topic Re: Petite Fashions in Suggestion Box

Petite Fashions

101 Pounds of Fun — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:33:41 GMT

Have you ever thought of doing a show for strictly petites? Many of your fashions that are worn by your smaller hosts during presentations do not look good because tops are way too long. I am small and petite, and most of your tops are just too long......but not all. I would love to see a special show that was framed around attractive looks for petites.

Re: Petite Fashions

suzykee — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:45:18 GMT

GREAT IDEA!!! Not only small petites but plus size petites. Just because we are plus size doesn't mean we are tall. Try finding plus size petite pants in a brick & mortar - impossible! Thank goodness for D&C in that department. Same with tops. I don't want tops ending mid thigh unless they are a tunic. My mom was a tiny petite lady & I know she struggled with sizing just like you. Let's hear it for petites!

Re: Petite Fashions

ItsME — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:40:17 GMT

@101 Pounds of Fun Another thumbs up for the idea. And how about some narrow width shoes? LOL, but also serious!

Here is my thinking.... a show for petites wouldn't sell enough. BUT, they could add petite sizes to a larger selection of their merchandise, and dress the smaller hosts and some petite sized models in them. @suzykee Yes, even plus sized petites.

Re: Petite Fashions

sensibleshoppingsoothes — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:04:46 GMT

Yes, I don't understand why it wouldn't be a good business practice to include petites in at least special values and other high selling items, at least as an experiment. I suggested this to c.s. and she said she was passing the idea on. I think that's policy, and therefore suggest more of you do tell of your frustrations, and suggest your versions of how to include us.. If our ideas are profitable, one would think they would continue.

Re: Petite Fashions

blackhole99 — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:04:52 GMT

Petite sizes sell out as quickly as regular size. Tops is where you can really tell the difference between petite and short. A true petite woman is one who is small all over, not just short in stature. With all these QVC channels now, there is no reason a show just for the petite and talls should not be doable.

Re: Petite Fashions

Kachina624 — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:37:29 GMT

@ItsME wrote:
@101 Pounds of Fun Another thumbs up for the idea. And how about some narrow width shoes? LOL, but also serious!

Here is my thinking.... a show for petites wouldn't sell enough. BUT, they could add petite sizes to a larger selection of their merchandise, and dress the smaller hosts and some petite sized models in them. @suzykee Yes, even plus sized petites.

@ItsME. Isn't that whay they've been doing, using petite and even plus petite models? There's a huge selection of merchandise; there are long tunics and tops that are not so long. Petite pants are plentiful. There are plenty of choices for everyone.

Re: Petite Fashions

shaggygirl — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 19:20:57 GMT

A long long very long time ago they actually did a couple of strictly petite shows. It was a specific brand like Petite Sophisticates or some such brand. I think it lasted for about 2 shows, maybe 3 and that was the end of that.

Re: Petite Fashions

ItsME — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:31:52 GMT

@Kachina624 Maybe I just don't watch enough, but I don't see a lot of petite merchandise when looking at the offerings on-line, and most of the models I see in the videos are tall. It's a mixed bag with the hosts... some are shorter, some taller. Tops that look good on someone 5'8" are more like a mini-dress on a shorter woman. Tops that are meant to be shorter aren't so short on a shorter person, so they don't fit as intended.

There is a larger offering of pants in petite. That's good, but it could be more. Either way, we short gals do need to cover up our upper torsos! LOL

Re: Petite Fashions

ItsME — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:08:19 GMT

@Kachina624 Perfect example... I just received this dress. Got it in size two. Tried it on, and didn't like it. I'm short-waisted, so I lifted the shoulders of the dress an inch, and it was really pretty (although too long). I'll have to decide if I do some alterations to make it work, or if I'll send it back. It would have been perfect in a petite size!

Re: Petite Fashions

Kachina624 — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:42:29 GMT

@ItsME. How about a small shoulder pad in that dress?

Re: Petite Fashions

blackhole99 — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 03:18:55 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
A long long very long time ago they actually did a couple of strictly petite shows. It was a specific brand like Petite Sophisticates or some such brand. I think it lasted for about 2 shows, maybe 3 and that was the end of that.

Well that was the problem, only 2 shows, they wouldn't just do a regular size D&Co. show twice and quit. I've been watching the Q since 2009 and have never seen a strictly petite show with models like Rachel and Allison who are truly proportionate petite sized women. If the Q would not have women like that modeling the fashions I would not be able to buy clothes from the Q.

Re: Petite Fashions

suzykee — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 03:32:48 GMT

Oh, come on. If they can spend an hour on a TSV they could surely devote that to petites & even narrow shoes just for you, ha,ha! Maybe call it PNT - petites, narrows & talls. Anyone want to add another specialty?? I think we may have something going here.

Re: Petite Fashions

ItsME — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:52:10 GMT

@Kachina624 That wouldn't be enough! I meant to include a picture of the dress....

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Kachina624 — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:20:04 GMT

@ItsME. Cute dress, love it in red. I hope you can figure out some way to make it work. How about belting it?

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Daysdee — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:17:34 GMT

@shaggygirl I remember those shows. You are right--they didn't last long. I have been requesting more petites for years. Now I just do most of my shopping elsewhere.

Re: Petite Fashions

Seesaw — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:44:53 GMT

Plus Size Petite especially are sized wrong. Plus size petite to me means short in the inseam of the leg, not all over, especially the rise in front and back should not be shortened, JUST THE LENGTH. Quacker Factory is the only one who does this correct. Jeanne Bise was correct in her thinking, as Angel always points out. But I will still always buy Denim & Co. too.

Re: Petite Fashions

ItsME — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:10:25 GMT

@Kachina624 I'll try a few things. But, I've half-moved. Don't have good mirrors where I am now, and all my belts are in my old house.... 2,300 miles away! I'll be there this weekend if the hurricane stays away!

I don't normally belt things because my waist is small and my hips aren't, so I don't usually like the look, but it is something I need to try with this dress. I may take in the seams around the waist, though, just to streamline it a bit. SO likes the dress.

Re: Petite Fashions

Financialgrl — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:17:59 GMT

@suzykee wrote:
GREAT IDEA!!! Not only small petites but plus size petites. Just because we are plus size doesn't mean we are tall. Try finding plus size petite pants in a brick & mortar - impossible! Thank goodness for D&C in that department. Same with tops. I don't want tops ending mid thigh unless they are a tunic. My mom was a tiny petite lady & I know she struggled with sizing just like you. Let's hear it for petites!

I'm short and plus size and for many many years now, women were calling and asking for petites - the answer was always the same: "we'll get that information to our buyers". It's NEVER happened. Whenever they have petite clothing on it always sells out fast.

I bought a pair of petite black pants here to wear to a funeral a few months ago but I had to go to the mall to buy a top. I hate the mall - but there's a JC Penneys. Macy's and Petite Sophisticates there where I go to find petite tops.