" Are these too long for me?” I asked the saleswoman on our most recent trip. “Not at all,” I’m pretty sure she told me. A few days later, at the big Comme des Garçons shop in Omotesandō, I bought yet another pair of culottes, a fancier pair that are cerulean blue. “What are you doing?” Hugh moaned as I stepped out of the dressing room. “That’s three pairs of culottes you’ll own now.” All I could say in my defense was “Maybe I have a busy life. "

― David Sedaris , Calypso