Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 07:27     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Petite=short and thin. Petite clothing=short limbs and/or torso.

A perfect example of petite to me is Sabrina Carpenter.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 06:49     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People regularly call me “petite” and “tiny”even though I’m 5’6, quite a bit taller than the clothing industry’s definition for petite. I am very small-boned and thin, with narrow hips and shoulders, small hands and feet and delicate features. I just look small.

As far as clothing stores, “petite” just means short.



All shorter and even average-height women, are treated terribly. Heightism is one of the most acceptable types of discrimination.


BS. Short girls rule.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 05:33     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:People regularly call me “petite” and “tiny”even though I’m 5’6, quite a bit taller than the clothing industry’s definition for petite. I am very small-boned and thin, with narrow hips and shoulders, small hands and feet and delicate features. I just look small.

As far as clothing stores, “petite” just means short.



All shorter and even average-height women, are treated terribly. Heightism is one of the most acceptable types of discrimination.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 05:31     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:Is there something wrong with with you, OP?



There are an increasing number of mentally ill posters on DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 01:10     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:Reese doesn’t look petite to me. In the same way Kate Middleton isn’t petite to me. Ariana, yes. Britney, no.
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Kate Middleton isn't petite, she's very tall. And a stick, but definitely above the 5'3"-5'4" cutoff for petite clothing.

I don't think of Reese Witherspoon as petite until I see her standing next to other people. Ariana Grande is tiny.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 22:41     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
People regularly call me “petite” and “tiny”even though I’m 5’6, quite a bit taller than the clothing industry’s definition for petite. I am very small-boned and thin, with narrow hips and shoulders, small hands and feet and delicate features. I just look small.

As far as clothing stores, “petite” just means short.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 21:02     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:I always thought a petite woman was a woman under 5'3 who is slim like ariana grande or Reece Witherspoon .



However recently I've seen who are 5'2 who weigh 220 lbs with a 40 inch waist saying they are petite /dainty . While these wear petite clothing socially they don't look petite/dainty in the same way a tall slim woman isn't petite/dainty to me .


LOL, a woman who is 5 2 and 220 lbs is extremely obese. Not even close to petite.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 20:27     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:Petite for clothing means shorter limbs

Petite when describing someone usually means tiny person


This. Context matters.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 20:25     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:No. You are not petite at 200 lbs


200 lbs?

Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 20:24     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Yes, OP created this thread because she has a fat friend and she cannot say these things out loud to her fat friend, so she comes to shame her anonymously online. That's the kind of person OP is. A real winner.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 20:23     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Is there something wrong with with you, OP?
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 19:07     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. You are not petite at 200 lbs


There are plus size petite sections in certain stores. It depends if you are looking to describe someone, then no, you likely won’t call them petite.

But if you are looking to find clothes that fit you might need plus size petite clothes if you are overweight and short for your proportions. I’ve btdt at different points in life. You know the brands that carry this if you need it.


She’s not looking to describe someone.

She’s looking to insult and shame someone.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 19:04     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
No, petite means small. Usually under 5'2" for a woman and under 120lbs.

Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 18:31     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
5'0" and 250lb is called obese
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 18:19     Subject: Is being petite only about height ? Is a 5'0 250 lb woman petite ?
C'mon now.