text: Before leaving for Las Vegas, my friends and I decided that it would be fun to buy cheesy sequined dresses to wear at the clubs during our stay. A colleague warned me not to buy anything in Vancouver beforehand, as it would undoubtedly be overpriced. She told me about the 2-storey Forever 21 in the Fashion Show Mall that would meet our needs perfectly. Although I typically don't like stores that mass-produce cheap, throwaway clothes (oh the wastefulness!) I thought this would be a perfect place to prepare for a night out.\n\nWhen we arrived in the city, we dropped our things off at the hotel and made the trek up the Strip to Forever 21. As others have mentioned, the selection is outrageously big. Overwhelming, even. The group of ladies I was with easily found armfuls of dress possibilities, which we promptly brought over to the change rooms to try on. This is where the trouble began. Now, I'm a well-proportioned and curvy lady, and I normally don't have too many troubles finding flattering clothes. Although everything I tried on looked great on the rack, absolutely NOTHING looked good on my body. If I weren't so confident beforehand, I would have felt terrible about myself, as I'm sure many other ladies have before me. I think it's just a matter of the quality of design and materials being ultra-low, which of course is how they can charge $15 for a dress.\n\nIn short: yes, there are rooms and rooms full of clothes, but they're all cheap (and not in the good, \"wow, look at this steal of a deal!\" way). At the end of it all, all I purchased was a few pairs of cute socks with moustaches, foxes, and owls on them. I'm glad to say I had packed a beautiful back-up dress from Anthropologie, and I didn't see a single other person wearing it while I was out. As for the clothes from Forever 21, it seemed like everyone else in the clubs and casinos was wearing their dresses, and they all looked cheap doing it.\n\nIndividuality FTW!