Some clothing stores have gotten pretty minimalistic - they don't label the men's versus women's sections, sometimes causing customers to unwittingly browse the wrong section for a while. They don't like to display prices or details about their merchandise either, because they feel that the words and text would detract from the atmosphere.
That's fine, but then these stores lose out on the more practical-minded customers (e.g. me) who might want to shop there but are afraid to feel embarrassed.
Stores should offer trendy looking glasses at the front that, when worn, cause hidden text to be revealed on the walls, on blank signs near shelves, etc. This could include: The gender of that area of the store, the price, recommendations of how to wear it (e.g. buttoned or half buttoned, cuffed or not, etc.) Lots of details generally associated with clueless people could be made available because the trendy shoppers (and general onlookers) wouldn't have to or be able to be aware of it.
(The glasses beep if removed from the store, to prevent people stealing them)-- phundug, Feb 26 2008 "afraid to feel embarrassed" - get a grip, man! Even if you're the kind of person who'll pick out women's frilly underwear "by mistake," you can always fall back on the excuse of shopping for your wife/ girlfriend/ sister/ mother/ webmistress.-- DrCurry, Feb 26 2008 Imagines trendy people laughing at bespectacled shoppers staring at blank walls...-- theleopard, Feb 26 2008 I prefer to call trendy people "victims of fashion", and I could care less (couldn't care less?) about what they are thinking.
Assuming, of course that they think at all.-- Canuck, Feb 26 2008 Funny, Canuck. I've always called them "Victims of fashion" as well. It gets very ugly down here, too!!!-- Pericles, Feb 26 2008 "Look at these cool beeping sunglasses I got at the store!"-- elhigh, Feb 27 2008 Why do all these signs read only "CONSUME" or "NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT"? And the cashier is F***ing UGLY. Oh well, I'll take twelve of these trendy suits.-- Amos Kito, Feb 27 2008 reference noted :)-- phundug, Feb 27 2008 what [phundug] said.-- GutPunchLullabies, Feb 28 2008 halfbakery