20 Tweets That Capture The Horrors Of Trying On Clothes In Fitting Rooms

Trying on clothes is hands-down the worst part about shopping.

Ftting rooms find a way to suck all the pleasure out of your love of clothes, trashing your confidence in the process. There's nothing like some bad (not to mention inconsistent) lighting or a distorted mirror to put a damper on your mood.

Even if the outfit does fit, that harsh lighting is doing everything it can to highlight any and all insecurities you might have ― or at least make you think the dress you tried on is blue when it's actually green.

Despite all the online shopping and at-home try-on sessions we're doing these days, fitting rooms remain a major component of shopping. It seems like some retailers are trying to improve them. But until they come up with some universally flattering fitting-room lighting and mirrors that don't alter our appearance, we think it's safe to say they're terrible.

These folks on Twitter would agree:

I'm not a violent person but if fitting room mirrors were sentient I'd punch them in the face.
— kevinbiegel (@kbiegel) March 14, 2018

Radical self love is awesome until you're in a changing room that has mirrors on all sides.
— Georgia Hardstark (@GHardstark) March 22, 2018

If hell is real it's definitely a fitting room where you have to leave your stall and walk in front of everybody to look in a mirror.
— Madison Malone Kircher (@4evrmalone) October 14, 2017

One would think a clothing store would give you an incentive to purchase their clothes by having bomb ass fitting room lighting. But instead it's super unflattering & makes you look hella chunky 🙄
— Pusha Bi. (@BiancaEnRogue) April 25, 2018

I hate trying on clothes. It's depressing. Everything is uncomfortable, I need a tan, nothing fits right, and my shoulders are too broad for my size. WHY. 🔥
— 🍓Meghan Camarena (@Strawburry17) May 20, 2018

Is it just me or are most fitting room mirrors/lights horrible? Surely more flattering lights would make people buy more clothes!!
— Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki) June 13, 2016

"This is painful." -overheard in fitting room
— Brittany Haviland (@bhaviland) June 1, 2018

Why do they call it a fitting room when nothing ever fits?
— ᴀᴀʀᴏɴ ᴡɪᴇɴᴇʀ (@Wieneraaron) February 17, 2018

The cruelest thing is needing to buy new clothes to feel hot, but never feeling more repulsive than when trying on clothes in a fitting room
— Carl Kinsella (@TVsCarlKinsella) October 30, 2017

I burn more calories in a fitting room than on a treadmill. I just got sweaty trying on a HAT
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) March 23, 2018

I really hate it when employees "check on me" in the fitting room.
"You doing okay in there?"
"Actually, no. My pants are on my head."
— Laina (@laina622) February 4, 2015

Accidentally went into a target drunk & looked at my body in the fitting room mirrors and it ruined my life
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) May 17, 2017

Want to feel really bad about yourself...go try on bathing suits in a Nordstrom fitting room... #WorstLightingEver 😩👙😭
— Molly Mesnick (@MollyMesnick) January 24, 2018

Cried in the fitting room in 2 different stores because wow being a girl is hard. Only for 30 seconds though because, still gotta be a G.
— Natasha Bure (@natashabure) March 27, 2016

New Years Resolution: Stop yelling, "WHOSE BODY IS THIS EVEN FOR?!??" every time I try on clothes at Urban Outfitters. pic.twitter.com/27iDPtRbJc
— Rosa Pasquarella (@whatrosasaid) January 1, 2018

Seriously considering founding a new workout programme that consists entirely of trying on jeans that are 2cms too tight, in a fitting room that is 2 degrees too warm.
— Rory Cashin (@roarEcashin) March 19, 2018

If heaven is a place on earth, hell is trying on a pair of jeans in a just-too-small fitting room.
— DJ Judd (@juddzeez) May 11, 2018

I went to the mall to try on clothes, I left with nothing to wear and wishing I had never been born.
— Jenna Marbles (@Jenna_Marbles) January 25, 2016

Oh gosh. A little kid next to my fitting room just peaked under the opening and saw me butt naked. Hey... 🙋🏻‍♀️
— Kristel Hartshorn (@Kristel_CLE) March 1, 2018