Department Stores Shutting Petite Section

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by mulattogyrl
It's easier for me to fit something too long than something too tight.

And it's more pleasant for people to look at. - Not directed spesifically @ you mulatto...this girl is plus sized too.

I'd rather see someone with their shirt hanging down to their knees and their pants trailing behind them then a girl lookin like a plus size pig in a baby sized blanket.

[valkyrie]

No matter how hard I try, I just cannot get tired of this thread.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Because sometimes, my mother makes me.

With quotes like this, how could you, really?

[rhochi2002]

Originally posted by valkyrie
No matter how hard I try, I just cannot get tired of this thread.

me either.... I like the picture dani posted....

oh btw... some seamstress will custom make clothes for you... My mom is awesome at sewing and she occasionally makes me clothing.... and it usually looks good.

[wrigley]

Originally posted by Taualumna
The issue here is that many petite women don't even know that these sizes exist, unlike plus sized women who are usually very well informed about plus sizes.

Other posters better than I have said it before. Everyone has flaws. You play the hand you're dealt and adapt accordingly. Before specialty departments, women went to tailors or knew how to sew their own clothes.

Average, petite, plus sized and tall women are just as educated as to which designers carry what sizes or which stores no longer carry them. Only 3 expensive stores stopped carrying petites. If not being able to shop at Neiman's, Saks, or Bloomies is your biggest problem then I don't know what to say.

[ADPiShannan]

That pic was horrible. I am short and dont want that lol.

Ok I look in the petite section, but they dont have clothes I like. I am only 25, I dont wear clothes my mom or grandma wears so I dont end up buying from there. My grandma is very small and shops in the petite section and when I look in there everything I see reminds me of her or I wonder if she will have the same outfit if I buy it. Ive found in some sections they sell pants with elactic waists and well I am not that old to wear that yet.

Its just hard to shop in petites. I am sorry to see it go at a lot of places, but I cant really shop there because I wont wear the older looking clothes. Not that anything is wrong with the clothes, just not my style.

I am in the part of my life where I dont want to wear a Juicy across my butt or boobs, but I dont want to wear older lady clothing either.

I agree with buying pants and getting them tailored. I have to do that no matter what though so its something I do. I see cute clothes and buy them then take all the pants home and have my grandma alter them unless I need a tailor to do something extensive.

I think everyone has problems. I wish they could come up with a way so everyone could find clothing that looked good. Its frustrating and annoying but it happens to us all and its something I dont see changing anytime soon. Guys have it so much easier and I envy that. I wish I could just look on a rack for my size and never try it on because I know it will fit. I spend hours in the dressing room trying all all trypes of clothes.

Not only do I have problems with the pants but I have the big boob problem too so I have to try on shirt to make sure they arent suctioned to me. More likely I get a Large or XL depending on where its from and it fits the boobs but is way too long to too big at the bottom...

I cant win lol...

Desingers need a way to make it so we can all find our size.

[tunatartare]

Ok so I'm a cyclops and I only have three legs and I have to say that this thread is incredibly unfair to my kind. Do you know how hard it is to find pants with three legs or a pair of glasses that only covers one eye? Designers are discriminating against me just because I was born with a horrible birth defect. I say we stop the madness, protest their actions, and get the ACLU involved!!!!!




and now back to your regularly scheduled thread

[mulattogyrl]

Originally posted by AlphaFrog
And it's more pleasant for people to look at. - Not directed spesifically @ you mulatto...this girl is plus sized too.

I'd rather see someone with their shirt hanging down to their knees and their pants trailing behind them then a girl lookin like a plus size pig in a baby sized blanket.

CTFFFU!!! This thread is too funny. But you're right, I'd rather see that too. You know the saying, just because they make it in our size doesn't mean we should be wearing it! LOL

[mulattogyrl]

Originally posted by KLPDaisy
Ok so I'm a cyclops and I only have three legs and I have to say that this thread is incredibly unfair to my kind. Do you know how hard it is to find pants with three legs or a pair of glasses that only covers one eye? Designers are discriminating against me just because I was born with a horrible birth defect. I say we stop the madness, protest their actions, and get the ACLU involved!!!!!




and now back to your regularly scheduled thread

DAMMMITT!!!!! I am laughing so hard at work right now and luckily my boss isn't here or my ass would be fired!!!

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by Taualumna
If your little sister was more interested in the petite department, then perhaps there would be more petite sizes out there. The issue here is that many petite women don't even know that these sizes exist, unlike plus sized women who are usually very well informed about plus sizes.

I doubt my little sister is that powerful. And she would kick your butt for calling her little.

ETA: Seriously, if this is the worst thing in your life or your biggest complaint, count yourself lucky.

[kddani]

You know, these sorts of things are market driven. They don't decide to cut product lines for no good reason. Maybe the wealthier women who shop in these stores (which are all more upscale than a lot of people can afford) prefer to get their things tailored. So I guess it's the short people's fault for not buying the stuff, dammit!

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by valkyrie
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE IT MUCH EASIER THAN YOU DO? I'm serious. How do you know that? Okay so you have problems with pants. Great. I have problems with shirts. They often have these length problems that seem so terrible to you -- by the time they cover the boobs, there's not enough left to cover the midriff! And suit jackets! And skirts, because they're often designed for women with "child bearing hips," and my hips ain't birthin' no child, thanks. So OMGWTF I have it worse than everybody! Larger girls can just wear mumus! OMG! And short girls can buy skirts and pull them up to their armpits and pass them off as dresses! See?! I'm so jealous! If I wear something fitted, I look like a porn star! And if I wear something baggy, it looks like a tent! OH NOES!

Nobody is as worked up about this as you are because the rest of us realize that we ALL HAVE PROBLEMS.

CTHU @ "And skirts, because they're often designed for women with "child bearing hips," and my hips ain't birthin' no child, thanks."

I'm 5'7 with small breasts, small waist and big butt. Trust me when I tell you how much I despise shopping sometimes. Because of my waist size, I mostly have to get pants and skirts with belt loops, or else I'll be showing my goodies (my mother has the same waist issue and she's shorter than I am.) or having my skirt twist on me while I'm walking down the street. *sigh*

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by valkyrie
Wait, are you seriously complaining that her sister did something constructive about the terrible dilemma of petite clothing? It sounds like you feel that Peaches-n-Cream's sister, someone who has never met you, owes you, as a petite woman, some kind of duty to buy off-the-rack petite clothing so you and other similarly situated petite women might have an easier time finding petite clothing. Is that what you're saying?

Are you also saying that other petite women are too stupid to know what's out there in terms of clothing sizes?

lol, my sister is disloyal to the plight of the petite sisterhood.

[FeeFee]

This thread is hilarious!!!

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by kddani
You know, these sorts of things are market driven. They don't decide to cut product lines for no good reason. Maybe the wealthier women who shop in these stores (which are all more upscale than a lot of people can afford) prefer to get their things tailored. So I guess it's the short people's fault for not buying the stuff, dammit!

Is there a correlation between height and wealth? If so, is it because petite women lack the skills of average-heighted women when it comes to careers and/or marrying wealthy men? Is it because of prejudism facing those viewed as height-impaired by the dominant forces in our society? Don't these women owe a duty to each other and society as a whole to earn more money and spend it such that designers and stores take notice and supply plentiful fashion options for them? Perhaps we could implement scholarship programs to enable this to happen, or create television shows whereby petite women can compete for the chance to become a designer or marry a man with enough money to buy all the fashionable clothing they could ever desire! The hills are alive with the possibilities of petite fashion revolution!