{"id":3669,"date":"2013-03-07T13:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=3669"},"modified":"2013-03-07T13:01:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:01:45","slug":"stitch-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/stitch-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Stitch Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read this review<\/a> about a service called Stitch Fix and I figured I’d like to try it out.<\/p>\n

I don’t do much clothes shopping these days, because it’s awfully hard to drag a baby into a changing room with you. Especially if you ascribe to the “if you barf on it, you buy it” philosophy. Also, I have a hard time justifying spending money on clothes when I will (hopefully) not be wearing such a large size in the not-too-distant (oh, please let it not be too distant) future. But, as my would-be BFFs<\/a> Stacey and Clinton always say, dress the body you have and not the body you want.<\/p>\n

Also, I’ve been stressing a lot<\/em> about my thesis, so I figured it would be nice to treat myself a little.<\/p>\n

Stitch Fix is pretty simple. You sign up for an account and you fill out a “style profile.” You give them your basic measurements, answer some questions about how you usually dress, and rate a bunch of sample outfits. You also let them know approximately how much you want to spend. Then, you schedule a “fix.” They charge you $20 as a styling fee, and they send you five things in the mail. If you decided to keep anything in your fix, the $20 applies to the purchase price. If you decide to keep everything, you get a 25% discount. You can schedule a monthly fix, or you can schedule a one-off for a special occasion. Anything you don’t want, you can mail back in a prepaid envelope that gets included in your box.<\/p>\n

I’m officiating another wedding<\/a> in a few weeks, so I wrote in the notes for my fix that I was interested in something I could wear to the wedding. I also noted that I’m 6 months postpartum and have about 25 pounds to lose.<\/p>\n

I’m not entirely sure how “6 months postpartum with 25 pounds to lose” got translated into “solid knit dresses and horizontal stripes.” Must have been a technical error. It was…. not pretty. I thought, “maybe my stylist knows something I don’t about the placement of stripes and how they can camouflage your no-longer-a-baby bump.” Yeeeeah, not so much.<\/p>\n

I wanted to send the whole box back in protest. But! This dress! So freaking cute!<\/p>\n

\"Peplum\"<\/a>
Awkward selfie, FTW!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The picture doesn’t really do it justice, so trust me when I say that it’s adorable. And will most likely shrink along with me. And<\/em>, much like a large handbag in a 1950’s sitcom, the peplum does a nice job of shielding my tummy. Also, in person it doesn’t look quite so much like I have giant flower-nipples. The buttular area is a little problematic (I asked Kristian that old canard — does this make my ass look big? — and he made a face like he wanted to defenestrate himself), but that’s why cardigans were invented.<\/p>\n

In my stylist’s defense, they apparently don’t stock a ton of cocktail dresses. And it was probably a mistake to mention the wedding colors, because that was most likely a limiting factor. I don’t think I gave her a whole lot to work with.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if this makes me a glutton for punishment, but I am totally going to order another fix. I find that many of my favorite items of clothing are things that other people picked out for me. I think I have a nice eye, but perhaps I’m secretly clueless when it comes to fashion. At any rate, it’s fun to get things in the mail. And, I like to have intermediate weight goals. So, I’m thinking new fix every 5 pounds.<\/p>\n

Or maybe I need to leave my baby with her father and drag a friend to the mall and buy whatever she tells me to.<\/p>\n

Either way.<\/p>\n

If you think you might want a fix of your own, click here<\/a> and I’ll get a credit if you order something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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