An Open Letter to Designers of Clothing for Chain Clothing Stores

Dear Designers,

I realize that you work for very large companies and that, in most cases, clothing designers at or near corporate offices and factories have very little contact with stockpersons at each store branch. Nevertheless, I wish to pose to you the following question:

Have you ever, say, wandered into one of your stores and noticed that the garments on mannequins are literally pinned in at the waist by the staff so as not to make the mannequins appear boxy-shaped or substantially thicker than they actually are?

If you answer the above question in the affirmative, then kindly allow me to pose one additional question to you:

If clothing has to be pinned back on MANNEQUINS to make them look thinner, then why, in the name of all that is decent, don't you simply cut the garments to be slenderer and more flattering in the first place?

Sincerely,
Arabella