Florence Uwaeme
The world is fast turning into a virtual village, where you can stay in your room in Rumuola, buy whatever you so desire in any part of the world and have it delivered at your doorstep.
The feeling of not having to roam the market in search of your needs is, of course, a thing of great relief.
From fashion items, fashion accessories to food, household items general groceries, the satisfaction that is derived from investing that time into something more productive than roaming, panting and sweating in an open market cannot be underestimated. This, however, has its sweet and sour taste at the same time.
In order to avoid a disastrous buy from an online shop, there are certain things to put in place to ensure you make the right choice.
Your Size; Being that you won’t be there to try it on before purchasing, there is the need for you to know your exact size either in shoe, dress, shirt, pants, suit, and underwear. it is also important to indicate the size of the item you are placing on order.
So many people have committed the error of not identifying the exact size of items before placing their orders, this, however, has caused someone to buy a dress that will only fit her cat.
There are different size types (if I can call it that) in shoes, there is the European size (EUR), American size (US), United Kingdom size (UK), Japanese size (JP). These type of sizing has different numerical representation. If you are a size EUR 40 for instance, this is likely what your size will look like in other sizing types; US7.5, UK6.5, JP25.0/250.
For female dresses, let’s say a gown or jumpsuit, a size 10 (M) is made up these statistics (Bust-37, Waist-29, Hips-40) while a size 6 (S) is (Bust-33, Waist-25, Hips-35).
For male suits, knowing your exact size saves you the agony of buying an undersized/oversized suit jacket. A size M comprises; (Chest 38-40, Waist 32-34, Neck 15-15.5, Sleeve 33-34).
It is also very important you know the type of sizing the online shop you intend buying from uses.
