle - the maker can use 1 yard less material since there is no (double) apron front.

Side note:
All the skirts and dresses I have seen on Asian websites and ebay the sizing is way off the mark for a male. Everything is
made for the fair lassie size 10 or less waist not bigger than 34 inches. Yes some of these makers will make custom large
sizes for a great deal more money but I wonder if they are using the standard UK (kings) Queens yard stick measurement ?
Getting it right and not having to pay the extraordinary postage to return for adjustments comes into play. Also not everyone
has the opportunity to have a factory fitting.
I am highly critical of clothing made in India & Pakistan - these people do not realize that the human form is a three dimensional
form and not making clothing for cut out paper figures in a two dimensional mode.

If foreign manufactures are marketing things to folks in other countries they should at least offer something that fits that market.
Not everyone is the petite picture perfect frame of an Asian dame !

Enough before someone ties a one-way silk tie taking the life form out of me !

[Couya]

Don't worry, RMA; obesity is not yet a problem in the far east. I'm sure that when the Chinese get as many calories to swallow as the Americans, they'll start making larger sizes. It won't take long!
For the moment, why should they change their production standards? There are far more slim orientals than fat westerners. For the moment !
Martin

[Caultron]

The Chinese and others can call their sizes whatever they want, but for sales to the West, they really should provide size charts graduated in inches or centimeters.

[dillon]

The Chinese and others can call their sizes whatever they want, but for sales to the West, they really should provide size charts graduated in inches or centimeters.

Personally I believe all shoes and garments should have to be within a tight tolerance of a uniform set of standards or their importation would be banned and the textile imports from the problem country could be at risk of sanctions or tariffs. It's absurd that the cheapest textile producers can misrepresent sizes without penalty.

[Sinned]

dlln, Now that I think of it you're on to something. If the meddlesome EU can have standards for the straightness of bananas and cucumbers then why not standardisation in clothing sizes? They seem very keen on imposing things but we British seem to be the only country that actually takes any notice and implements them!!!! Is this an area where even the bureaucratic EU admits defeat?

[Tor]

Standards for banana straightness? What kind of foolishness do they think to perpetrate? I've had perfectly delicious bananas with the two ends pointing like a double barrel shotgun. If stores think people will only buy straight bananas then they can demand and purchase such from their suppliers. Problem solved.

As for clothing sizes, at least any decent patent office should reject patenting one's size chart. Then again, on second thought, maybe one could write a patent cleverly enough to collect a govermental interference arbitrage profit.

Pulling tongue out of cheek, I've seen enough of the other side of sizing to know how the mess gets carried forward, even if the beginning was probably dishonest manufacturers catering to women who desperately wanted to be thinner than they really were.

[Milfmog]

If the meddlesome EU can have standards for the straightness of bananas and cucumbers then why not standardisation in clothing sizes?

Sinned, I am no fan of EU bureaucracy, but I have to point out that the "bent banana ban" is, in fact, a Euromyth. More on that particular myth can be found in this NY Times article from 1994.

It is amazing how these media-generated myths last so long, when real news is often forgotten in a couple of days...

Have fun,


Ian.

[Caultron]

At least, the online merchants should realize that accurate sizing is cheap to provide and that returns are expensive

Of course, returns can be expensive for the buyer as well, especially if the merchandise needs to be mailed back overseas.

[Sinned]

mlfmg, Yeah I know about the euromyth but you must admit that it sounds good! There was an attempt to define the straightness of the cucumber though I think that supermarkets do more in that area by rejecting anything out of their tolerance even though perfectly good otherwise. I'm no fan of the EU either but if they can define standards for all sorts of other things then why not clothing and shoe sizes? They are keen to eliminate any measurements except metric so why not try to eliminate anything other than a certain set of clothing sizes or stipulate that say waist sizes should be in inches preferably ( but probably cm )?