Ann: I want to buy that shirt online but I do not know my size. Here is their chart.
| SIZE CHART · Shirts |
|---|
| S shoulder 38 · around 88 |
| M shoulder 40 · around 94 |
| L shoulder 42 · around 100 |
| All sizes in centimeters |
Ben: Your shoulder is about 40, right? Then M.
Ann: Yes, but I like my shirts big. Should I take L?
Ben: Then L. You can always wash it in hot water once if it is too big.
Friday, October 10 · Double Tenth Day week
On Friday students may come without the school shirt, pants, or trousers. Wear what you enjoy and have fun, but please keep these points in mind.
Students who would rather wear the school clothes may do so; nobody has to change. We will also collect old clothes that day. Put them in the boxes outside the office, and please wash them first. Last year we gathered over three hundred pieces, an excellent result that the students achieved themselves.
Dear Sir,
I bought a coat from your shop two weeks ago, size M. After washing it once in cold water, as the paper inside says, it has become half an inch shorter in the arms and the skin of my wrist now shows.
I am not asking for my money back. I would like to change it for the same coat in size L, if you have one. If not, I would rather have a different color in M than nothing at all.
I still have the paper from the shop. I work until seven every day, so I can only come on Sunday. Could you keep one for me?
Sincerely, Wu Ping
A shirt today can cost less than a lunch. That sounds like good news, and for a while it was.
But a shirt that costs so little is made to be worn a few times. The shirt is thin, the buttons are weak, and after two or three washes it loses its shape. People now buy more clothes than ever and keep each piece for half as long as their parents did.
Some people now buy less and better. They choose one coat that will last ten years, learn to put a button back on, and pass clothes to a younger cousin. It is slower, and at first it costs more. But in the end they spend less, and their closets are no longer full of things they never wear.