When Petites Aren't Available Online...

Alterations Needed recently wrote about a Banana Republic cardigan she tried on at a store.  The colour she wanted, navy blue, was available in petites at the store, but the size was a little too big for her.  She therefore decided to go home and purchase the sweater online.  However, that did not happen as blue was not available in petite sizes.  Turns out that they didn't make blue for online sales in petites.  This happened to me recently as well.  I saw the embellished sweater jacket (above) in an XSP and tried it on.  It was a little bit big on me, so I decided to wait and see if it was available in XXSP on the US site.  Went home, logged on to my computer and lo and behold, it wasn't even available in petites AT ALL.  HUH?  I thought online stores were supposed to have more choices.  Guess I was wrong. 

At the H&M Fitting Room

Tried on a few outfits.  The first, an animal print dress made me look extremely boxy.  Not a good thing.  It also made me look fat!  And I never look fat.



I also tried on the same skirt that Kelly from Alterations Needed, which looked better.  Though I was able to zip up the 2, it was very tight, so I opted for a 4.  The 4 would definitely accomodate me if I decide to eat too much!  The skirt is definitely a MUST WEAR for Toronto's LG Fashion Week, which I will be attending starting tomorrow (watch DelectablyChic! for pictures. There may be a Petites at Fashion Week post here, too...it just depends on whether I can find enough petites to get pics of!)

I will also have a better picture of me in the skirt later this week...

Good Fit, Clothing and the Movie Set

Alterations Needed just posted an article on Ellen Page's ill-fitting suit in the movie Inception.  In particular, AN was very critical of the jacket, which was completely out of proportion for the 5'1" Miss Page (bust was too tight, lapel was not flat and the collar was too big).  The question here is: Where was wardrobe?  Why didn't they get something which actually fit Ellen?  And here I thought that wardrobe was supposed to know what fits properly!  This is definitely a case which supports the fact that alterations don't always work (so THERE, people who think that!!!)  Seriously, Wardrobe should have done something about this.  Maybe even tuck, tape or pin something down.  Also, wouldn't Ellen have had some sort of fitting before the shoot?  I wonder why they didn't catch the issue then!

What do you think?