Fashion

[ShoppinginWisconsin]

I dont know who needs to hear this but most of Kim's tops are too long for anyone shorter than 5' 3.5".  I have had to return so many of her tops I love because they are to long.  I wear a medium and most are 27" plus long and does work for us short girls.  I am 5' 2" and I have money to spend too. LOL

Love when Amy Strand hosts anything, one she is short and petite and she almost always puts the item in a regular  so we can see how it will fall. She does the best job on discussing sizes. She needs a raise. 

You discontinued CCB line which actually made tops in regular that fit short frames. 

[Beammeupscotty]

@ShoppinginWisconsin 

I totally agree.  And that goes for many of the other designers also.  Saves me a lot of money because I can't wear most of the regular tops.  They sometimes do pants in petite but not tops.  

[Icegoddess]

They do pants in short, not petite.  A petite pant would have a shorter rise. As far as i know, none of the QVC vendors sell actual petite pants.  Nothing worse than a low hanging crotch.  

[SharkE]

I'm 5'5 and take a 28 in inseam.

I recently discovered at Walmart rack of knit pants

that actually says 'Petite short'  !!!

I went nuts on that rack, no taking home and hemming up or paying a girl 10 to hem.

Dillards also has petite short option

[Still Raining]

For us short gals, these tunics (from all brands) look like nightshirts.  Can't wait until this craze is over.

[Q-Checker]

Almost all of the tops are too long for a petite woman! I seldom buy anything now since there is only a rare top that works for a 5'1" person. Sometime I see Amy wearing something in a so-called petite size and it looks ridiculously long on her petite frame. Recently, she noted that the petite top she was wearing was 1-1/4" shorter than the average length. I posted something to the effect that petite women are not just 1-1/4" shorter than women of average height. The Q needs to take another look at sales data to realize that they are missing a market consisting of thousands of relatively short women. CCB lengths were great for me but usually not her styles. Surely, the Q could find more vendors with clothing proportioned for the short woman -- many B and M stores have. 

[Still Raining]

Another place to check is the teens/junior/child section.  They never embraced this tunic style so much.  Often we can fit into a child's size and they are almost always cut shorter in the leg and sleeve. 

[haddon9]

I agree about a lot of tunic tops!  Plus I simply can't buy a long sleeved top that Kim G sells since I have short arms.  I'm 5'1" with short everything!  I refuse to roll up long sleeves or spend money getting them shortened.  I like when long sleeves hit at my wrists.

I can wear a 27" long tunic but anything longer usually doesn't look good.  I find myself buying a lot from Susan Graver since she offers a lot of petite tops.

However as another poster mentioned, shortening a top by and inch and a half to make it "petite" is laughable!  Most of my friends who are tall are 4" - 8" taller than me....not 1'1/2"!

[RespectLife]

We are all shaped differently.

I am only 5'3" and never wear petites/shorts at all in either pants OR tops/

I like my tops tunic length, it elongates my short torso.

I see a wide variety at many sites to choose from.  Any vendor can only carry so much inventory.

[ROMARY]

Yes!  And don't even say 1 and 1/4 inch shorter than a regular length.......

I'd say at the very least  three inches shorter. 

One wouldn't even begin to see a difference if it's only 1- 1/4 inches shorter.

JMO, of course.