More Old Lady Yuck...

As usual, I've been surfing around the Internet, looking for petite stores all over the world. A little while back, I came across The Petite Wardrobe. Goodness! How stereotypical can you get when it comes to petite clothes??

I know that the founder of the store means well, and according to the site, customers really like the place, but come on! If I want to buy petite clothes like that, I can go to Sears or just about any other department store. You know how non-petites always say that there's "lots of choice" out there for us? Well, yeah, but they all look like that. I'm all for diversity, and I'm okay with petite stores offering granny clothes, AS LONG AS THEY ALSO SELL CLOTHES THAT WILL APPEAL TO YOUNGER WOMEN! But I guess it's hard to find contemporary styles in petites. Few designers would do anything like that because they believe that it won't sell (believe me, as a young petite woman, I will grab stylish, non-mall petite sizes in a second)

What do you think? Am I crazy? Do you think it's fair to petites?

Je T'Aime Petite: Sophisticated? You be the judge

I came across a website for Je T'Aime Petite recently. Je T'Aime Petite is a line of clothing for petite women designed by Christa Allen, a 5'2" German American woman living in the Dallas area. The site describes her clothes as being "unique and upscale designs have received phenomenal recognition for their sophisticated style and artistic balance." Personally, I don't see the sophisticatedness of her clothes and most of the clothes look work-related (with th exception of the white dress, which you should see by clicking on any one of her photos). The clothes also don't appeal to younger women, those under 40 (which I kind of understand, since Ms. Allen isn't a 20-something), though they do look slightly less granny than what you might find in the department stores.

What do you think?

May Survey Results

The question for the month of May asked whether Shorty Stories readers thought that J.Crew's petite collection was shrinking (the cute sweaters, critter bottoms, non-officey skirts and dresses that were at one point available in petite sizes are no longer being offered). I was very surprised at the results which indicated that only 15.4% of people thought that the collection had gotten smaller and that a majority (at 69.2%) did not even shop at J.Crew. Don't petite women try to buy at places with petite departments? It's not like J.Crew makes "granny" petite clothes. What does everyone else think?

Anyway here is a summary of the results:

15.4% of you said that you believed that the J.Crew petite collection had shrunk

3.8% of you haven't noticed it, since you're only looking for basics

69.2% of you don't buy J.Crew

11.5% of you have never heard of J.Crew

None of you had chose "other."

The June Survey is up, and it is asking whether you think the media purposely pays less attention to petites. Results and discussion post will be up at the end of June. In the mean time, feel free to contribute to posts here and to discuss MAY results too! :)