Snowflake

Hi everyone! I found this forum by chance and registered right away. I am a 29-years-old petite woman from Finland (5'0 ft, 100 lbs). Apparently it's is terribly difficult to find petite clothing here in Finland where the mid-height of women is like 5'57. I have to order my clothing from abroad, mostly from ASOS.com. My size is xxs-xs, 30-32, and only incidentally I find clothing from local stores, like H&M. I love being petite (or at least short) but I hate the difficulties when trying to find clothes that fit.

Michelle

Welcome Snowflake! Though it's a bit saddening to know petite women all over the world have the same problems finding clothes, at least we're not alone.

Is it difficult to find seamstresses and tailors in Finland? Are custom clothes an option for you?

BlueRose

Hi Snowflake, welcome

Snowflake

Hi! No, it's not very difficult to find seamstresses and tailors here, but I find it frustrating to take every single cloth to a sewer... Two weeks ago I found a nice long wintercoat from a local store and had to take it to a tailor because it was 'a bit' too big. The coat cost 70 euros in the store, and I paid 30 more to the tailor. I think it's not fair for us, petite-ones, to pay 50 percent extra to have nice clothes. In Finland the people and thereon the sizes get bigger and bigger every year. In the capital of Finland, there are only a few stores that sell clother tailored for small figures.

DarkFae

Welcome to the board, I'm a newbie myself but I saw your intro and wanted to say "Hi".

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Snowflake

Hi DarkFae I've been trying to find a forum like this for a long time so I guess I'm going to be an active member

DarkFae

That's great to hear. I can tell that a lot of work was put into the concept of the site and again, while I'm not "petite" per say. I know a lot who are so I think this will be my outlet to be able to help my family and friends. And plus it's always nice to meet and get to know new ppl.

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Michelle

DarkFae, though you don't quite fit the standard definition of petite you've had the same experiences we have of not conforming to industry standard sizes! I imagine there are a lot of us out there.

DarkFae

That is so true, I'm always surprised with all of the technology and "forward thinking" that is pushed today that the world still only caters to what is considered "normal" or "average". The sad part is that most of the world is not normal or average and it's almost like the retail industry is biting their nose off to spite the proverbial face, to keep up with popular image, ykwim?

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renee ford

I'm 4'11" .