Is it just me, or has Anthropologie’s petite selection increased over the past couple of months? There are 24 rows of items if you click on view all and eight pages if you want to view 24 images at a time. This is an improvement, considering that at one point, they didn’t even have a […]
Category: Body Image
Poll Results on Maxi Dresses and Skirts on Petites: Yay or Nay?
Last month, we asked you whether you thought that maxi skirts and dresses worked well on us petites. We were a little bit surprised about the results – didn’t think that there’d be an even split between a “definite yay” and NO (both at 32%). My question to those who think long, period is bad […]
Trina Turk for Banana Republic Collab Video with Rescue Dogs
Isn’t this ADORABLE? The sale is starts a week from today (June 7)! Hope there’ll be pieces that’ll fit petite gals! There are so many brightly coloured pieces in this collection. Though my closet is not nearly as drab as it used to be, colour is always good! Are you looking forward to this […]
Team Blue Makes Another Appearance: Wearing Greta to a Wedding
I spent the long weekend in my husband’s hometown of Ottawa, Ontario to attend a wedding of one of his school friends. Ottawa (capital of Canada, for those who aren’t familiar with Canadian politics and history) is a gorgeous city with a beautiful waterfront, exactly where the wedding ceremony was held. The ceremony was then […]
We’re More Likely To Buy From Those Who Reflect Us: Ben Barry
Toronto based model agent, Ben Barry is featured in this video discussing how models that are similar-sized/look like the consumer would more likely attract said consumer. Well, DUH! We want to see what something looks like on us. One reason why I, as a petite woman, prefer celebrities over models. While most celebrities have amazing […]
What I Wore to Mother’s Day Brunch
My husband and I took my parents to a delicious brunch on Mother’s Day at the club where I play tennis and I think we all ate way, way too much (there was just so much food, including poached salmon, tons of salads, a carving station and the most delicious dessert table). I usually […]
From ANTM Live Toronto: Petite Friendly Convertible Dresses from Henkaa
One of the dresses I purchased at America’s Next Top Model LIVE! Toronto was this convertible/multi-style dress from Henkaa (“change” in Japanese). Henkaa has three lengths, a mini dress/long top as well as two dresses (known as the Sakura), which come in short and long. It’s one size fits most – the regular sizes fit […]
What I Wore to TFI 25 (or Go Team Teal!)
A few days ago, I asked readers which Greta Constantine dress I should wear to Toronto Fashion Incubator’s 25th Anniversary gala. Well, here it is: The hair: Yes, it’s the dress I purchased from TNT, chosen over the coral dress (and the shorter, blue one). I paired the Greta with shoes I bought from The […]
April Poll Results on Body Image Activists and Petites (and Giveaway Recepient)
Last month, we asked our readers: Do you think anti-size zero activists understand that zero can be a “real” size for petites? The results were definitely not surprising: While 31% of you believed that body image activists only had issues with tall, size zero models, 23% of you believed that they don’t quite understand the […]
DelecTABLE Designs – What I Wore
Remember the post last week where I asked which shoes I should wear to the DelecTABLE Designs preview party? I didn’t end up wearing any of them. Instead, I went with my Christian Louboutin Proratas. I haven’t fully broken in the my pink Annabels yet, and because the party wasn’t a sit down dinner type […]