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not pleased about the way i look in mirrors in clothes shops

I'm a fairly decent looking guy and I look fine in photos or mirrors at home, college and where I work etc. but whenever I look in the mirror in a clothes store I'm less than impressed. My face looks way worse and my confidence drops subzero. I only really look at the mirror for a split second before looking away because it'll just make me feel worse.

anyone else experience this or is it just me :frown:

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Sometimes.

no its just you.

Yeah, the lighting in clothes shops is pretty artifical and extreme, so try not to worry about it too much.

Reply 4

Dude Where's My Username

Not gonna lie, I look buff in shop mirrors. Especially in New Look :sexface:

Reply 5

blair turgott

nope this never happens to me in mirrors. Although I always look bad in photos/videos

Reply 6

Le Masquerador.

I always thought they were designed to make you look better than you actually do...sorry if I'm not making you feel any better :redface:

Reply 7

The Harlequinn Mask

I know how you feel, I always look fat and ugly in clothes shops mirrors. And I'm a healthy size 8/10 girl.

Reply 8

loonyplatypus

I've found the opposite. They use lighting from above to trick you into thinking the dress looks amazing and slimming and wow, doesn't your skin look good today and ooh, have you lost weight? And then you buy the dress and take it home and try it on in front of your own mirror and find out that they deceived you and you still look like a whale. Damn them and their confidence-trickery mirrors. Damn them to hell!

Reply 9

hatersgunah8

hmm i guess i don't always look bad in a shop, i mean sometimes i think i look better in the shops. When I went to Next for example, I was happy with my mirror image, and their changing rooms had mirrors that definitely made me look better.

But I was in Bershka today where they have a really dark and dingy atmosphere with just a spotlight here and there, and I looked pretty ****. I guess it was the sort of atmosphere you'd get when u go to an indoor gig and they're doing sound checks with a few lights on..

Reply 10

ArcadeFire

Although you would logically expect them to make you look better, it's a common problem for a lot of people, including myself.

Reply 11

Wishing

I hate the mirrors that show the back of you in changing rooms. They make me look humongous. :frown:

Reply 12

TheCurlyHairedDude

Original post by loonyplatypus

Artificial lighting making ur skin look 10 times as worse

Reply 13

Rascacielos

I find I look horrific in shop mirrors as well but not too bad in my own one. I don't understand why though because I thought shop mirrors were meant to make you look amazing!

Reply 14

TheCurlyHairedDude

Original post by Rascacielos

I find I look horrific in shop mirrors as well but not too bad in my own one. I don't understand why though because I thought shop mirrors were meant to make you look amazing!

All those mirrors, the very very bright artificial lighting, and that clear tilling on the floor, does the complete opposite. The lighting makes all your tiny blemishes and facial imperfections show really badly....

Reply 15

Raiden10

Perhaps you are allergic to clothes. Probably a lot of guys are. I wouldn't sweat it.

Reply 16

Raiden10

Seriously though, think about it. Human attraction has not evolved in blaring light. Whatever is attractive in normal everyday light conditions, is attractive. That's all.

Reply 17

RainbowDoll

I hardly ever try clothes on before I buy them but I tried a dress on in a shop last week. The light was really bright and artificial and made my skin look GREY! I also thought my thighs looked huuuuuuuuuge. They dont look that bad at home. :frown:

Reply 18

aarora

Nah that doesn't happen to me, I look the same in mirrors but then SO ugly in pictures

Reply 19

Chloe P

I think it's to do with the lighting to be honest.. For me, it's normally photos that are a big no-no, I try to dodge them as often as possible at parties and such :tongue: