Brandy puts the “Mal” in Melville

Admit it: Our middle school selves have, at some point in our Instagram careers, posted a picture taken in front of a Brandy Melville sign and captioned it something along the lines of “Love Brandy! #brandymelville” — and deleted it two years later.

Despite its “fit all” claim, clothing at Brandy is more like a size “extra-small-because-women-are-built-exactly-the-same.” Additionally, every time I squeeze past the squealing middle schoolers to check the price tag of a cute piece of clothing, I almost always find myself looking for the shortest escape route out the door. Although Brandy isn’t on the pricier end of clothing brands, its pricing is ambitious for a store that sells mostly solid-colored or striped crop tops and basic jeans — all of which I could cop at a much lower price from a store 10 feet away.

And did I mention that other shops might have clothing that actually accommodates different body types?