Day Three was yet another busy day at Toronto Fashion Week with several highly anticipated shows including VAWK (which featured “regular women” models for the VAWKKIN line) and ever-popular and affordable, Joe Fresh. For me, it was also a matter of running back up to Yorkville to pop into the Coach boutique for a book […]
Day two was an exciting day, featuring collections from the artistic Adrian Wu to last season’s Mercedes-Benz StartUp winner, Martin Lim and the very ready-to-wear and petite friendly Matis by Lucian Matis (more on this collection later this week/early next week). Many of the shows had gorgeous pieces (though I know some so-called “fashion bloggers” […]
Petites are once again hitting the stylish road at Toronto Fashion Week, checking out the hottest styles for the upcoming season. Since petites are widely ignored by the fashion world, Shorty Stories is once again, bringing back our twice-a-year Petites at Fashion Week series. The pictures for Day 1 were all taken at the Royal […]
The number one complaint for the last Mad Men Banana Republic Collection collaboration that launched in August 2011 was the lack of petite sizing. This time, however, is a different story. The collection, which has fewer pieces this time (and no shoes), includes petites in pretty much every item (except the cardigan – the Canadian […]
I saw a Tweet from @hmusa recently about the fact that the plus department in the US is rebranding from Big & Beautiful to the more appropriate H&M+ name. Sizes this department will carry will range between 14 and 24. While I knew that H&M had plus sizes, I can’t help but wonder if they’ll […]
Due to public outcry, J.Crew is now absorbing all charges on duty for Canadian orders made on their site, according to The Globe and Mail. The changes started this morning. This means that the base price listed on the website will be the price that Canadian shoppers pay online, excluding sales tax. J.Crew also plans […]
If you read my earlier post about J.Crew’s opening at Yorkdale, you would have noticed my complaint about the new online prices. This is still something I’m trying to make sense of. After all, I had assumed that adjusting the prices to reflect what’s sold at the Yorkdale store would mean that it would include […]
The Huffington Post and UK’s Daily Mail published articles on the lack of diversity in the fashion industry recently. No real surprises in either (the HuffPo one was actually a reaction to the Daily Mail) – just the same old facts about how many non-white models (if used on the runways or catalog shoots at […]
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 […]
Recently, I had a chance to speak with Karen Bromley of the Intimate Apparel Council where we discussed bras and size issues. Our talk ranged from sizing issues (especially for smaller women) to shopping tips and the fact that women are wearing incorrect sizes (85%!). According to Ms. Bromley, bras are a very technical article […]
