Yesterday I went Shopping for clothes because I'm a girl, which means I'm supposed to like that sort of thing. I'll bet that clothes shopping is really fun when you can walk into a store, head to the section of your designated size, and pick what you like.
This does not work when you're short. Having been 4'10" for several years now, I can promise that there's not a whole lot out there for ladies who are the height of a 12 year old and the width of a well, 20 year old. This makes trying things on an embarrassingly long and fruitless process every.single.time. My shopping partner will get tired and frustrated. I will get embarrassed and feel about as attractive as a garden gnome. I will complain unnecessarily about how everything sucks and it's all just not fair. Do I want to shop till I drop?
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Well, no. This is why the petite section doesn't work:
1. Good luck finding a store/manufacturer that actually carries a petite line that's within anything you might call a budget. Petite clothing is both rare and expensive. And now it sounds like I'm talking about exotic cars instead of shirts and pants.
2. The standard measurements of petite clothing are made for women between 5'0" and 5'4". Apparently, ladies that are shorter than 60 inches don't exist. Humph.
3. Unless you're willing to shell out quite a lot of cash (again, which I'm not), the bulk majority of petite clothing resembles the nasty old bag of clothing that your great-grandmother left you in her will. Petite clothing manufacturers seem to really like elastic waistbands, vacation/Hawaiian prints, and seasonal embroidery. Pro-tip: some people are short before they turn 85. Don't prematurely age us.
Who even thought this was a good idea? I can't. Source |
Not even close to true. The acronym XS is deceivingly undefined in the real world. As we know, it stands for "extra small," but what exactly does that mean? "Small" doesn't really define a height or a width, so it really just means "a little less fabric everywhere." What it boils down to is this:
I'm extra short, but I'm not extra small. Source |