[crinoline]

yes to TJ Maxx and Marshalls, sometimes it's all crap and sometimes it's treasure.
I live in a not so big city and there are not many sources for petite clothing, especially at low prices.

HT - I have worn Old Navy children's clothing, which fit my PP body surprisingly well, and it's very cheap!

[Allison-Shine]

Ever try outlet malls? I don't know your age or size but I have success at outlet malls. Petite Sophisticate is fine but it is more dressy stuff. Maybe Rue21 or HMV when they have sales. I find TJ Maxx and Marshalls to be hit and miss at times but you can strike gold if your timing is good.

[girl_logic]

HT do you mean petite sizes or just smaller sizes? Not sure if you live in a big city where there'd be one, but I go to the China Town in mine for petite and smaller dresses and bras.

[hellotampon]

I'm wondering where everyone shops for petite dresses... cheap ones. Like Target prices.

[Allison-Shine]

I'm 5'3" 114-115. It was a struggle to get a little bit of "womanly curve" but through exercise and eating a more nutritious diet (protein, etc.). I managed to get better definition in my hips, butt and thighs. I am still a slender thing but am not "waifsh" anymore. Alas though, it did not help my bustline. I'm 23 and have been a 32B since 18.

[Persiflager]

On the subject of bras, you can get back sizes 28 and 30 if you shop online (I wear a 30F so have no hope of being able to shop on the high street). I go to Bravissimo and Figleaves. Bravissimo is aimed at big-boobed ladies but I think it has all sizes - I know both sites have 28s and 30s.

I also have a tiny bottom and am very fond of it ! Though I did find it embarrassing when my nieces were toilet-training and my mum would raid my knicker drawer for spares to borrow.....

[snow white]

ok, i am reserecting this thread b/c i just watched vh1's 20 skinniest celebs and it got me going. it seems most of the girls on the show were 5'7" and 100lbs and i'm 5'9" at 115lbs. i look exactly like them! while it may be glam to be super skinny in movies i get shit up and down for it in real life. of course this whole show was devoted to ripping these girls a new one too. where is with the animosity coming from towards skinny girls???????

[i_am_jan]

Hm, interesting info. on the bra selection. Hey, I know what ya mean having to shop from the little girls section though!

Does anyone else dislike the name of this thread? TINY girls. (As opposed to what, HUGE girls?)

Someone mentioned previously she didn't care for the word "skinny" either. Now that she's mentioned it, neither do I.

What's a better term? Could it be: person of size? Perhaps that's a term that would bridge the gap between us and larger girls...make it more obvious that we all have the SAME issues...our sizes are different, we look different...extra small should be respected as well as extra large?

[hellotampon]

And speaking of tiny ribcages, why do bra sizes stop at 32? It really sucks for those of us who have to slump over to the preteen department to find a bra that doesn't go over your head when you raise your arms. I'm not a thin person, I'm just small, I see girls much thinner than me and I wonder where they find bras with the proper bandsize.

I always wonder that too. My ribcage is NOT tiny. You know how on most girls the smallest part of the body is right under the bust? Not me. When I'm at my thinnest (not right now, haha), I look like a damn greyhound. And I still wear a 32. I'm small in an average way (short, not very hippy but not anything you'd notice), so I have no idea how actual tiny girls find bras. Like my sister. She's small and skinny as a rail. But she's flat-chested so I guess band size isn't that important because she doesn't need the support like I do.

[i_am_jan]

Hello, we meet again...though I wish it were under different circumstances. You see, I was at a family restaurant gathering (a la buffet?) and was addressed as "salad girl". By my older sister.

She says something about my body size each time we meet. She is very unhappy about her own weight, has vocally hated her body ALWAYS, fad dieting, starving, gaining and losing weight, etc.. I have a smaller than average body size. I would never point out aspects of her body, nor her weight, even though she happens to be very large, she's like, 5'9, 195 lbs? However, she always points out my size? and always in a negative way. I feel like saying "if you don't like the way you feel, fight the power, do something about it...why sit here and throw little paper airplanes at me? It hurts my feelings though. And I would like feel weird saying something back?! (Like...throwing a size comment back at her? that just sounds funny to me.) I sometimes wish I could bring myself to do it though. I do think she does her little schtick maliciously.

[kristen]

i'm not short i'm just very thin. and yes i like being small too. but i would like to look in the miror and see a little more shape. i have a pretty big chest but an ass would be so nice. a few more pounds and i will get there. but for sure being biult like i am has turned heads all my life.

[vixen_within]

I'm so tiny!
I've started to gain a little bit of weight, and it's making me realize how much I have invested in being the small girl. The reason that petite stature is dear to me is that it makes me feel special. It makes me unique, somehow, in a shallow way.

[kristen]

my whole point with the fat things is not to rag on bigger people, its to make the point that its not any nicer to tell a stranger you are so skinny than it is to tell a stranger you are so fat. poeple who want to lose weight think the skinny thing is ideal never stopping to think that maybe the skinny people would like to gain a few pounds. and i notice that i get tons of jokes about being skinny and my bones sticking out and poking people but we never stand around and laugh about the fat girls. its not socially tolerated. i'm pretty skinny, i will never wear shorts in the summer because i hate my long bird legs and so on. the point is being to fat or to skinny is not good. everyone is trying to get to that happy medium. one day i hope to actually be able to fit into my fat pants. its all kind of ironic

[crinoline]

kristen- I realize that you're hurt / frustrated by people's thoughtless words, but your language is a little intolerant. "At least I don't have a fat ass/rolls" "At least I'm not bursting out of my clothes". I think the important thing is that there's room for all body types in this world. Beauty can come in small packages (haha!) or larger ones as well.
I'm by no means skinny, but I have a (tall, like you) friend who is, and she's very self conscious about it. Where I would love to have thin thighs, she hates hers and only wears long skirts / pants to cover what she thinks are "knobby knees". I think everyone is self-conscious about something.
It's easy for (insensitive) people to rag on skinny girls because they're currently the unachievable ideal. In the 1950s girls built like you would rag on girls built like Marilyn Monroe because they were the current ideal.
As for name calling, it's often done with affection, but it can still hurt. I hate being called "munchkin". My brothers will do this and then hold things out of my reach. And at the grocery store I hate it when people smile like it's cute or funny when I have to ask them to help me reach something on the top shelf.
good luck shopping!

[kristen]

the jokes aren't so bad really but it usually with people i have been working with a long time. they say shit like flaca will get lost and i will cut them if i brush past them with my elbows and stuff. we do get to laughing. the thing i hate is when some one you hardly know says yea but your really skinny. it may be hard for me to find clothes but at lease when i do i'm not bursting out of them. i'm going shopping today.

[vixen_within]

My boyfriend told me the other day "Hugging you is like hugging a pile of sticks." He meant it in a matter of fact way, not as an insult, and yet...
I make jokes about myself being able to hide behind a broomstick. In reality, I have a nice fat ass that kind of comes out of nowhere, everything else is rail thin though.

[kristen]

i never noticed this thread before. but hello i'm a tiny girl. if i have to hear one more person tell me i'm skinny. i want to be like yea well you have a fat ass or i also noticed i did not have a roll hanging over my pants and yes my boobs are where they are supossed to be. i dunno poeple think that its just ok to say damn your skinny. i would never walk up to some one and say wow your fat. they just dont get it. i know some of ya'll that really are skinny and not just small know what i am talking about. i'm 5"5' and dont seem to ever get over 105lbs. normaly i'm right at 100. i'm 23 so still a little young but old enough to not want to look like a bony twelve year old. i do have a pretty big chest though. my boyfriend is mexican and he english isn't to good and he is always saying i want to hug your bones and shit like that. i work at a restraunt and the whole kitchen calls me flaca. for those who dont know that means skinny. its ok coming from my boyfriend but for the rest of the world DON'T CALL ME SKINNY!!!

[vixen_within]

I'm not teeny tiny, but small enough to feel your pain. I've been having good luck finding my dress proportions on ebay lately and have been going purchase mad as a result. I just get so excited to find my size. And it's cheap.

[crinoline]

Thanks!
I don't live near a forever21 or h&m, but I've seen the clothing online and it looks cute. I've had some luck with junior shops like that and junior brands like Free People (my saving grace in the mall with their tiny tops/dresses).
hmm lily of france, I'll check it out. I feel bad spending a lot of money on a bra when I don't need any support, but I looooove expensive lingerie (like Agent Provocateur).

[stephanie_erin]

i feel your pain.. i live near an outlet mall too so i get all the stuff that tiny girls don't grab when they're in regular stores.
i've had lots of luck at levi's.. and they ALWAYS make your butt look cute. even if it's flat, you'll find something there that adds shape.

as far as bras go.. i would say check lily of france. i used to have the underwire in my nipple problem ALL the time.. but theirs tend to not suck so much ass. which i think is a plus.

for dresses and all that.. i'm at a total loss too. a lot of the stuff i end up finding is at forever 21, wet seal and h&m. i think they all have websites too.

hope that helps!