This thread is damneded hilarious. :)

5'4 1/2 ~ average girl at Lerner (NY & CO)

Maybe a tattoo would make them appear taller. ;) :p HA HAHAHAHA

I agree. ;)

And I think we have a winner. I am no longer a retail writer, but markets and buying patterns are key. Buyers and managers take a look at what's selling, and make decisions on adding or eliminating lines based on that.

With plus, of course, there is also aesthetic prejudice, but I will leave that alone.

Petite plus is not terribly common. But some of the more traditional/classic lines (Talbots, Jones New York) have plus petites. If you do follow trends, you will have issues.

Is it wrong that I am thinking of the song "Short People" by Randy Newman?

It's actually the petite mothaf@#%in' sisterhood.

Aww damn I forgot the middle word :D

There are lots of people who don't realize that petite sizes exist. I think wealthier women would rather have trendy clothes altered because higher end petite clothes generally are cut very matronly, and even baby-boomers refuse to wear them (well, my mom refuses to wear them, anyway)! Really, if more petite sizes are trendier, then people would buy. I seriously believe that they limit petite sizes/make them matronly to upset shorter women. I really hope that petite issues are some day presented like plus-sized women. Too bad I'm an awful designer. Otherwise, I would seriously create a petite line and have the world's first 5'3 supermodel.

Wow, you must think people are that stupid. Actually, you're the one who's starting to sound like you don't have much going on upstairs saying things like this. Short people don't realize petite sizes exist.... RIGHT. Really, i've never thought of you as unintelligent, but this post is changing my mind.

And yes, they purposely try to upset shorter women--- WTF? How does that make any sense? IT'S TEH CONSPIRACY!!!! Yes, they're after you. Go hide yourself in a bunker somewhere.

There are plenty of other stores with petite sizes and cute stuff. Get off your lazy behind and go find them or quit your bitching.

(Did those people ride the "petite" bus to school??)

Ditto.

If people are too stupid to realize petite sizes exist (really, it's not like they hide them in a dark corner somehow) then they don't deserve to have clothes that fit.

That sucks for me.

The problem with a petite woman buying average length pants is that the fit is still off in other places. In high school I would buy flared jeans and alter them, but the flare would be in the wrong spot... about halfway down my calf instead of at the knee. Capris also look ridiculous on me... they look like pants in the length but the legs look all wrong because they're only supposed to come somewhere between your knee and halfway down your calf.

I'll just have to hope that they keep carrying petite sizes at the places I shop.

MSN Serch
Web Results Page 1 of 33,825 results containing +"Department Store" +Petite

Not quite the crisis situation that you imagine if I can come up with 33,000 hits for Petite and Department store in a 15 second search.

Ummm...we have not touched on shoes!

They have shoe sizes for those who have feet the same size of pinky finger all the way up to the size my thigh....but they don't have any shoes for people who wear two sizes. :mad:

My left foot is 6 1/2 and my right foot is 7 1/2.

Weep for us! :(