Jane Fonda Reveals Why Shopping Sometimes Makes Her ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘I Basically Don’t Go’

If there’s one place you won’t catch Jane Fonda — it’s at the mall.

The 80 for Brady star, 87, shared in an interview with The New York Times published on Tuesday, Feb. 18, that she avoids going out shopping to stores when she can.

“I basically don’t go shopping,” Fonda told the outlet. “Occasionally I will order something online if I’m on a trip and going into forests and need quick-drying pants and shirts — that kind of thing.” 

“But I don’t like to shop. I feel uncomfortable,” she added.

When asked why she felt that way, the Barbarella actress explained that there’s a part of her that is still unnerved by her body and the way the clothes fit.  

“I would say 90 percent I’ve made peace with my body, but there’s still that 10 percent. It’s hard to stand in the fitting room and put clothes on and not like the way you look,” she said.

However, the one thing Fonda said she wouldn’t hesitate to buy is sneakers. She told the NYT that she had “quite a lot” of sneakers that she had amassed over the years. She said she “started really getting into” them in her 40s when she started “running” and “working out.” 

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“Now that I’m 87, I don’t wear heels anymore because they throw my pelvis and my hips out of whack,” she said. “So low heels or almost flat shoes have become my thing — and sneakers that have sparklies on them.”

She also noted that when it comes to sneakers she doesn’t “throw them away” because she doesn’t “want them to end up in the ocean.” So, she has “many, many dozens” of pairs including “old colored Reebok high-tops” and “cute sneakers with sequins and sparkles.” 

In 2019, Fonda famously vowed during a climate change protest on Capitol Hill that she would no longer buy new clothes. She told the crowd at the time, “I needed something red and I went out and found this coat on sale. This is the last article of clothing that I will ever buy.”

She has since upheld the vow, rewearing several outfits in her closet for events including the 2020 Academy Awards and at the 2021 Golden Globes. While accepting the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award, she wore the same sleek white suit that she wore to the 1996 Shape Magazine Awards in L.A., and explained the choice of wardrobe on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“Well, I prefer this kind of outfit than getting dressed up,” Fonda said, while signaling to her red jogging suit she wore to the show. “I vowed a couple of years ago I would never buy any new clothes again. We spend too much money, we buy too many things, and then we get rid of them. We try to develop our identity by shopping, right? We gotta stop that. Stop all this consumerism.”

“So I had to go through my closet and find out something that still fit me and I have worn before, and I found something. I’m all set,” she added.