Mad Men for Banana Republic Party at Yorkdale!

On the eve of the line’s launch, Banana Republic held a party celebrating Janie Bryant’s second Mad Men collection at many stores across North America, including Toronto’s Yorkdale location.  With 1960s-inspired appetizers from Daniel et Daniel and as well as cocktails, the event also featured Toronto stylist, Tammy Palmer, presenting styling tips for spring, featuring […]

From Shorty Stories: Allison Izu’s New Collection Available 11/21!

After a season’s break, new pieces from Allison Izu‘s petite-focused denim line will launch at her online store on November 21. The new collection consists of six pieces, including skinnies, boot cut jeans as well as a pair of 1980s-inspired ripped jeans and sell between $138-142 US. Shipping is free for all US orders over […]

Tennessee Designer Relaunches Petite-Only Fashion Line

When Vogue Italia put three larger-than-normal models on its recent cover, both major media and bloggers were all over it (including this site), discussing whether Vogue did the right thing.  Many complained about the fact that the models were wearing lingerie and not, say, evening gowns or casual wear.  Many times, the excuse is that […]

Shouldn’t Petite Sizes Cost Less? J.Crew Adds $10 for the Same Skirt

 Cynthia Cheng Mintz ***UPDATE: J.Crew emailed back to say that both skirts should be $108. Correction pending***  Not sure if this is a mistake J.Crew made but one of their latest arrivals, the ripple stripe pencil skirt costs $10 more if one purchases the petite (5’4″ or shorter) version (see screenshot below).  Are they trying to […]

Non-Standard Size ‘Fashion Challenges’ Hit Blog World

Cynthia Cheng Mintz Bloggers in the petite blogging community, which is growing each day, started to post regular “petite fashion challenges” back in late August.  Participants are encouraged to find and put together outfits, take pictures of themselves and post them on their blogs.  The host blog will then post links to participants’ blogs on […]