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What is up with clothing stores in the mall? Is it just me or are the men’s sections in most stores looking more and more like the women’s section? I even had to ask in one store if they had a men’s section at all. Guess I will have to stick to Sport Chek and Cleves.
—Not feeling purple or pink…
This article appears in Oct 8-14, 2009.
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Men’s sections are considered sexist and therefore banned. Besides, nothing wrong with being a bit Metro and going for purple or pink.
Except that its October….
If what you’re talking about is with reference to sneakers I agree. Not so much about a gender issue but why is it harder and harder to find a pair that isn’t over the top loud? All I want are plain white runners without “racing strips” or any other arty extras. My feet don’t need to be seen at night from a mile away. It’s like trying to find a white buffalo.
There are men’s sections? Oh must be the 4×8 area in the corner. And women have the audacity to say “I have nothing to wear”.
I wasn’t going to venture into the men’s section until qpmzwonxeibcruv stated sexism as the reason (does anyone else think Quasimoto rather than take the time to find a way to pronounce it = ).
Having to relabel pink as salmon just so guys can wear it is just dumb. You like it or you don’t. It looks good on you or it doesn’t. End of story.
Although, color coding men does help homophobic males feel safer in the change room or bathroom, I suppose. (Man in pink goes in, man in black runs out.) = )
Too bad Dack’s is now closed otherwise OP would have a spot to fill his boots.
duh, they had to make room for the metroes.
Dino come back to Halifax; I’ll buy you Ugg Boots!
I’m coming for good next september! woohoo!
Though I gotta say, uggs aren’t really my styl. I’d prefer those sickass Birkenstock clogs.
Well you have 11 months to develop a taste for Uggs or something the same price =)
Clothes: Probably because most of the clothes today are, like they have been
for the past 25yrs. for the younger generation, unisex. This means they are made for both sexes, and because there are more women than men the women(girl) section will be favoured. However, try the good second hand stores, or try Sears and some of the specialty stores. If that doesn’t work just wear the same old, same old and just change the accessories, like hanging a pair of keys on your belt loop, wear your shirt inside out and you can always go to work for a gas station and get some formal wear. …too bad the K-mart is no longer here…….
I have yet to meet a female requiring ball room be built into their jeans. I have yet to find a man’s shirt designed to accommodate breasts. Is it just me or do men NOT sport an hour glass figure requiring a smaller waste and wider hips / thighs be built into pants?
What make you bitches of a store called “Moores Clothing For Men” Do you get your shit in a knot and file petitions blaming and chastising all of society for your confusion? Some of the BEST dressed guys shop there… do you think only the straight ones are interested in having their clothes tailored to fit their male body (the store’s specialty)?
“Men’s sections are considered sexist and therefore banned”… banned by whom? Under what statute? On what planet? Listen bitches, the day the gov’t walks into a department store and says you can’t call this section of YOUR store those two perfectly legible, perfectly spelled, perfectly English words to describe EXACTLY what you’re selling is the day (A) clothing becomes a “controlled substance” or (B) we’ve succumbed to a gender-confused dictator. Since neither of those things are true I dare say this comment is total garbage.
OP, try Moores… the WHOLE STORE is the men’s section.
Next thing you know you bitches will be complaining Victoria’s Secret was only kept secret from Victor and, cry me a river, Victor’s widdle feewings have been hurt. Life is so unfair. LOL
Kay why do you care about clothes for women with hour glass figures? Everyone here knows you are a fat and ugly slob. That is the only explanation for someone who spends their entire life posting on this site. You fool no-one at all…
Perhaps, I’m an IT pro and spend quite a lot of time on the computer? Hmm? Maybe I’m killing time waiting for my idiot employees to show up for work? Did you think of that? Perhaps, I have a lot of time to bitch while waiting for my programs to compile, eh? Oh… sorry, a little over your head, I know. That’s okay, Floyd, I keep my expectations reasonable where your peon-bitch-brain is concerned so I’ll knock off the rhetoric. You can safely presume I’m paid quite well to sit here and bitch at you.
I wish you bitches could have a gander at me, then you could all hate me just for being beautiful and slim without even trying. In fact… THAT’S precisely how the bitch in me came to the surface. INSECURE Nova Scotia does that to the confident, graceful and to the kind because you HATE women like that and yet you want to BE a woman like that. “If you can’t be her, kill her, maim her, hate her, fear her!”, seems the motto in these parts. It’s really quite pathetic and reflective of the very first bitch I ever wrote. Since when is a large bicep and ability to arm wrestle your brother and win considered attractive feminine quality when coupled with the average trucker’s vocabulary? Yuck. Perhaps this is why I balk at “abolish gender” tactics used by the gay community.
And, to be truthful, I have a helluva time finding a size 1 pair of jeans anywhere in the HRM… everything else is too big or too “skirt” and kid’s sizes aren’t built for an extraordinarily tiny waste. I wonder why? Could it be kid’s bodies and girl’s and boy’s bodies are built differently? Hmmmm.
We should tag some of these comments “Sticking it to the man…” hahaha
Kay –
1. I’m pretty sure the “men’s departments are sexist” comment was a joke. Chill out, for christ’s sake.
2. There are plenty of stores that sell size 00, 0, 1, 2. You must not be looking very hard. I too have a very small frame, and I buy lots of clothes at Club Monaco, RW & Co, Banana Republic. Wildflower downtown always has lots of small sizes. So instead of “complaining” about not being able to find clothes your size (which was obviously a thinly veiled attempt to brag about your “extraordinarily tiny waste (sic)”) just open your eyes!
Jennie, maybe you should READ the posts before mine to figure out what triggered the rant, eh? Just an idea. I’m not complaining about anything. I’m answering one stupid insulting bitch, that’s all. Brag? Here? In Nova Scotia? Do you think I have a death wish? I know better. You bitches taught me well.
I did read the posts Kahy. Someone made an (obvious, no?) joke about men’s departments being sexist, then you – right on cue – launched into a another government tirade.
Your Nova Scotia digs are also very predictable and oh-so-boring.
She’s either lying about having a size one or she really doesn’t know where to shop. I have no problem finding size 1s anywhere. I love RW and co, its one of my favorite stores! You know what’s hard? Finding a good supply of size 5 nice shoes. A lot of the nicer shoe stores don’t carry below a 6!
I love Kay – this is the funniest thing I have ever read (RE: Moore’s):
“Some of the BEST dressed guys shop there… “
And the whole size 1 thing and not being able to find clothes, and NS women being jealous of how beautiful she is? BWaaaaahahahahahaha! (wiping tears from my eyes from laughing so hard)
Kay, you’re very entertaining with your hijacking topics that have nothing to do with what you’re jumping in with, but I really need to know where in the name of God you keep the rock you live under? You imply that there are no attractive confident women in this province, and I can assure you, there are, I know several of them, and not one of them has ever been known to be bitchy to someone they thought was “prettier” than them unless the “prettier” girl was ugly on the inside…
I’d like to see some of the guys that dress in those clothes. What’s wrong with “metrosexual”? Does it challenge the limited belief that men can’t dress nicely or take care of their looks? I’d sooner see a guy dressed in that stuff than the cliched ballcap, loose t-shirt, baggy ass jeans that the majority of men wear.
As for Kay, well, being ugly on the inside definitely takes over no matter what she may look like on the outside. I often wonder where she spends her time that she keeps running into “arm wrestling” women. Maybe she should stay away from the biker gangs, she seems to be confusing the long haired guys for women.
I know I’m going to regret this but, as a relatively new reader I cannot get a true “read” on Kay – would some of the more experienced kindly give us the bio?
I’ve already figured out that she’s basically a miserable minge who likes to defecate all over anything related to NS.
Here’s my take:
I don’t believe Kay is actually married with a child or children. I don’t believe she’s a “come from away”. I don’t believe she’s really disgusted by homosexuality. I don’t believe she loves smoking. And last but certainly not least, I don’t believe she hates Halifax and Nova Scotia and all the people who live here.
What I DO actually believe is that Kay is a miserable, lonely person who really, really enjoys stirring the pot. She’ll say incredibly outlandish things – even if she doesn’t believe them – to get people fired up. All she wants is a rise, and most of the time she gets it.
I believe Kay is very sad.
That’s just my two cents.
I’d concur with Jennie on most things, including the entire second paragraph. What I don’t think anyone really knows is whether “she” is as hate filled as she so staunchly professes to be.
She is indeed quite sad, and obviously gets a thrill off the attention. Whether her opinions are fabricated to achieve these ends, or whether they reflect her true repugnant thoughts – that’s a mystery.
That said, I’ve come to realize that kay playing the villain in all these threads actually provides many with a great deal of entertainment. Her constant ignorance, coupled with a stubbornness unlike anything I’ve ever seen, literally makes me shake my head in amazement.
She’s a prototypical antagonist, a necessary evil. The day kay stops being so repulsive will be a sad day indeed for The Coast.
Once again, shop online.
I once saw a smallish grey-haired old woman doing splits and insane mind-numbing stretches on the middle of the boardwalk in front of a busker playing the harmonica. I could have sworn it was either kay or just a rogue figment of my imagination.
I’m pretty.
I think she, maybe he, is actually a kid. Kids love to fuck with people online. Her son is supposedly ‘Farts Mahoney’ although I’ve never seen him admit to it and the one time I saw them post on the same thread she was defending him about some shit someone said and he disappeared. But I can’t blame him. I’d be mortified if my mom was on here spewing shit too. I don’t believe she’s anything she claims to be. I think she’s lonely and bored and looking for attention. Her actions quite often reminds me of my 6 year old.
she is not a necessary evil. not at all, in fact I could definitely see this board getting better without her. She is entitled to post though so I suppose we’ll have to endure.
needless to say, if she does disappear, I will gladly step into the antagonistic role if need be.
It can’t be all that hard to be vain, shallow and idiotic non-stop, every day.
I’ll just think of what I would say, and then juice it up with self-reference and self compliments, made up facts, a catch-phrase other than ‘sheep’ / ‘armpit of canada’ / ‘think outside the box’…. and throw in some gay bashing.
presto.
y’all don’t know SHIT. 50 000 000 people die and have to be buried without clothes EVERY DAY! it’s impossible to find clothing stores these day… especially in my tiny size! and if I do, they’re never beautiful enough to accompany me. they never show my power and all-knowingness which truly defines me. Even Gays have nothing on me… I’m the shit, full stop. If you didn’t know, you best read it again cause you ain’t gonna forget about me.
see. not so bad…. I’ll keep working on it.
LTWWB used to be fun, interesting, even challenging at times…
For the record my son has never posted here.
Fuck you all very much. Have a supremely shitty evening.
I was certainly entertained in this thread. I would love to have a gander at her if my eyeballs weren’t already melted from trying to comprehend her posts (yes, I think with my eyeballs).
My boyfriend often complains that he can’t find good jeans that aren’t either made for wannabe gangsters to hang off their asses, or Dad jeans. Not to mention male sizes in stores that don’t start at large. I have to say we women sure are spoiled for clothes.
that was right some funny zzz
Great, now kay thinks she’s the victim.
Mole Rat- there was a time I would’ve agreed with that last sentence, but not anymore. This thread could just as easily be about trying to find womens clothes that aren’t one type. Mostly, gathered sleeves, gathered waistbands, and loose fitting so that it can all be worn with *shudder* leggings. The stores are greatly lacking in variety at the moment. I’m hoping this revisit to the 80’s is shortlived. I miss shopping. And yes, expatriot- I shop online.
I don’t have that problem because I shop secondhand. But yeah, I know what you mean. Every women’s store is filled with knockoffs of the trend of the moment.
kay’s a douche…end of story.
Wow Kay, aren’t you an annoying little bitch. You must really love the sound of your own voice. What this whole arguement really boils down to is….Kay’s a douche 😉
what “arguement” might that be?… you annoying little Lily you
Kay if you are trying to tell me that the hours and hours that you post here are “work hours” then biatch you must have the worst fucking job in the world. And I’m pretty sure that there are labour laws against having an employee on the job 24-7-365…
So once again, you have proven yourself to be a poor fucking liar. No surprise there.
Floyd, pay attention. I’m not the peon employee (anymore). I’m the boss, you twit. Have yourself another shitty day and fuck you very very much *takes a bow*
Like a boss? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NisCkxU544c
kay, you can be as beautiful as the the most beautiful woman in the world but you’re rotten and disgusting on the inside
For the record, my first comment wasn’t serious by the way. I thought it was a dumb enough comment that everyone would figure that out, but maybe not!
Why is it that we can’t get Bitches that go for more than 20 posts without Kay either posting on them or being mentioned? You all say you hate her, yet you just can’t get enough of her! I, too, love the entertainment value though.
Like I said Kay…douche, as in bag 😉
Jennie, first off, I love the post… However she does OCCASIONALLY make valid points and even backs up her ridiculous ones with insight above that of a child. Other than that, quite an enjoyable image…
And Kay, honestly, I feel bad for you… I know many attractive, successful women who I can’t say I’ve ever seen arm wrestle or anything of the sort… If they do check out another woman of similar attributes, it’s generally admiring said woman’s wardrobe (shopping here does suck, if it’s good it’s generally overpriced…) I feel you must either frequent bad areas, or be quite unlucky. And yes, many of these women are from other cities, in Canada or otherwise, and none seem to have the same issues…
This is the last time I’ll bother as I do have a suspicion you just like the attn… So Kay, a final farewell, I hope your luck/attitude improves…
I should add before the obvious comment that while many of these women are from abroad, many are born and bred Nova Scotians… From the womb to the workplace… Sorry…
Like a boss?
I almost lost my fucking oatmeal. Good one Cranky!
What’s a “bouse” anyway?
FTR, I’ve never had a day of fish fucking and if I had my own cock to suck, well, you just never know what kind of “bouse” I might have been then.
Jizz in my Pants was better… at least in that one they say “pants” and not “pounce”
Think it’s hard to find men’s clothes? Try being a woman over size 12 with taste. Impossible. My choices are: fat slut, or fatty that never gets laid, and works in an office. Wow.