If you were following me on Twitter sometime last year in July, you saw me say, “banana republic, why the eff would u have shirts in slim fit only & not normal s,m,l,xl, as well? In what world does slim fit XL make sense?” Link
I had no idea the explosion of Banana Republic skinny fit shirts that would happen once hitting send on that tweet.
If you can remember way back to last year, before I had to rebuild the TophSpeaks empire, I talked a lot about men’s fashion as it related to me. Nanner Republic, not gonna lie, was always an anchor in my day to day clothing choices. Let’s be honest, it’s easy, relatively inexpensive, and used to be pretty durable. Sure, you got the random shirt that after one wash the sleeves shrank, but generally it was solid.
July of last year, I strolled into BR, and noticed that a couple of the shirts I like were “slim fit.” They were the style I liked, but they just didn’t fit. The issue was that the mediums were too snug, and the larges were too big. Um, what the fuck?
The more I went back to Nanners, the more slim fit shirts I noticed. The ratio in July was 2 in every 5. The ratio as of Saturday? 4 in 5, and the 1 non slim fit was ugly anyways. No one wants to wear that shit.
Here’s the good news, I now fit in the slim fit medium. Yeah, it feels good, too, bitches.
But, TophSpeaks isn’t just about me (yes it is), it’s about you, my readers. My fat, fucking readers who shouldn’t be discriminated against because you’re too large for the XL slim fit shirt. There isn’t a place in the world that extra large slim fit makes sense!
It’s a real life oxymoron! It’s bigger than Jumbo Shrimp! SO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS!!
Let’s say NO to slim fit. There’s no place for it in this world. Down with slim fit, and back with regular fucking sizes. Because, if you’re going to do slim fit, then shouldn’t you do fat fit, as well?
Small fat fit for me, please.
NO!
It doesn’t make sense!
So, unless you plan on rolling out Fat Fit, it’s time to rid the world of Slim Fit.
Word.
