Department Stores Shutting Petite Section

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by kddani

Wait? When did beauty come into this? There's some really ugly short people out there!

Since the complaint is also that the petite clothing section has matronly clothes, I think that "Shorties under 40" would be an appropriate name.

Too bad it's not shorties drinking 40s.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

You can't help being petite and beautiful.

That's nothing a pair of 5" stilettos and some blue eyeshadow couldn't take care of.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

That's nothing a pair of 5" stilettos and some blue eyeshadow couldn't take care of.

Thank you Mimi.

[Rollergirl2001]

If you're 5'4", you ought to be lucky. I'm 5'2.5"-5'3", and it's a pain in the derrierre to find pants and jeans that is the right length. Capris and gaucho pants are the way to go for me despite making my leg length look shorter. However, I'm used to the fact of getting my pants/jeans altered.

Even the shortest inseam that I buy at Alloy of 30" can't fit me. But hey, I'm used to it. 30" fits people that are about 5'4" and if you're shorter than that, you better have long legs.

33girl, I agree. "Chubby" for a girls plus department store is offensive. And what does "pretty plus" mean? Pretty heavy?

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Who is old enough to remember when the girls' section in Sears had a "Chubby" department which was then changed to "Pretty-Plus"?

I'm sorry, but those are both a heck of a lot more offensive than petite.

I agree. I don't remember a "Chubby" department, but I was tall and lanky. I do remember husky for the boys.

[AUAZD2001]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

OH, do not get me started on bras! If you are over a D cup, it is hard to find a cute bra. If you are over a DDD, it is almost impossible to find any bra, let alone a cute one!

I have the very difficult problem of having a large cup size (G or DDDD) and a small band size (36). I could never find a bra that fit me right and I was always wearing the wrong bra size (did you know that 85% of women are wearing the wrong bra size?) until I discovered Intamacy, a lingerie boutique with stores in Atlanta, Chicago and New York. (The were even featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show for Oprah's Bra and Jean intervention). They have bras to fit all women, and if they can't get you the perfect ffit, they will taylor the bra to fit you perfectly.

www.myintimacy.com

But please don't get me started on finding a bathing suit that looks descent on me. I have not been able to find ANY swimsuit that has enough coverage and support to make me look half way descent. I jsut do NOT go swimming, and i hate it because I know that I am missing out on a lot of good times.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AUAZD2001

I have the very difficult problem of having a large cup size (G or DDDD) and a small band size (36).

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

[tunatartare]

Originally Posted by AUAZD2001

I have the very difficult problem of having a large cup size (G or DDDD) and a small band size (36). I could never find a bra that fit me right and I was always wearing the wrong bra size (did you know that 85% of women are wearing the wrong bra size?) until I discovered Intamacy, a lingerie boutique with stores in Atlanta, Chicago and New York. (The were even featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show for Oprah's Bra and Jean intervention). They have bras to fit all women, and if they can't get you the perfect ffit, they will taylor the bra to fit you perfectly.

www.myintimacy.com

But please don't get me started on finding a bathing suit that looks descent on me. I have not been able to find ANY swimsuit that has enough coverage and support to make me look half way descent. I jsut do NOT go swimming, and i hate it because I know that I am missing out on a lot of good times.

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.

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by AUAZD2001

But please don't get me started on finding a bathing suit that looks descent on me. I have not been able to find ANY swimsuit that has enough coverage and support to make me look half way descent. I jsut do NOT go swimming, and i hate it because I know that I am missing out on a lot of good times.

I have the same problem. Why can't the fashion industry make clothes for people with smaller frames and big breasts? No matter how much money I end up spending on a swim suit, they don't fit properly. I'm too embarrassed to go out there and risk my top coming off in the middle of a water volleyball game or wave jumping at the beach!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

I'm too embarrassed to go out there and risk my top coming off in the middle of a water volleyball game or wave jumping at the beach!

But adpiucf, I thought that's how us proper sorority girls were supposed to meet guys!!

[tunatartare]

I know that you met your husband while pole dancing at Scores, but not all girls have to resort to such tactics.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

I know that you met your husband while pole dancing at Scores, but not all girls have to resort to such tactics.

There are no strip joints in Macomb, IL....


/I met him at the diner on the town square.

[tunatartare]

Funny, he tells a very different version of the same story.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Funny, he tells a very different version of the same story.

Then you need a new pocket Spanish dictionary...caz you got lost in translation somewhere.

[tunatartare]

He told me the story in perfect English.