Entire shops devoted to petite's Remember? - Page 3

shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

One of the malls in Indianapolis had a store that only had clothing for the "Talls". It's long gone but I rarely bought anything from there as everything was always way too long....and I'm just under 6 foot. Luckily, I don't have much trouble finding pants or dresses that are long enough for me. Sometimes I have issues with the sleeves but then I like a 3/4 sleeve anyway.

Good luck to all you Petites.

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traveler · ‎03-09-2010

I wear petite for the inseam and rise of pants. But you are right there were no plus sizes. So I have no fond memories of those stores.

shoesnbags · ‎03-10-2010

@ECBG wrote:
@Andreatoo wrote:
The only store I recall devoted to a specific size segment of the population was 5, 7 and 9
@Andreatoo Just realized I've seen that store! We had it for a short time!!!

I did a lot a shopping at Petite Sophisticate and 5, 7, 9 Shop. It was so nice to have a whole store devoted to us "wee people", lol.

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Moonlady · ‎03-10-2010

You don't have to be petite to remember. I'm too tall, but remember Petite Sophisticate very well-- in almost every mall.

Aside from that, though, department stores had a section for petites, and still do.

What worries you masters you.

Andreatoo · ‎04-04-2014

@dex wrote:
@Andreatoo @Funny that I thought of you as tall from all of outfit pictures.

@dex

It's an optical illusion because of my freakishly long legs. I fool people standing in front of me! LOL

joannecha · ‎04-06-2010

So many department stores are downsizing or totally eliminating petites entirely. One local store went out of business and my other local source was a Penny's, so now I'm stuck mostly buying online. My problem is that I have very short arms, so anything that I purchase with long sleeves is usually freaky looking unless I can find a petite size (especially coats).

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

@mariadomenica wrote:
I am 5'2"...Unless it is a petite everything looks ridiculous on me. I am 105 pounds. I like Macy's.com as many offerings are in petite. I do feel Logo has gotten prettier over the years. In the beginning it looked like circus clothing ! However the prices are out of my budget...and besides hardly any petite.

At 5'2" myself and 90 pounds I miss them terribly. I even went this past Friday at the mall to the girl's dept. looking for shorts for our family beach trip this upcoming weekend. I ordered a couple of weeks ago a swimsuit in a size 2. I thought I can make it work with safety pins and a pair of shorts. It came last week and it was a size 20. Not going to be able to work with that.

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Grouchomarx · ‎01-23-2019

I've never understood why men get their clothes made in the exact measurements like waist, inseam, neck, arm length and we women get everything made the exact opposite way and have to either tailor things or seek out specialty sizes. Just ridiculous.