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We don't really have any.
Ideal Garments are not made in a factory,and so there is no need. Every garment is handmade, and it is just as easy to make it the right size for you as it is to make it some standard "size" that probably wouldn't fit anyone.

So, we must go on to say, you must communicate your shape to us, or the garment will not be ideal. Ideal Garments are absolutely not "one size fits all."

The best thing to do is to measure your self with a soft measuring tape. Waist, belly, hips, distance to the floor... bustline, wingspan... all measurements are useful.

Well, actually, the best thing to do is to come by the shop in Kansas City, or coax us to come to your city so we can just make something right onto you. Perfect.

Barring that, it is very useful, in addition to real numbers, to have a description of body type, and some idea of what you have liked and not liked about manufactured garments.

Things you have not liked, or persistent complaints you have had about clothing will be most interesting and useful.

OK, then. Order your garments. Then send us an email or give us a call, and we will do our best to make for you what will be, definitively, an Ideal Garment.

Send your measurements to anyone @idealgarment.com or call 816-206-6837. Or mail us a note at 4518 Troost KCMO 64110. We won't make your clothes, or take your money, until you talk to us.

Ideal Garment uses Paypal exclusively, for your convenience and security. Or checks are fine. Or green american dollars.

Slender skirts are marvelous at every length, but the transcendent thing is the skirt long to the ground, worn anywhere you need to go.

It's fine for gardening or for inaugural balls. And you don't even need to wash it in between the two events. Dirt just doesn't much show on a black skirt. Ha!

slender skirt
any length; velvet, fleece or ponte roma:

$140

A-line skirts are great at any length. A-line long to the ground makes a long skirt that is easier to walk in than the ultra-pure slender skirt. A-line just below the knee is plain flirty, incomprehensibly comfortable and easy to wear. The slight A-line also makes for a lovely mini-skirt. Whatever length is "mini" to you... The A-line at any length is subtle, the fabrics stretchy, the usefulness extreme.

A-line skirts, since they are in stretch fabrics, have very little of the iconic A-line which is not all that easy to wear in stiffer fabrics. The stretch fabric of the Ideal a-line allows anyone to enjoy the swingy comfort of this classic shape, the absence of restriction, the flattering movement. The skirts flatter the butt without making too big a deal of it. The pencil skirt is far crueler, but a great option for the bravehearted.

A-line skirt
any length; velvet, fleece or ponte roma:

$140

Pencil skirts. A classic look, but nearly impossible to wear, to walk in, to have lunch in.

The Black Skirt Initiative and Ideal Garment solve all the issues by using the same delightful stretch fabrics we use for every other slender thing that would otherwise be unwearable by normal women.

So be bold! If you are OK with the cruelty of a skirt that tapers in and emphasizes the thighs and butt, get an Ideal pencil skirt. It will be a great favorite, easy to wear, to move in, to pull off. Great with heels or flats or boots.

pencil skirt
any plausible length; velvet, fleece or ponte roma:

$140

Perfect Pants are just plain pants, often in one of the great, slightly stretchy fabrics we use for skirts. They have no side seams, and so are naturally wide-legged, though not in any dramatic or sylish way. Oh no. We are quite insistent that nothing be "stylish" or, god forbid, "fashionable".

Perfect Pants are for people who are ready for a pair of pants they can actually wear without feeling exposed, and without feeling like they need to lose weight before being allowed to put them on. No. Perfect pants are there for you.

perfect pants
velvet, fleece or ponte roma:

$160

Ideal Garment
Gift Shop

Bottle Bidet with glamorous tote and 3 mini-cloths.

Clean is delicious.

Enough said.

bottle bidet complete
bidet, tote & 3 mini-cloths:

$50

Cooking as Courtship

by Susan Wiegand

A lilting manifesto on the ins and outs of love and friendship in the presence of food.

Cooking as Courtship

$30

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