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Petite-Exclusive Designer Jess Jeetly on Her Debut Collection
Petite sizes, especially petite-exclusive collections, while growing, are hard to come by. Often seen as something for a very mature market, many petite women avoid them like the plague. However, things are changing, especially with Jeetly, the newest entry to the petite-exclusive market. … [Read More...]
Body Image and Petiteness
Petite-Exclusive Designer Jess Jeetly on Her Debut Collection
Petite sizes, especially petite-exclusive collections, while growing, are hard to come by. Often seen as something for a very mature market, many petite women avoid them like the plague. However, things are changing, especially with Jeetly, the newest entry to the petite-exclusive market. … [Read More...]
A Note To Readers: Thank You For Reading Shorty Stories!
As you may have noticed, Shorty Stories has not had new posts from this site in several months. I have decided to concentrate on my main site, DelectablyChic! and sister site, The DelectablyChic! Closet, which has been featuring my outfit posts for the past few months. At first, I was planning … [Read More...]
Luxury Petite Fashion Has Arrived: Introducing The 16th Bar
Finally, a luxury line has arrived for petite women 5'5" and below. The 16th Bar, led by 4'11" designer Frankie Ortiz, presented its debut collection in Los Angeles late last year. Currently only available online, but with plans to open brick and mortar stores, the collection consists of skirts, … [Read More...]
From The DelectablyChic! Closet
Jeetly: A UK-Based Petite-Exclusive, Work-Appropriate Collection
Recently, I was contacted by the PR rep for Jeetly, based out of the UK. This is an online-only, petite-exclusive collection that only launched this past fall. The collection consists of blouses, skirts and dresses, all appropriate for a moderately conservative office. I was lucky enough to … [Read More...]
Recent Purchases: Ann Taylor, J.Crew and Arthur Mendonça
Wow, it’s been almost a month since the last DelectablyChic! Closet post! I’ve been concentrating a lot on the main site’s posts, thus didn’t have much time to take pictures of new outfits that I have purchased over the last few weeks. I finally was able to take some … [Read More...]
Poll Results
July 2012 Poll Results: What’s Too High?
Last month, we asked readers "how high is too high?" when it comes to heels. Most of you believe that anything higher than 5" is "too high" at 42.3% while some 26.9% believed that heels should top off at 3-4". Then there are those, at 23.1%, who … [Read More...]
