Muscle pants give girls that skin-stripped look

EDIBLE

edible material would be good but I prefer body paint.

Lowering the tone.

Welcome to the world of women's clothing.

If you can't measure the price of the garment in tens of pounds per square foot, it will never be bought by a woman.

I'm yet to work out exactly what it is that women's clothes are made of, because my cheap £1 T-shirts look *exactly* the same material (if not the same cut) as hers, but hers cost £10's of pounds for less actual material. Maybe they oxygenate them with rarefied air from the top of the Alps or something. Even her jeans cost more and I'm pretty sure the cost of denim is fixed and not reliant on whether you're making jeans for a woman or a man.

You could add up every bit of money that I've ever spent on anything I've ever owned (including historically, presents given to me, things bought for me, etc.) and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't come to 50% of what my girlfriend / ex-wife paid their *current* wardrobe (and that's not even counting shoes!).

Oh dear oh dear

If you've ever seen fabric cut by a designer to fit one particular woman you'll know why it's worth the money. There is also a mile wide difference between what your 1000 units/hour T short is cut from compared to the stuff that costs real money, but you don't just notice that in the way it falls - you also notice that in how long such clothes last.

I suggest you actually evaluate that world before you judge or comment - you sound about as knowledgeable as most board level directors talking about IT. Give it a shot - just once. Walk into a shop, say, Armani, and just buy a pair of jeans or a T shirt. Then buy another T shirt from your "regular" vendor and use them both as often. I'd give it at most half a year before the difference starts showing. You'll have the "expensive" clothing a lot longer.

Back to the female aspect - appreciate the effort they make to look nice, and don't forget to show that appreciation. It's a positive investment.

There is no patent or copyright protection in fashion, only trademarks

Watch this and learn: http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html

It's Joanne Blakeley's TED piece about fashion. It's interesting, because it also explains why you can get those products with the logo's splattered all over - and why that doesn't really work either.

It's a very interesting, and rather enlightening talk. Educational.

Apologies for not creating a usable link, but I'll eventually work out how it's done in El Reg (anyone?).

And there I was thinking "I bet a guys version would sell really well among cyclists.... (Although it's generally best to stick to black around the crotch area -- light-coloured lycra tends to show off contours a little immodestly...

Or --

"Reg Hardware? But this is softwear..."

You really should stop putting off that appointment with your optician...

I'm sure wickedweasel would claim that it's all decent, but then again, swimwear that goes transparent when wet? Remember the NSFW tag next time, AC!!!

Sorry

I only got as far as "Has anyone ever seen an girl" before I burst out laughing -- was there more?

@AC

"I think they have some way to go to compete with micro swimwear specialist wickedweasel.com"

Pah! I've seen some pictures of young Japanese women wearing bikinis which quite literally have the same area of coverage as three postage stamps!