Magical mirror in the fitting room

Haha! This is funny! Because I just bought a pair of jeans last week, and I could have sworn that I looked good in them when I tried it in the store. And I was surprised that when I tried them on again at home, they were nothing special. So, maybe those mirrors are tricky!

I am not sure if they are or not. It's funny I came across this discussion becuase I just bought something yesterday that I liked the way I looked in but I haven't tried it on again today to see if I really do like it or not. I hope so, but even so I am goign to try to lose some more weight so that I can fit into it a little better. It wouldn't surprise me if they had a way to make you look better with having a different kind of mirror and as one member mentioned the lighting.

Its shameful that shops are trying to trick people of buying certain clothes, even if they look bad.

I agree--there is a difference between the mirrors and lighting at the stores and at home. That's why, nowadays, I usually just buy a few items I like and bring them home to try on--I don't even waste the time and effort it takes to try them on at the store--especially when the fitting rooms are crowded. I know I'm going to return some of them anyway because I won't like the items once I get them home, so why waste the extra time at the store?

Eh i doubt that the mirrors are different from the ones at home however i bet its just your perception of yourself. but who knows maybe im wrong and do they do have a magical mirror heheh :)

I know right. I feel exactly the same. The clothes I try in the trial room looks so perfect for me but when I bring it home, its ugh and i don't look good too. Maybe it's the lighting effect lol i don't really know though

I have often thought that, I have bought many things that when I try them on at home doesn't look as good as in the store...Xould be magic mirrors.

the ultimate mirror is on the learning channel's show 'what not to wear'. they have a 360 mirror which i would find pretty scary. i want to go where you shop! lol!

In my younger days, ie 50 years ago, when there was no entertainment we used to go to fairs.In them there was a tent called the hall of mirrors.In the tent there used to be several mirrors where our images were distorted.In one mirror we used to look fat, in another thin, in another tall,in another short, in another grotesque etc. We used to come out laughing our guts.Similary in the shops where you buy your clothes the mirror in the trial room may be one that makes you look slim whereas the mirror in your house may be a normal one. There`s nothing magical about it, these mirrors in the stores are stores are 'doctored' if one may put it like that.

I believe mirrors in fitting rooms are built that way.this is to entice customers who just want to fit the clothes to actually buying them.this is an actual marketing strategy used by those boutiques to boost sales.it is much better to bring along a friend while shopping.s/he can tell you how the clothes look at you in person.

hello ivy, I think so. Stores are too smart what to do so customers will appear appealing with all clothes that they tried on. Really smart... happy weekend

Hiya mermaid, It could well be true that their Mirrors are different I can´t explain how and the lighting in the Shop also has a great influence too as to how the clothes will look on you. Like when I go to the Hairdressers their Mirror must have something about it as well because sometimes I like my Hair their but when I get Home I am not quite so happy with how they cut it. Good observation that one I have often thought of it myself as I have two big Mirrors in one Room and I seem to look different in both of them.

I believe the mirrors in the fitting room somehow enhances because of the size of the mirror and lighting. When you come home and look up close in a mirror you see things differently. It is like applying make-up, where you can look into two different lighted areas and see the make-up light then look in another mirror and the make-up is actually heavier.

Yah, maybe they are using some enhancer so they can sell lots of clothes, lol! this happened to me too and the blouse i bought, i used it just once and after that never did...

I think they are....another thing that bothers me is the lightening. I tried on an outfit once...bought it and when I came home and tried it on the orange top and orange shorts were so totally different that I had to return them! I had that happen with paint just a couple of weeks ago....it looked different in the store then on the walls!

I'm not sure. I've heard of the potential to see yourself in a better light at the store rather than at home. I don't know how true it is or isn't. But you know I think we are more critical infront of a mirror of ourselves no matter where the mirror is located. Even moreso when we are trying to justify our purchase we become more critical.

Hi. mermiaidivy. Whenever I try on clothes in the store, I look so fat and out of shape. But when I get home and try these same clothes on, I look smaller. I am actually a small framed woman, that can wear small, medium and large in clothing sizes. I am not fat at all. I am just in between of being small and medium.

For me it is not true it is totally known for your self so be it.