Cinderella had no shoes then she had no pants!

I was on a shoe hunt weeks ago. Finally decided to make the best of the ones I found season will be changing soon. I have also had a hard time finding dress pants that fit. I have loved the comfort fit dress pants by lee. Size 6 in the store swallowed me so I decided to order some online. I ordered size 4 short petites. Still swimming. guess the only alternative would be to get them tailored down to my size or take them back to Kohls. Smaller than a 4 is hard to find. Who would have guessed that I would have gone from not being able to find clothes big enough to clothes small enough! Anybody else have this problem?

I guess my large bone structure comes in handy. lol  I can always find a size 6 petite, well usually. Getting them tailored down sounds like a plan.

But, what about the junior's department?

--gina

I can barely wear anything from Old Navy anymore. I can wear Small shirts from there, but the pants run big. I'm sometimes a 2, sometimes a 4 elsewhere, but there it's a zero or nothing.

I sure dont, but my sister (who never lets herself weigh more than 100 pounds sure does!)  is always getting her clothes altered because it is hard to find clothes that fit when you are a 0 or a 2.
Wishing you some luck in the shopping dept!

Maria

Last fall was awful for me in the pants department and I am dreading fall coming because I'm going to have to start looking again.  The only pants I could find were cordaroys made my "Not Your Daughters Jeans".  I couldn't find a single pair of dress pants that fit under $200.00 and I just can't do that.

A couple of weeks ago I even tried some pants on at Kohl's in the kids department....57 years old shopping in the kids department what a hoot.     I wore a size 14 or 16 (can't remember which).  Other than having to be hemmed, they fit alright, but the quality wasn't there.   I might try the kids department at Nordstroms.  They might be better quality and not cost as much as the womans.

you may want to try hsn or qvc, they have size 2 and up and some designers do petites.  I love the Diane Gilman jeans.  I also have been shopping at a second hand store that has a ton of great clothes.  I have seen a ton of 2's and 4's, but I am in 8's and 10's!

I have this problem. I have learned what stores carry the smaller sizes though.

Kohls is *definitely* not one of them. LOL Or JC Penneys. Or Chicos.

The Macy's at my local mall has some 2s but the Macy's on the other side of the foothills has a bunch and even sometimes size zero. I guess people are smaller over there.

H&M tends to size smaller but they don't have Petite pants. So just dresses, tops, shorts & skirts get bought there.

Christopher Banks (and all their variations) and New York & Co tend to size big so I have trouble there, but I like NY&C so I still try there just in case.

Petite Sophisticate is okay. I'm a zero there so I guess they also size big, but at least they only carry the smaller sizes so it works out.

I also shop a lot at the stores teenagers shop at. (Tillys, PacSun, Hollister) I can't wear Junior pants but I can get away with the tops and they size the stuff small enough that I'm usually only a Small in those stores, not the XS I am at in Misses.

I also admit to shopping at Justice for Girl. (blush) In my defense, I was there with my kid. Anyway, they have half sizes. I'm a 12.5 there in pants. No hemming required! XL in tops. I got this most gorgeous sweater there and a puffy coat with a fake fir trim on the hood that was on clearance. I had been looking for a coat like that for ages and couldn't find one that fit in the adult stores.

Wow!  What a GREAT problem to have....although I know it's frustrating!  Have you tried ebay?  That's where I get almost all my "petite" pants!  With shipping, I don't think I've ever paid more than 10 bucks a pair.  Talbots petites and Banana Republic petites fit my "pear" shape pretty well....lots of room in the thighs and hips.  Don't know what your shape is though...Good luck!!!

Hope your school year is going great.  I teach second grade and we just handed out our 6 week progress reports....can't believe it's already going by so fast!!

Well... yes.  I've had that problem in the past.  Macy's has some smaller sizes here.  Like Marie said, Kohls, Penneys, etc doesn't carry them.

I also have to try EVERYTHING on.  I can't buy anything from online - I know I'd end up sending them all back.

I found almost all my dress pants at thrift stores.  Liz Clairborne also carries small sizes, but they tend to run a little big, so a 2 there fits me well. 

I really DO feel for those smaller than me that live in this town and need dress clothes.  Its not easy to find.  The Thrift store I like to go to (where I scored my GAP jeans yesterday for $5) ships clothes from Grand Rapids up here.  I've also been successful at Goodwill with smaller/petite sizes. 

We're in kinda a small market here and its very limited store wise. 

 Ok Tiny People, please work your magic and help me get there!  :)  I can't wait to have your problem!

Sizes are so different everywhere.  I'm still in either a 14 or 16 in jeans.  I like to buy Kohl's Crofts and Barrows pull on capri's or now their knit pant for winter because they have pockets for my iPhone which I have to carry all day at work.   I'm already in their Medium and it's getting big on me so today I may go try the small and get a few pairs for the next few months.  The pull ons are so much easier with my changing body.  I can stay in those longer than zip/button dress slacks, which I really do prefer to wear.  I'm wiling to wait until I don't have to replace them so frequently.