http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/2001-03-27-robin.htm
Her perfectly fitting pantsuits have become something of an obsession for me since I, too, wear out "slimming" black pants at a phenomenal rate. As a busy mom and editor, I've tried mightily to keep my black pants selection well-stocked by shopping online. But my efforts have been less than fruitful. I was down to my last pair of frayed, shiny-knee black pants, twice reinforced at the seams, when I realized how desperate my situation had become. I could give you the litany of why Bluefly.com, Gap, L.L. Bean, and other online stores, didn't cut it, but I'd be revealing way too much about my body's peculiar flaws. Suffice it to say that the Internet let me down in the pants department.