sarcasticgirl
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Apr 13, 2016 15:17:44 GMT -5
I have a casual blazer in blue from Eddie Bauer, may have cost 75-100, I think the original price was around $100 and I got 30% off maybe. I wear it with Jeans or Khaki pants. I have a summer blazer in White it has Nautical buttons on it. It is about 8? years old - I might need to retire it due to wear. I also wear that with dressy jeans. It was from Boston Store and I don't think it was particularly expensive. I have a fuscia pink semi casual jacket I wear with grey dress pants was maybe $50. I think it is Laura Ashley I have a black Calvin Klein Suit that is also old and I did not wear it for several years but started wearing it again last summer. I have a kind of Watch Plaid wool jacket I wear with black pants or grey pants. It was from JC Penney's - I think it is a Worthington brand - It also is nearly 8 years old and is starting to pill. I have a brown plaid wool jacket wrap - I think it is from Boston store before I started current job so around 8 years ago. The newest "suit" I have is from Black House White Market. It is a separate, and I had it ordered in several different variations. to be continued. anyways that suit was a little pricey It might have been $175 for both pieces, but I put it on for DH and asked him if I should return it and he said it looked very good and I should keep it. My DH and DD will tell me if something doesn't look good and I would rather have honest feedback. That was a this year purchase, and I had to order it on-line to get the petite size. BHWM has petites, but they don't have curvy fit, which I really need. I ordered the pants in petite a size larger and took them in at the waist. Their regular pants in short length in the size smaller would also have worked, but I think they still needed some tweaking with the sewing machine as the pants did not have belt loops. A belt would have fixed the waist issue - but it was not an option. I also have several pairs of linen capris from BHWM an pair them with a cardigan in the summer.
After my struggle trying to get the size right I looked at an older pair of pants that I really liked and realized they were from Loft. I have since purchased about 6 pairs of pants in petite sizes from them. They have a Marissa fit (regular) and a Julie Fit (curvy). I know they have suits in the store but I did not buy a suit from them yet.
I also have a fake brown leather blazer with cloth sleeves. I think it might be Ruff Hewn? I bought it at Boston Store, it did not come in Petite sized, but since the sleeves were cloth I turned them under and hand stitched it down. It is 2-3 years old. I just pair it with brown pants.
I have a mint green linen jacket that I really like but I have not yet found a blouse I really like to go with it and the color is hard to match. One day when I was in the store an older lady was shopping with her daughter and the lady said she liked something, but if she could not buy an outfit or know what she was going to wear it with, she would no longer buy the item. I think that is a really good idea.
I like mint green and navy or black dark purple if you don't want to be too adventurous... never try and match it ... just find a coordinating color. pair it with a neutral or something in the color family or something on an opposite side of the color wheel.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 13, 2016 15:21:26 GMT -5
I've tried on "petite" jeans and had them have enough length to cover my foot and still have about 6 inches of fabric past my toes, I hope that was a mislabeling, because I've never seen heels that would handle that extra length. Most of my petite pants are a bit long so I'd definitely try again. (I'm 5'3" as a helpful tidbit there)
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Post by sapphire12 on Apr 13, 2016 15:28:31 GMT -5
Having worked at Talbots for a number of years, there seemed to be two issues that come into play for petite women and sizing -- the length of your torso and the length of your legs. If either of these were long, it usually meant petite pants don't fit, but for different reasons.
I don't have many suits because I think most are boring and at any given time, I could need one size for up top and another for the bottom. However, I do have a few from the following: Talbots, An Taylor, Tahari. I have a problem with pants, oh joy.
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sarcasticgirl
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Apr 13, 2016 15:55:02 GMT -5
Just have the pants hemmed if they are too long. It isn't expensive.
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Post by bean29 on Apr 13, 2016 16:22:23 GMT -5
I was wearing the Mint Green Blazer with a cobalt blue/almost purple shell and a scarf that tied the colors together! ?
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Post by bean29 on Apr 14, 2016 1:34:15 GMT -5
Just have the pants hemmed if they are too long. It isn't expensive. Yes, DH knows the tailor that alters the Men's suits at a local Macy's. He always takes his Pants to him on the side (the guy is his insurance client), anyways when we ordered his last suit, the clerks in Menswear said he also does women's alterations. They just send you to menswear to be fitted. DH often needs to have his pants hemmed, b/c he is truly a 29 or maybe even a 28, and many stores don't carry anything shorter than 30 in store. I do jeans myself, and if he just needs it folded under and hemmed, I will do that too, but I don't have a serger so he has the tailor do it instead.
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Post by yogiii on Apr 14, 2016 6:36:03 GMT -5
midjd - I understand on the pant length. Regular length pants are just a little too short for my taste (probably about 1", but I've never measured), but "talls" reach the ground, especially since I don't wear heels. I prefer the talls anyway, but it does make me annoyed when I shop with C for pants and see how many lengths of pants men have to choose from. I have this problem also. I have a long torso and sometimes regular pants are just right for flats or flip flops and other times they are an inch or so too short. Longs typically only work with heels for me. They need a length between regular and long.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Apr 14, 2016 8:00:38 GMT -5
I always have my pants and skirts, sometimes dresses hemmed. I look super short in any dress or skirt that comes past my knee. I have extremely narrow hips so that sexy pencil skirt that hits below the knee doesn't work on me. I also need regular pants hemmed. They tent to be just slightly too long. Last fall I packed 6 new pair of pants up and took them with me to visit me mom in texas and had her hem them for me, saved me the fee from our dry cleaners, where I usually have simple alterations.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Apr 14, 2016 8:58:26 GMT -5
Stacy and Clinton are quite adamant about having pants hemmed!
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 14, 2016 9:03:19 GMT -5
Try Maurice's for jeans at least. It's a teen store but they have a huge selection of jeans and they come in extra short, short, regular, long and extra long.
And they aren't all low rise underwear showing jeans. The jeans I am wearing right now come from there and are mid-rise jeans. The extra short have a 28'' inseam which is exactly what I need.
Also agree with just get pants/jeans hemmed. If you don't want to spend the money learn how to do it yourself via YouTube.
If you don't want to sew they make "hem tape" you can buy at Hobby Lobby or any fabric store. You just stick it to your pants and iron.
If you do get them hemmed I was told by the tailor I used it's better to hedge on buying the ones that are a bit longer to start with. So if you are in-between a short and a regular buy the regular and get them hemmed. Pants tighten up after the first wash so the regulars after hemming will end up being the perfect length. The short may result in your ankles showing.
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Post by 973beachbum on Apr 14, 2016 9:33:14 GMT -5
If you are buying pants to muck around in the yard or lounge on the couch then just step on the extra pant leg or use the tape to hem them. Who cares. If you are buying clothes to impress people like at work, or the appellate division, pay to have them professionally hemmed. At that point having clothes that not only look good, but fit, is priceless.
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