H+Mean

H+M has a cool feature on their website which allows you to create an avatar of yourself - your own personal model that lets you judge how the clothes will fit without going to a store and trying them on in real life. The concept reeks of Second Life, but is clever nonetheless. So clever, in fact, that in the up-scale style of most luxury boutiques on Rodeo Drive, this exciting addition to H+M's website goes so far as to smile, snicker, and ward off unfit guests (pun intended). Like the freaks of nature on My Super Sweet 16, I was pretty depressed to realize I would not be trying on any 3D clothes. Apparently a 5'8, 176lbs athletic build is some sort of anomaly. That, or, H+M was kindly telling me not to buy anything online, because nothing from their sweat shops will fit me (which is actually true, whenever I wear H+M I feel like tearing my shirt off like Hulkamania). I guess I won't be able to start shopping at H+M's online store until I stop eating and start passing out in the subway on the 6-Train.
*If you're wondering what's up with the + signs rather than ampersands in H+M, you may find it interesting to note that Blogger does not allow for the use of ampersands, a symbol originally credited to Marcus Tullio Tiro, Cicero's personal secretary of 36 years, and once referred to as the 27th letter of the English alphabet.