Remember that terrible commercial where the girl says 'Don't hate me for being beautiful?' Well...don't hate me for complaining about trying to find smaller sized clothing. I know....it's not supposed to be a problem buying regular sizes..but I am only five feet tall so I need to buy petites or find certain styles that translate to 'regular' proportions. Turns out that it's easy to find clothes in sizes 10/12/14 in both regular and petite.

But not so easy finding sizes 4 or 6. Instead of flipping through racks of clothes looking for the larger sizes, I'm now doing the opposite. I know that this is a better problem to have, but it's still a problem.

Hahaha, ok I am having this same problem and I avoided posting about it because I figured it would annoy people. I fit into a 0,2, & 4 now in most brands for pants, but in most shirts, even the xs is a little loose on me, and it would totally not fit me at all if I didn't have boobs. I am also short, so finding things that are not way too long and need to be hemmed is sometimes difficult as well, especially since oddly the petite and regular sizes don't seem to match up. Lately I've had a hard time finding professional shirts because they just seem too loose on me and oddly enough, it seems like before when I really wanted an outfit, it was always too small and now I find the perfect dress or shirt or pair of pants and now they're too big. Funny how things work.

By no means am I complaining, but I do understand where you are coming from.

I have to say, I think I'm a petite on top (short arms, shorter torso), and a tall on the bottom (need a 32" inseam for daily jeans using flat shoes). SOOOOO weird! I'm not as small as you two yet, not sure I'll get that small, either, as I do have rather strange lengths in bones! But these last 2 weeks I have lost "pre-op" amounts of weight (with hubs' situation....stress, don'tcha know!), so my stall has finally broken, and I am once again on the way down! I have no idea how much I will lose going through this, but I bet it will be quite a bit.

I have stopped shopping for clothes for now, as I am just falling out of them, and don't want to waste money buying too much whilst we have this financial issue with Dave's cancer stuff. Especially just to end up getting rid of them. So into "stretchy" stuff again!

I understand from my petite friends, that White House Black Market is a good place when things are on sale, for both work and casual. Petites on sale.

Dorothy Perkins is another one, and they are having a sale. The US site.

Petite Resources including designers and a store locator to find their clothing.

Hahaha, ok I am having this same problem and I avoided posting about it because I figured it would annoy people. I fit into a 0,2, & 4 now in most brands for pants, but in most shirts, even the xs is a little loose on me, and it would totally not fit me at all if I didn't have boobs. I am also short, so finding things that are not way too long and need to be hemmed is sometimes difficult as well, especially since oddly the petite and regular sizes don't seem to match up. Lately I've had a hard time finding professional shirts because they just seem too loose on me and oddly enough, it seems like before when I really wanted an outfit, it was always too small and now I find the perfect dress or shirt or pair of pants and now they're too big. Funny how things work.

By no means am I complaining, but I do understand where you are coming from.

And you're still trying to lose weight?!??? You're going to be shopping in the baby section soon!

Stretchy dresses are easy to hem and forgive 20 pounds of loss... and I hesitate to suggest that any grown woman shop girls clothing, but the fact is some of those styles are much more mature than you'd think and many of the jeans are identical - but shorter and priced a helluvalot cheaper.

Last year I got thinner than I really wanted to get... I am skinny assed and big on top so I look a little disproportionate when i get too small. Anyhoo..I was very upset when Ross Dress for Less didn't have shorts that fit me... until I looked in the juniors section.

White House Black Market has 00 sizes, but they have such crazy vanity sizing, I am questioning whether that would be small enough for you. that is the only store I EVER fit a size 2. I am fairly sure my bone structure is a size 4 without any meat on it! ha

Last year I got thinner than I really wanted to get... I am skinny assed and big on top so I look a little disproportionate when i get too small. Anyhoo..I was very upset when Ross Dress for Less didn't have shorts that fit me... until I looked in the juniors section.

White House Black Market has 00 sizes, but they have such crazy vanity sizing, I am questioning whether that would be small enough for you. that is the only store I EVER fit a size 2. I am fairly sure my bone structure is a size 4 without any meat on it! ha

I've started to look in the juniors department but obviously the clothes are not age appropriate so most of them are a no-go. I love the clothes at White House/Black Market except that obviously, the color palette is limited. I just have to know going in, that I'll be trying on the same outfit in several sizes (if they have them) because I have worn clothing anywhere from a size 2 to size 12. I went to the Ann Taylor outlet the other day and started off with a size 10P dress and size MP shrug to go over it. I wound up with a size 4 regular dress and size S regular shrug. I'm also learning how to buy what looks good and not what fits. That's also a huge change in mindset.

Do you have a CJ Banks? they have petites and cute stuff!

I live in NYC and while it's great for shopping, it's not great for deals. I go to the outlets when I'm in Florida or even Jersey or LI. I found that Talbot's is a great option. They have a nice selection in petites. I went to Steinmart the other day. I like their selection alot as well.

I'm just glad that I have options.

Last year I got thinner than I really wanted to get... I am skinny assed and big on top so I look a little disproportionate when i get too small. Anyhoo..I was very upset when Ross Dress for Less didn't have shorts that fit me... until I looked in the juniors section.

White House Black Market has 00 sizes, but they have such crazy vanity sizing, I am questioning whether that would be small enough for you. that is the only store I EVER fit a size 2. I am fairly sure my bone structure is a size 4 without any meat on it! ha

I agree about White House Black Market, the sizing is crazy. I'm usually a 6 petite, but I was in there over the weekend trying on jeans and I fit into a size 2 (being only a year out and getting used to shopping for smaller sizes, I actually went into the dressing room with size 8s). The sales woman even tried to talk me into trying a size 0 because "they'll stretch." Great place to shop and boost your mood at the same time!

Last year I got thinner than I really wanted to get... I am skinny assed and big on top so I look a little disproportionate when i get too small. Anyhoo..I was very upset when Ross Dress for Less didn't have shorts that fit me... until I looked in the juniors section.

White House Black Market has 00 sizes, but they have such crazy vanity sizing, I am questioning whether that would be small enough for you. that is the only store I EVER fit a size 2. I am fairly sure my bone structure is a size 4 without any meat on it! ha

I've started to look in the juniors department but obviously the clothes are not age appropriate so most of them are a no-go. I love the clothes at White House/Black Market except that obviously, the color palette is limited. I just have to know going in, that I'll be trying on the same outfit in several sizes (if they have them) because I have worn clothing anywhere from a size 2 to size 12. I went to the Ann Taylor outlet the other day and started off with a size 10P dress and size MP shrug to go over it. I wound up with a size 4 regular dress and size S regular shrug. I'm also learning how to buy what looks good and not what fits. That's also a huge change in mindset.

I ran into the same issue. Sizing is not the same as it used to be, and I had no idea I was petite until I lost so much weight. If you like Ann Taylor, you should try The Loft.

Last year I got thinner than I really wanted to get... I am skinny assed and big on top so I look a little disproportionate when i get too small. Anyhoo..I was very upset when Ross Dress for Less didn't have shorts that fit me... until I looked in the juniors section.

White House Black Market has 00 sizes, but they have such crazy vanity sizing, I am questioning whether that would be small enough for you. that is the only store I EVER fit a size 2. I am fairly sure my bone structure is a size 4 without any meat on it! ha

I've started to look in the juniors department but obviously the clothes are not age appropriate so most of them are a no-go. I love the clothes at White House/Black Market except that obviously, the color palette is limited. I just have to know going in, that I'll be trying on the same outfit in several sizes (if they have them) because I have worn clothing anywhere from a size 2 to size 12. I went to the Ann Taylor outlet the other day and started off with a size 10P dress and size MP shrug to go over it. I wound up with a size 4 regular dress and size S regular shrug. I'm also learning how to buy what looks good and not what fits. That's also a huge change in mindset.

I ran into the same issue. Sizing is not the same as it used to be, and I had no idea I was petite until I lost so much weight. If you like Ann Taylor, you should try The Loft.

The Loft is great and their sizing isn't as crazy as WH/BM. I'm trying to get in the mindset of buying what fits and feels right, rather than going strictly by the size on the tag. Takes some getting used to!

The Loft is great and their sizing isn't as crazy as WH/BM. I'm trying to get in the mindset of buying what fits and feels right, rather than going strictly by the size on the tag. Takes some getting used to!

Last year I got thinner than I really wanted to get... I am skinny assed and big on top so I look a little disproportionate when i get too small. Anyhoo..I was very upset when Ross Dress for Less didn't have shorts that fit me... until I looked in the juniors section.

White House Black Market has 00 sizes, but they have such crazy vanity sizing, I am questioning whether that would be small enough for you. that is the only store I EVER fit a size 2. I am fairly sure my bone structure is a size 4 without any meat on it! ha

I've started to look in the juniors department but obviously the clothes are not age appropriate so most of them are a no-go. I love the clothes at White House/Black Market except that obviously, the color palette is limited. I just have to know going in, that I'll be trying on the same outfit in several sizes (if they have them) because I have worn clothing anywhere from a size 2 to size 12. I went to the Ann Taylor outlet the other day and started off with a size 10P dress and size MP shrug to go over it. I wound up with a size 4 regular dress and size S regular shrug. I'm also learning how to buy what looks good and not what fits. That's also a huge change in mindset.

I ran into the same issue. Sizing is not the same as it used to be, and I had no idea I was petite until I lost so much weight. If you like Ann Taylor, you should try The Loft.

It was weird for me to buy things that fit. I have always looked at items that were "roomy," and bought my clothes online, because there were not many options for a plus-sized woman in the stores. Trying on clothes was an experience since it has been decades since I did that. I also needed to shop at sales since I was changing sized so often for a while.

once i lose the weight i have no idea what will fit me because well ive never shopped in the womens section always the mens

once i lose the weight i have no idea what will fit me because well ive never shopped in the womens section always the mens

It will be a blast. Make sure you have someone who's opinion you value to go with you so you can get some honest feedback.