this is the part where i declare war on everything

[fox]

why in the name of whatever deity you choose is the world full of three-quarter sleeves these days?  wtf, ladies?! -- are people, like, encouraging this?!  i want long sleeves, dammit, and i can roll them up if i want them to be 3/4 length!  (i want long sleeves with french cuffs, actually, but i'm prepared not to get too grabby.)

GRAR.

Comments

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

3/4 sleeves make me nuts. I usually end up pushing them up to the elbow. Of course, I'm not at all fond of the sleeveless look that's so popular, either. My upper arms are nobody's business. *g*

[servalan.livejournal.com]

I'm encouraging it. I like 3/4 sleeves. As a petite, "long" sleeves always end up far over my knuckles. While that used to be the fashion (and maybe still is), it gets darned annoying after a while.

[misia.livejournal.com]

I'm with you.

[bunni2001.livejournal.com]

I hate them too! I always feel like people are thinking "That shirt is too small for her, yet she's wearing it."

[badfalcon.livejournal.com]

I dunno... I kinda like 3/4 sleeves. they hide the ickness that is my upper arm and they cater for the fact I don't like my wrists being covered. i'm... just way too picky with clothes and they sort out two of my main issues with tops *shrugs*

[thyesc.livejournal.com]

You're very pretty and I miss you. (((HUGS)))

[orange852.livejournal.com]

Because 3/4 sleeves are meant to be the thing for large arms, per the What Not To Wear girls. For some reason, the crop look on arms is completely different from the crop look on legs.

I love the 3/4 sleeves deal because I have unnaturally long arms, and everything is going to look too short on me, so it's better to look as if it's intentional.

[sheltiesong.livejournal.com]

Hee. And here I love 3/4 length sleeves simply because with my arms, the cuff actually ends at the base of my hand the way it's supposed to ...

Clothing makers hate women

[(Anonymous)]

Men's shirts come in differnt sleeve lengths for the same size shirt. If a man has a short arm he can buy a shorter sleave. Same thing in pants, men's come in lengths from 29 inches to 36 inches per size.

IF a woman is lucky she can find the same size pant in petite, regular, and long. Normally, it's one length doesn't quite fit anyone.
3/4 length sleeves are the clothing industry's attempt to avoid having to offer women's shirts in short AND long sleeves.

/rant

Joan