Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes

[Anonymous]

I have similar measurements and I wear the following. European sizing is your friend along with certain American brands. Also a great tailor is very recommended.

Hobbs London (both petite and regular)
Holebrook Sweden
Reiss
Theory
La Ligne
Boss
Vince

[Anonymous]

Shopping kids clothes is great. So many brands sell the same freaking thing at like 60% the cost if it's kids sizes.

I am not as short as you, OP, so I can only do it for dresses, shirts, and jackets, but I shop at Zara, JCrew, Mango, etc. all the major brands and get the biggest teen size I can.

[Anonymous]

American Eagle/Aerie goes all the way down to 000 short.

[Anonymous]

Pp here, they also have both Short and Extra Short. So you can get 000 Extra Short.

[Anonymous]

BP at Nordstrom, and Tokyo

[Anonymous]

This is such an eyeroll-worthy post. I'm your size, I've never felt the need to shop in the children's section. Shop in junior's and buy from European and Asian brands - H&M, Mango, Zara, Uniqlo, Quince, etc.

[Anonymous]

I am 5’4” and weigh 115 lbs and can often fit in petite sizes, especially in J Crew. I’d say I am very proportional - not short nor long waisted, arms and legs average lengths for my height (if anything, maybe slightly long legged).

I agree that sometimes petite sizing is off in the cut other than length, BUT I would assume that teen and girls’ sizes would be way more off in the cuts vis a vis a woman’s body shape, especially if you are pre or post menopausal and/or gave birth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shopping kids clothes is great. So many brands sell the same freaking thing at like 60% the cost if it's kids sizes.

I am not as short as you, OP, so I can only do it for dresses, shirts, and jackets, but I shop at Zara, JCrew, Mango, etc. all the major brands and get the biggest teen size I can.

I am petite and wear a size 5 shoe, which is the same as a children’s size 3. I’ve gotten shoes like sperry’s, hunter rain boots, etc. for half (sometimes less) of the adult price by ordering the kids’ version. I’m 99.9% certain it’s the exact same manufacturing just labeled as a children’s size 3 instead of a woman’s size 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such an eyeroll-worthy post. I'm your size, I've never felt the need to shop in the children's section. Shop in junior's and buy from European and Asian brands - H&M, Mango, Zara, Uniqlo, Quince, etc.

“The apparel industry for years has been employing vanity sizing—making clothes larger while keeping the sizes the same. Making matters worse for slender shoppers is a current fashion moment in which oversize looks are in vogue. The result: clothes so big that slender people are swimming in them.

Kalani Tom used to spend about $500 dollars on a dress. But as she went from a size 2 to a 0 and then a 00 despite not losing any weight, she gave up on adult clothes. Now, she shops mostly in the girls’ section at Primark and spends about $25 per dress.

Another perk: “I’m not going to show up at a party worried that someone is wearing the same dress as me,” said the 54-year-old wellness coach, who lives in New York City.”

https://on.wsj.com/4lszk8D

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such an eyeroll-worthy post. I'm your size, I've never felt the need to shop in the children's section. Shop in junior's and buy from European and Asian brands - H&M, Mango, Zara, Uniqlo, Quince, etc.

Op and others like her want to be able to say “oh thanks I got it in the KIDS SECTION can you believe it!?? I’m just so tiny I can’t shop in the women’s section. Tee hee hee “

I say this as a fellow petite adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such an eyeroll-worthy post. I'm your size, I've never felt the need to shop in the children's section. Shop in junior's and buy from European and Asian brands - H&M, Mango, Zara, Uniqlo, Quince, etc.

Op and others like her want to be able to say “oh thanks I got it in the KIDS SECTION can you believe it!?? I’m just so tiny I can’t shop in the women’s section. Tee hee hee “

I say this as a fellow petite adult.

I mean, it is true that for some of us there's literally not a small enough size in the adult section. I'm smaller than OP - I don't have to do anything to be that way so I don't brag about it. Finding shorts is a nightmare because most brands' smallest sizes don't fit, but the proporitions are off for me on both juniors sizing AND kids sizing. It's not something I want to brag about.

I saw an IG reel the other day where someone was showing how an A&F shirt in size large from the early 2000s was smaller than size small today. I know it would enrage like 80% of the population, but I miss those days when I was a size 2-4 instead of being my weird non-existant size self. And yes, it's a niche problem that not many people have, but again - I didn't ask for it to be my problem.

[Anonymous]

A few years ago, the teen section at Nordstrom used to work for this. I don't know if the styles have changed since then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such an eyeroll-worthy post. I'm your size, I've never felt the need to shop in the children's section. Shop in junior's and buy from European and Asian brands - H&M, Mango, Zara, Uniqlo, Quince, etc.

Op and others like her want to be able to say “oh thanks I got it in the KIDS SECTION can you believe it!?? I’m just so tiny I can’t shop in the women’s section. Tee hee hee “

I say this as a fellow petite adult.

I mean, it is true that for some of us there's literally not a small enough size in the adult section. I'm smaller than OP - I don't have to do anything to be that way so I don't brag about it. Finding shorts is a nightmare because most brands' smallest sizes don't fit, but the proporitions are off for me on both juniors sizing AND kids sizing. It's not something I want to brag about.

I saw an IG reel the other day where someone was showing how an A&F shirt in size large from the early 2000s was smaller than size small today. I know it would enrage like 80% of the population, but I miss those days when I was a size 2-4 instead of being my weird non-existant size self. And yes, it's a niche problem that not many people have, but again - I didn't ask for it to be my problem.

I am not as small as a op -same height but 10 pounds heavier and I have more of an hourglass shape. There are some stores I’ve been sized out of but I would never think the answer is to buy children’s clothes.

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’4” and 115. I sometimes get jeans at gap kids. I can wear adult size XS tops. But it is cheaper to try the jeans in kids department at gap and old navy. Size 14 or 18. Also target.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such an eyeroll-worthy post. I'm your size, I've never felt the need to shop in the children's section. Shop in junior's and buy from European and Asian brands - H&M, Mango, Zara, Uniqlo, Quince, etc.

Op and others like her want to be able to say “oh thanks I got it in the KIDS SECTION can you believe it!?? I’m just so tiny I can’t shop in the women’s section. Tee hee hee “

I say this as a fellow petite adult.

OP here - I promise you that those words would never leave my mouth. That is just gross. That you thought it says more about you than about me though.