June Poll Results on Petites and Body Image Campaigns

ShareREMINDER: Don’t forget about our Scarf Giveaway!!! Last month, Shorty Stories asked: Why do you think petites are excluded from body image campaigns? 13% said:  Many celebs are petite, so it isn’t a real “issue” 24% said: Because most activists aren’t aware of petite issues 20% said: It’s not activsts who aren’t aware, but petites [...]

May Poll Results: Do People Think You’re Younger than You Are?

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Share Results were NOT surprising: 51% said that they were mistaken to be younger ALL THE TIME 24% said that they were, but not as often as in the past 13% said only if they were dressed a certain way 5% said they looked their age, despite being petite 5% chose other What do you [...]

April Poll Results – Are Wide-Legged Pants a Must-Have For You?

ShareResults of last month’s polls are in! 44% said that you definitely would get wide-legged pants as gave a longer/leaner look  33% said that yes, but only if they were available in petite sizes  22% said that wide-legged pants were NOT a must-have as they made people look shorter Do you agree with these results?

March Poll Results – Bloggers Rule,!

Share  It seems that most of you – at 60% prefer getting fashion advice from other bloggers (especially petite ones) rather than magazines.  In fact, none of you said that you had a preference of traditional publications - probably because for those of us who are petite, magazines often give poor advice.  However, there were [...]

Petite Sizes at Zara, Please!

Share Last month, we asked you what stores you’d like to see carry petite sizes.  Out of all who particpated, 42% said that you’d like to see Spanish brand Zara carry petites.  Other results were: 21% for Express 15% for Club Monaco 10% for H&M 10% for Jacob 5% said other Do you agree?  Where [...]

January Poll Results: What would you like to see happen in the petite community?

Share  Last month, we asked readers what they’d like to see happen in the petite community this year.  Overwhelmingly, at 73%, our readers said: Better selection (in terms of colour, style, etc…) As for the rest of the results: 14% want to see more petite-exclusive designers (I do too! Especially want to see them [...]

December Petite Designer Poll Results!

Share In December, we asked readers whether they have worn anything from a petite-exclusive designer.  We were not exactly surprised at the results when 68% of you didn’t even know that petite exclusive designers existed.  It’s sad, I think, that they don’t get the promotion that they deserve.  If it weren’t for the petite community, [...]

November Poll Results and J. Crew Rumours!

ShareThe question last month asked readers whether they participated in petite fashion challenges (which reminds me:  The December petite fashion challenge, hosted by Curls and Pearls, goes live TOMORROW EVENING!)…results are as follows: I was actually surprised at the number of non-petites who participated – 45% said that they’d like to take part in a challenge, [...]

October Shorty Stories Poll Results – Shopping in the Kids’ Section

Share Results from last month’s poll, which asked: As a petite, do you often shop in the kids’ section? 25% of you said that you’d purchase from the kids’ section as they’re more affordable and cute 22% said that you try not to, since it’s embarassing 10% want to, but aren’t small framed enough 37% [...]

September 2010 Poll Results

ShareLast month, Shorty Stories asked readers: Would you prefer that an international online store have a full range of sizes or shopping that is shipping and duty-free? Our results were not surprising at all: 70% said that stores should offer full ranges of sizes as well as free shipping/duty-free 15% thought that the online store [...]

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