"Why don't you just shop at Pacific Mall or other Asian shopping outlets?"
I, like many other petite women, get that very frequently from people, since Asian sizes, like European sizes, tend to be shorter and smaller-cut. And people always say that petite women living in cities with a larger population of Asians are "lucky" because of this availability. But what if you don't like everything sold there? Some things at Pacific Mall and other Asian malls in Markham and Scarborough are great (food and cheap household items, for example. Shoes too.), but clothes seem to be very young-looking (you can only have so much of JCY House when you are closer to 30 than 15...or even 20!) or more "mature" classical styles (i.e. they look exactly like the stuff one sees in the petite section of Sears) that are more affordable. Not great for a 20 or 30-something professional looking for work clothes or even for those who prefer more classic or preppy styles (the old fashioned "preppy" look (i.e. NOT American Eagle or (the new) Abercrombie (believe it or not, many Chinese Canadians don't care about the store's apparently racist attitude), but brands such as Lacoste, Lilly Pulitzer (hard to find in Canada, sadly) and perhaps J.Crew and so forth...maybe even Roots, for us Canadians, since they make wonderful school uniform-friendly black oxfords and comfy sweatshirts that are great for hanging out at the cottage or summer camp.) Should a petite woman have to change her style, just because sizes aren't readily available? Wouldn't the Asian mall suggestion more or less be the same as suggesting that she'd shop at the juniors' department or live with the fact that she must purchase granny petites?
