Wal-Mart Canada launches line for smaller women

[writergal28]

Originally Posted by BerlinBabe

Ah ok...wasn't clear on that Sorry!

No worries, BerlinBabe!

Meg: Black Koi is new!

[Eurasian Mélange]

It is about time someone started producing petite lines at more affordable prices. I wonder if this line will win against imported Asian clothes that stock the Asian shopping centres though... I don't know if the North American style clothing will tempt many Asians away from other cheap clothes which are also made for their body type.

I do not have a problem with the usage of 'Asian type figures' as they most likely mean shorter and slimmer on average. What I do have a problem with is them assuming only Asians have that body type. There are plenty of petite non-Asian women too. As Meg already posted: the average height of a Canadian woman is 5'3.4". As far as I know, the average height for North American women as a whole is 5'4". So there are a lot of petite women of all races out there looking for clothes and I'm betting many of them want something affordable like this. I've seen too many specialised petite clothing stores where for one flimsy little top you have to pay $60.

Originally Posted by Meg

Are many Asian women shorter than European women? Yes.

It doesn't matter: going by statistics, most North American women also classify as petite despite being slightly taller on average than Asian women. So it is good for all women that there is now a more affordable petite range coming to a large, widely-known store.

[writergal28]

Originally Posted by Eurasian Mélange

I do not have a problem with the usage of 'Asian type figures' as they most likely mean shorter and slimmer on average. What I do have a problem with is them assuming only Asians have that body type. There are plenty of petite non-Asian women too. As Meg already posted: the average height of a Canadian woman is 5'3.4". As far as I know, the average height for North American women as a whole is 5'4". So there are a lot of petite women of all races out there looking for clothes and I'm betting many of them want something affordable like this. I've seen too many specialised petite clothing stores where for one flimsy little top you have to pay $60.

It doesn't matter: going by statistics, most North American women also classify as petite despite being slightly taller on average than Asian women. So it is good for all women that there is now a more affordable petite range coming to a large, widely-known store.

The rep I spoke with went as far as saying that "non-Asian petites" would probably not be able to wear this line. Judging from the garment measurements, I would have to disagree...unless, of course, she means petite women who are over 14P or larger.

[Eurasian Mélange]

Originally Posted by writergal28

The rep I spoke with went as far as saying that "non-Asian petites" would probably not be able to wear this line. Judging from the garment measurements, I would have to disagree...unless, of course, she means petite women who are over 14P or larger.

Well then that is a bit strange. Asian women's bodies aren't so drastically different from other women's bodies. I've seen plenty of slim and petite non-Asians. Also, if the representative does indeed mean 'boyish-shaped' when she refers to the 'Asian body type', I've seen plenty of non-Asian women with small hips, or small breasts, or both at the same time.

[BerlinBabe]

Originally Posted by Eurasian Mélange

Well then that is a bit strange. Asian women's bodies aren't so drastically different from other women's bodies. I've seen plenty of slim and petite non-Asians. Also, if the representative does indeed mean 'boyish-shaped' when she refers to the 'Asian body type', I've seen plenty of non-Asian women with small hips, or small breasts, or both at the same time.

Ya totally agreed!

Also women can be petite, slim, and be large-chested and/or hipped. I know a LOT of girls who wear a 32 D or DD. And the sucky thing about that is that then you can't go buy clothes at the cheap Asian malls or kids section because you wont be able to get anything buttoned up.

[MUXU]

go figure, so many asians in canada haha
but i guess im just not very excited that it's done by wal mart...=T

[Meg]

yes of course Euransian Melange, as I said, I'm one of them!

[kitty87kat]

kind of off topic, but since we are talking about Wal-Mart, is the Norma Kamali line going to be in Canada?

[writergal28]

Originally Posted by BerlinBabe

Ya totally agreed!

Also women can be petite, slim, and be large-chested and/or hipped. I know a LOT of girls who wear a 32 D or DD. And the sucky thing about that is that then you can't go buy clothes at the cheap Asian malls or kids section because you wont be able to get anything buttoned up.

I'm a 32B and I have trouble wearing kids' clothes.