I'd be really curious to know what brand those pants are because if they keep the same general shape in the petites in smaller sizes, they might fit me well.
Which provides a possible explanation of why the waist is bigger: maybe they're thinking of people like me. At 5'2", I can wear a 29-30" inseam so the main reason I look for petites is specifically for the shorter rise. (If it were only about leg length, they could be hemmed.) Because I am both short-waisted in proportion and short overall, my waist area is *really* small - if I stand very straight there's maybe 3" from the lowest point on my ribcage to the top of my pelvis bone. That means that my waist doesn't indent very much because it can't. Given what you say about the difference between the short and petite sizes, it sounds like the petites may indeed be aimed at women with proportions like mine, so it makes sense that they'd have a bigger waist for the same size hips.
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Date: 2010-10-07 07:07 am (UTC)Which provides a possible explanation of why the waist is bigger: maybe they're thinking of people like me. At 5'2", I can wear a 29-30" inseam so the main reason I look for petites is specifically for the shorter rise. (If it were only about leg length, they could be hemmed.) Because I am both short-waisted in proportion and short overall, my waist area is *really* small - if I stand very straight there's maybe 3" from the lowest point on my ribcage to the top of my pelvis bone. That means that my waist doesn't indent very much because it can't. Given what you say about the difference between the short and petite sizes, it sounds like the petites may indeed be aimed at women with proportions like mine, so it makes sense that they'd have a bigger waist for the same size hips.