When you shop online, you never really know what to expect, but you're easily swayed by the featured images. Clothes bought during your online window shopping session are always beautifully presented, and it's easy to imagine yourself in them. Except that, very often, the garment you order doesn't look anything like it did on the model who caught your eye. And it's not our body that's the problem.<\/p>\n
When you receive a garment you bought online, you're as happy as a little girl on Christmas morning. Except that when you try it on<\/a> , the euphoria vanishes immediately. Despite carefully checking the size chart and meticulously measuring your measurements with a tape measure, the garment is a complete disappointment.<\/p>\n The seams are completely out of sync with our silhouette, and the design seems incompatible with our body shape. The sleeves are too tight, the pant legs hang off our feet, and the top makes absolutely no sense. Yet, on the model, the garment followed her body's lines perfectly. It even looked as if it had been sewn onto her skin. This leads us to the most obvious conclusion: our bodies aren't suited to this garment. However, even the models on screen who wear a size 6 need some adjustments. The stylists in charge of the commercial design "improve" reality.<\/p>\n The unspoken truth: the clothes featured on websites don't always look perfect on the models either. Industry professionals, who ensure the garment sells well, use clips to hold it in place during a photoshoot and give it a more flattering shape. This is demonstrated in a video of model Arabella Rae, in which she's seen with about ten clips in her back, like a piece of laundry on a drying rack. "Don't worry if it doesn't look the same as on the website,"<\/em> she reassures viewers. <\/p>\n\n