# Women..Would You Buy Clothes ONline? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525 "2003-12-02T16:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/21 "2003-12-03T17:02:52Z")
I’m not sure I like the assumption that only women like the shopping experience. I love shopping for food, clothes, or anything. Yet I am a man by sex and male by gender. I would bye vlothes online, but only from stores I have allready visited and trust, or buying products I allready know. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/22 "2003-12-03T17:11:24Z")
. . . It’s not only “liking the shopping experience,” it’s . . . well, it can look great on the hanger and ghastly on me. I also pay close attention to fabric (I am a cotton/linen/wool snob) and the workmanship: is it lined? seams finished properly? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/23 "2003-12-03T17:44:54Z")
Eve’s got another good reason there. I sew, so I know if something’s made properly. If I can do better, I won’t buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/24 "2003-12-03T17:52:06Z")
I won’t buy just anything on line, but I have my tried-and-true stores. I’m also a natural fiber freak, except when it comes to Lycra, which I think is heaven sent. I don’t mind a bit of Lycra infused into nearly any fabric. Usually you get fabric content in catalog and on-line descriptions. I even buy SHOES on line! Almost all my shoes are purchased on line. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/25 "2003-12-03T18:40:27Z")
I buy all my women’s clothing on-line, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/26 "2003-12-03T20:49:49Z")
And those taupe pumps are exceptional on you, Uncs. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/27 "2003-12-03T21:17:16Z")
I hate shopping, so yes, I buy clothes online. My favorite is Victoria’s Secret, I have several pairs of pants and sweaters from them. There are definitely some things I wouldn’t buy online, like a button-up blouse (with my body shape, finding the right size can be difficult), or shoes (I wear 9 narrow, an almost nonexistant size; I need to try them on). ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/28 "2003-12-03T21:21:20Z")
I’ll order some scrubs online once in a while, but only style numbers that I _know_ will fit me. The only street clothes that I consistently buy the same thing over and over are my jeans, and it’s about as cheap, just as easy, and a lot faster to pop into the store on my way somewhere else as it would be to order them. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/29 "2003-12-03T21:22:08Z")
I don’t shop online much. I will occasionally if I’m familiar with the retailer, but I too prefer to see/try on the clothing before buying. Seems like many people here do like online shopping, but I imagine this survey is very skewed by the fact that everyone responding is comfortable with using the internet, etc. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525/30 "2003-12-04T23:51:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Audrey Levins \* > \*\*And hated all three bras I ordered. I still have 'em, because I’m a lazy slob who can’t be bothered returning them–even if I could, since they were clearance items–but I have yet to wear one of them, in the four months I’ve had them. \*\* Sell them on Ebay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-buy-clothes-online/216525.md?page=1)