Department Stores Shutting Petite Section

[kddani]

Originally posted by PM_Mama00
Hahahahah Today Show is doing a story on shrinking petite depts right now.

And this dumb shithead just goes "I'd probably gain weight, so I could fit into non-petite sizes". YOU ASSHEAD. Maybe TauAlumna was right and people need to be educated about petite sizes, because it's about height, not weight.

Or maybe petite people are more likely to be ridiculously stupid? lol

[PerfectVerse06]

Originally posted by kddani
Or maybe petite people are more likely to be ridiculously stupid? lol

'Petite' refers to their IQ's, I think.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally posted by kddani
Or maybe petite people are more likely to be ridiculously stupid? lol

Lol I'm an advocate of this answer

[Xylochick216]

Originally posted by KerriMarie
I was shopping for a Preference dress in the mall in Lynchburg, VA. I had found a dress that I liked, and asked if they had it in a size 2.

The salesperson told me that they did not carry sizes that small.

Total sizeism!!

Hahaha, what store? A lot of stores in Lynchburg only get a few things in smaller sizes. I should create a petition. While I'm at it, I should create one for those of us with 37 inch inseams. We don't even have our own section in stores for talls. Plus we can't get length ADDED to our clothes. It's a travesty!

[xo_kathy]

There was a "What Not to Wear" episode this weekend that had a super tiny woman on. It was the "Worst Teacher in America" epsiode.

She wasn't a dwarf, but was probably really close to it. Amazingly they found clothes that fit her perfectly with only a few alterations - even, gasp, jackets!!!!

I thought of this thread when I saw her!

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally posted by PM_Mama00
]Hahahahah Today Show is doing a story on shrinking petite depts right now.

And this dumb shithead just goes "I'd probably gain weight, so I could fit into non-petite sizes". YOU ASSHEAD. Maybe TauAlumna was right and people need to be educated about petite sizes, because it's about height, not weight.

Originally posted by kddani
Or maybe petite people are more likely to be ridiculously stupid? lol

No, I think it's just from not eating. If these petite women (skinny mini's, as my roommate liked to say) would just eat something, then they'd be able to think clearly.

[Sister Havana]

This column appeared in the Chicago Tribune today. Of course I thought of this thread when I read it.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

This column appeared in the Chicago Tribune today. Of course I thought of this thread when I read it.

GP needs to sit on her, too

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by kddani

GP needs to sit on her, too

I have to work sometimes.

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

This column appeared in the Chicago Tribune today. Of course I thought of this thread when I read it.

People are jacked. You can call "petite" "Reese Witherspoon" or you can call a monkey "President" but that doesn't change what it is, so get the hell over it.

[tunatartare]

I don't think a Vertically Challenged section would do nearly as well.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

People are jacked. You can call "petite" "Reese Witherspoon" or you can call a monkey "President" but that doesn't change what it is, so get the hell over it.

I also didn't see her give any alternatives as to what the section should be called. If she is that bothered by a single word, that isn't derogatory or offensive, then really, she's got problems. And what a great argument without giving suggestions? How about Midgets R Us? Shorties? The munchkin section? Really, WTF is wrong with the word petite?

[tunatartare]

Oompa Loompa Fashions?
Liliput Universe?
Dwarf Department?

all possible

[33girl]

Originally Posted by kddani

I also didn't see her give any alternatives as to what the section should be called. If she is that bothered by a single word, that isn't derogatory or offensive, then really, she's got problems. And what a great argument without giving suggestions? How about Midgets R Us? Shorties? The munchkin section? Really, WTF is wrong with the word petite?

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.

[Scandia]

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.