Anonymous
Post 07/09/2025 13:51     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2025 13:01     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 12:54     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 12:22     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 12:19     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 11:31     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 00:55     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 00:37     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 00:33     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/09/2025 00:27     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/08/2025 22:35     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
BP at Nordstrom, and Tokyo
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2025 21:55     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
Pp here, they also have both Short and Extra Short. So you can get 000 Extra Short.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2025 21:54     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
American Eagle/Aerie goes all the way down to 000 short.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2025 16:01     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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
Post 07/08/2025 15:55     Subject: Where do you shop if you are small enough for children's sizes
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