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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

He told me the story in perfect English.

My husband doesn't speak English to Russians. Especially Jewish ones. He's against the commies.:p

You boyfriend:
http://poplicks.com/images/ugly-guy.jpg

Also known as your ex-coworker. (That's why he had to leave, no office romances)

Can we please not put salt in my wounds. I've been crying all morning staring at his empty desk knowing that there's now an empty hole in my heart.

Getting back to the original topic (WOW.. Talk about thread drift!)

A petition won't help, but if we petite-type-women all take the time to write to each chain's general headquarters, it might have some impact.

Also.. money talks. If those of us who are petite sized stop buying regular sized clothing and having them tailored at our own expense, the stores might get the message. Just say NO to tailoring!

Have you also noticed that some of the petite sizes have grown? Eddie Bauer and some pants at Bloomingdales now have a 30 inch inseam that they call "Petite", NOT the normal 28! UGH!

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Dang...I bet you paid a pretty penny for those.

No, all natural.

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

I feel your pain. I'm a 32DDD/F and I hate it. My bras cost more than my outfits. I really want to get the surgery.

I actually am quite pleased with the size of my breasts. I wouldn't resort to painful and risky surgery just to buy clothes off the rack.

I have the problem of button-up shirts popping open between the buttons. But I have a clever solution: I cut a piece of double sided toupe tape and stick it between where it is popping open. You can buy the toupe take at Sally's Beauty Supply, or other beauty supply stores.

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Originally Posted by AUAZD2001

No, all natural.

I actually am quite pleased with the size of my breasts. I wouldn't resort to painful and risky surgery just to buy clothes off the rack.

I have the problem of button-up shirts popping open between the buttons. But I have a clever solution: I cut a piece of double sided toupe tape and stick it between where it is popping open. You can buy the toupe take at Sally's Beauty Supply, or other beauty supply stores.

Thanks for the great idea.

I have chronic back problems from an accident about nine years ago and having large breasts doesn't help any.

bumping because it's a tragedy that Miss Universe only has tall women in the pageant.:eek:

Gap has started a petite and tall section as well. Initially it is just online until they see how well it will do and then it would be moved into stores.

Best.thread.ever.

I actually had to leave my desk a couple of times at work because I was laughing so hard.

If I cannot find something in my usual size, I go to the petite section and get the next larger size in Petite. For example, a regular 6 is the equivalent to an 8P. At least it is like that in Ann Taylor/Loft.

petites/plus size, yall do not have it harder than anyone else, you just have to LOOK for the clothes like the rest of us, and while it may take a little more time there are cute things out there for both of yall ... not all of the stuff is frumpy and outdated. i know because i go shopping with my mom and she's 5'1 and finds stuff all the time. so stop your bitching and moaning.

Everyone (well, maybe not the .5% of the population built like a model) is going to have problems getting clothes that fit. I am petite, small-breasted and I am short-waisted. It's really hit or miss for me. Just this weekend I went shopping. Why is everything cut so low now? Between the small breasts and the short waist, nothing with a "v" will work. Petite sections do tend to be dowdy, but with the internet it is possible to get almost anything made in petite sizes delivered to your home. I just have to try everything on - which I hate - but, in the grand scheme of things, no biggee.

I definitely agree with SWTXBelle. As an average height but thin woman [I am a size 2 in women's, but I have a chest] I always have to pay top dollar for anything because it's NEVER on sale in my size. I can't go to the sales racks without seeing 50 pairs of size 12 jeans in different styles and lengths, 50 pairs of 0s and NOTHING in the mid sizes.

I'm not saying this to be all crazy, because I know it's a silly thing to bitch about. I'm saying it to add to the proposition that shopping sucks in ALL sizes.

Taller women have problems finding clothes to fit too. I'm 5'7" which is above average but not tall. I have a lot of trouble finding pants to fit. Most regular size pants have a 32" inseam. This is about 1.5 inches to short for me. I've resorted to buying my pants at 34 inches and having my tailor take them but that's if I can even find 34" pants. There's petite sections in many stores but no section for taller women. It's as if clothing companies don't think that women above 5'5" exist.

I am 5'4". I cannot wear petites. The short/ankle length is hideous and hits about 1-1.5 inches above where it should.

So, I do what any SANE woman does: I have my clothes tailored.

My sister is 4'11". My grandmother is 4'10". THEY actually have a need for the petite section. But, since petite sections have few choices, they get their clothes tailored, too. They don't bitch and moan. They just do what they have to do to look good.

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Originally Posted by Scandia (Post 1585170)

This also works for me at Ann Taylor in 2/4P! Loves it! Pants are relatively easy to buy. Tops and dresses, not so much...

Boobs and button-down tops and dresses don't work unless I can buy the tops in number sizes. Dress are a pain because unless I don't wear a bra (which isn't a good look for me cos they get squeezed in) I have to wear one size in my boobs and another everywhere else. And that doesn't exist.

YES! Those of us with 36-inch inseams can't just add fabric to pants. I wish I had the option of hemming! It's ridiculous what I have to pay for decent pants.

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Originally Posted by ZTAngel (Post 1585281)

Danielle, you freaking suck.

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Originally Posted by Xylochick216 (Post 1585510)

YES! Those of us with 36-inch inseams can't just add fabric to pants. I wish I had the option of hemming! It's ridiculous what I have to pay for decent pants.

I have a 36" inseam as well, and since I'm also plus sized, it's next to impossible to find pants. For some reason, "regular" length in misses' sizes runs around a 32" inseam, while womens inseams run at 31". WTF? Just because we're fat automatically means we're short?

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1585547)

Danielle, you freaking suck.

Lol, sorry, I was looking for something else and found this, I just had to bump it.

Seriously, I can't get enough of this thread. Especially this part:

Oh, and for the record I'm 5'6" and a size 6 or 8, but I still have to get most of my clothes tailored.

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Originally Posted by valkyrie (Post 1260242)

Goodness, now that I am aware of the mass discrimination and trauma faced by petite women from all over the world, I am enraged! I will take up the fight for my differently-heighted sisters! Here is what I will do in the United States:

I will meet with high-ranking officials of INS to discuss the possibility of implementing a petite-clothing education requirement that must be completed during the citizenship process. The packet of information to be distributed to each and every person stepping foot into this country legally will include definitions of the word "petite" in every language spoken anywhere in the world, diagrams, publications highlighting stores that carry petite clothing, glossy pocket-sized maps of major metropolitan areas with all stores that carry petite clothing highlighted, and perhaps even a teeny tiny woman who can accompany them as they begin their new lives in this country and remind them that petite clothing is available, lest they forget.

Then, I will meet with the Minutemen to see if they are amenable to distributing a condensed version of the "Petite Package" to the people they catch attempting to enter this country illegally before they are returned to Mexico. For those who do make it into the country, I will engage in a leaflet campaign in border towns and will provide weekly support groups for the petite and potentially petite immigrants. Hopefully, if we also can educate the townsfolk, they will be able to spread the word if we miss anyone.

After the website petiteangst.com is up and running, I will work to have it translated into every language and marketed in every country. I will then schedule an air-drop of computers for people in remote locations, so everyone there will be able to access the website.

Hopefully, after these programs are implemented and Petite Education becomes more widespread, we can require each and every local school district in this country to provide mandatory Petite Education starting in the second grade. We must teach children that being petite is completely normal, and alert them to the petite fashion possibilities that hopefully by then will be readily available. After children reach middle school, the Advanced Petite Education program will educate them as to the height and sizing differences between countries across the world, and provide them with a handy slide rule that will provide easy reference when attempting to convert sizes and average heights into different languages and sizing systems.

The Petite Ambassador System will appoint Petite Ambassadors to each country. The duties of Petite Ambassador will be one part foreign relations, one part education, one part personal shopping, one part design skills, and 100 parts pure sass! At this point, it is unresolved whether the Petite Ambassador will wear a sash, tiara, or both. At all times, she will be a stellar example of the best that the petite women of her country have to offer.

The Affordable Petite Clothing Initiative will require that every designer manufacturing clothing in North America or that imports clothing into North America will design at least 20% of its line for petites. Fines and other penalties will be levied on violators. In the near future, it is anticipated that other NATO countries willingly will join in the Initiative.

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1585227)

I am petite, small-breasted and I am short-waisted.

THANK YOU!!!! I'm not short or small-breasted, but I am short-waisted. Finding dress pants is a nightmare to me, because if they're short-waisted (read: they fit nicely), they're about 3" too short. This is why I normally wear skirts in the winter.

It amazes me how few people understand the whole short-waisted/long-waisted part of clothing.

It has taken me the better part of the day because I could only read in fits and spurts, but I just read this entire thread. The comedy was worth it, but knowing that I just lost that much time out of my life to read someone's gripes about the growing evil that is designer-discrimination-against-the-teeny, I want to poke my eyes out. I think the OP is the same person who chastised the WGA for striking because it wasn't "polite", correct?

Short-waisted women, unite!

honeychile, I have given up on dress pants. It ain't happening.

Don't get me started on Petites. I am 5'4". Sitting down, I'm as tall as someone who is 5'8". But my legs are as short as ... well, short. My inseam is around 29" but I have a very long waist.

Petite dresses don't fit because they are too short from the waist to the shoulders and the arm lengths hit well above the wrist. The waistband of the pants hit far below where they should, so I always feel like I have a "wedgie". As for tops and jackets, I buy straight sizes.

I prefer buying pants in straight sizes, but often, once I have a 34" inseam hemmed, they break wrong on my leg. Bottom line.... buying pants is an excruciating experience for me.

I also agree that Petite sizes look like something my 4'10" grandma would have worn. Too many elastic waist bands and pastel colors. They are often designed to make grown women look too cutsie!

The moronic designers do not do it for regular people but the beautiful ones!:p

People are not built like models but just us regular folks.

Normal people are not bolimic. We are normal folks, not built like gods.

I just sat and re-read this thread...HILARIOUS!

:D

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1585795)

honeychile, I have given up on dress pants. It ain't happening.

I knew there was a reason that I liked you!

I'm 5 nothing, and HATE HATE HATE shopping for clothes. I have to try EVERYTHING on. I get my tips from watching What Not To Wear, actually. I know what stores I can shop in and what brands to buy. But it is frustrating to go to the Petite section and see grandma-ish clothes, assuming granny had NO sense of fashion or style.

Petite Fashionista Presents, an event hosted by a friend of mine, was this past weekend and I've written two posts about it in my blog. One went live today, and is a wrap-up of the event. The other one was mostly pictures of the event, which went up on Sunday evening.

I hope the designers will become major names some day! :)

Big names?

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Originally Posted by Taualumna (Post 1672103)

I hope the designers will become major names some day! :)

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Originally Posted by catiebug (Post 1672113)

Big names?

I was avoiding the word "big."

Except for Joe's Jeans (Paige Premium Denim was SOLD at the event, but not part of the fashion show), the other brands presented are basically unknown.

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Originally Posted by Taualumna (Post 1672121)

I was avoiding the word "big."

Except for Joe's Jeans (Paige Premium Denim was SOLD at the event, but not part of the fashion show), the other brands presented are basically unknown.

Avoiding the word "big" was a poor choice. You should have said it, and then if you chose made a joke about it.

people with body types that deviate from the standard sizes are increasingly shopping online because the selection is greater

(What Joproper REALLY means to say is that he wants you to click on the link in his signature, because he's not REALLY greek at all, he just wants everyone to look at his website and buy his crappy junk).

But I love this spammer for bumping such a hilarious thread!