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So, what this means is any woman can find clothes in any of the groupings so mysteriously strewn throughout the women's section?  This explains what I call the "pin ball effect" that women seem to emulate as they wanter aimlessly from rack to rack looking for something that might fit them.  My wife recently made a reference to a "size 0", is that naked?  Hee Hee.

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Always being a tall girl, I have never had to look into petite sizes!

Posted by Ca88andra on November 23, 2004 at 2:56 PM (permalink)

yes, being five foot two
can really be annoying.  The bad thing is that the petites I've tried, have all seemed geared toward old women.  I'm 27 and I want to dress "hip", but its sooo annoying when I try on a pair of pants literally made for someone who is six feet tall, or a skirt that should be thigh length that  comes righ to or below my knees.

Posted by maybe on November 23, 2004 at 1:46 PM (permalink)

hmmmm,
it's been a while since I purchased petites... maybe I should look again.  It might make me feel alot better about my size.

Posted by homegirl on November 23, 2004 at 1:38 PM (permalink)

That's interesting, Homegirl...
because I need size 18 or 20 in Misses, size 18 or 16 in Women's, but I can wear size 16 Women's Petites. (I even have a couple of size 14 WPs!)

Posted by editormum on November 23, 2004 at 11:20 AM (permalink)

I look better in petitie clothes
but hate the fact that when I purchase petites I must purchase it in a larger size than normal.

Posted by homegirl on November 23, 2004 at 8:47 AM (permalink)

Maybe I'm just

cynical, but it seems to me they make these things complicated on purpose so we'll end up spending more money.
Jeff

Posted by jollyjeff on August 17, 2004 at 3:33 PM (permalink)

This was an interesting post.  Thanks for the clarification!

Posted by ohBlanca on February 27, 2004 at 4:08 PM (permalink)

doll, glad you cleared up that "petite" thing. I was reading

where this woman called herself petite and weighted about as much as you, and I said, wha tha, petite, sound more pleasantly plump, or something.  Anyway, it's a height thing, hey? As you probably don't know, I like the petite woman in the range you mentioned. l. S.

Posted by scriber on February 25, 2004 at 3:48 PM (permalink)

I wear petite size clothing

because I'm barely 5'1", but no longer think of myself as petite. I have to wear them, though, to get the length right in pants, especially.

Posted by Midi on February 25, 2004 at 11:51 AM (permalink)

I always wondered about that...

I'm short, and so thought I was petite because that's usually how I've seen it defined, but the clothes never fit right on my frame.

Posted by TooeleWriterGal on February 25, 2004 at 11:48 AM (permalink)

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