[–] marymarynotcontrary 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago (edited ago)
"Petite" just means "short". "Petite" has a shorter rise and waist, narrower shoulders, and shorter arms/legs than misses, but is cut to a misses (not juniors) curve. In comparison, a "misses short" pair of pants will have the same rise as "misses" but shorter legs.
"Petite plus" doesn't make much sense, really, because the issues of rise/waistedness become much less...discernible...as you go up in sizes. Really, they could just be "plus short" and save a section. It causes serious fit issues apart from height for slim and regular women because their bodies are less mooshy, and a 1" difference is large, percentage-wise.
[–] HAESisalie ago
Probably the trend of the future: I am a triple plus (= current 2XL)
[–] 32DDbitches 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
@ HomerSimpson
Do you read this the same way I do?
[–] Grave_Mercy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
In clothing petite refers to torso length and it's also shorter at the legs. 5'0", and even in my favorite mid/up scale stores that don't vanity size, petite still goes up to a size 12 or 14.
[–] PumpkinSpiceShitlady 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
As a 4'11 shitlady, I just shop in kids sections anyway. It's a whole lot cheaper too.