Maternity clothes for petites

[emoflamingo]

Any suggestions on where to look other than Old Navy/Gap, Motherhood, Loft, and j.crew? Target doesn't really carry much petite in general. I can make regular maternity work for tops, but I have a 28" inseam and even some petite stuff is pushing it.

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Have you looked at ASOS? Emily from Ivory Lane always had cute stuff from there. Also, maybe try H&M.

[emoflamingo]

Oct 1, 2014 14:02:29 GMT -5 ditzydi said:

Have you looked at ASOS? Emily from Ivory Lane always had cute stuff from there. Also, maybe try H&M.

Yep. Asos has quite a bit that I may end up ordering and H&M didn't appear to list lengths, but I may end up buying a pair of purple pants anyways just because they're purple.

[callmehales]

what about looking for ankle pants? i'm tall, so i sometimes buy regular pants to wear as ankle pants, maybe you could do the opposite!

[kris356]

My SIL just ended up wearing the hell out of her J.Crew minnies because there wasn't a whole lot of petites. How about Nordstrom, you could get them to hem pants for you.

[narockshard]

I was able to buy ankle length stuff from ON and Gap. I'm 5'1 with short legs too! I was actually quite surprised that I was able to find anything!

[emoflamingo]

Oct 1, 2014 14:11:15 GMT -5 callmehales said:

what about looking for ankle pants? i'm tall, so i sometimes buy regular pants to wear as ankle pants, maybe you could do the opposite!

I did this for awhile with some Target pants (they were supposed to be some fairly low crops but they hit my ankle) and the fit gets weird because of where my knees fall. They do this weird pucker thing.

I'm not sure if my closest Nordstrom carries maternity, I've never looked. I think the only things I've ever bought there were bras.

[emoflamingo]

Oct 1, 2014 15:17:19 GMT -5 @natariru said:

I made my own maternity pants out of regular petite jeans & work pants. I'm 5ft tall.

I pinned a tutorial on it, but I'm terrified of wasting good pants. That's ridiculous, right?

[emoflamingo]

Oct 1, 2014 16:06:06 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Oct 1, 2014 15:56:34 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

I pinned a tutorial on it, but I'm terrified of wasting good pants. That's ridiculous, right?

Forever21 $9.80 jeans!!

Be sad for me because I don't have one local. I live in BFE.



Not entirely. I just live in a smaller town with bad shopping.

[sierramist03]

Have you checked kohls?

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Oct 1, 2014 15:56:34 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

Oct 1, 2014 15:17:19 GMT -5 @natariru said:

I made my own maternity pants out of regular petite jeans & work pants. I'm 5ft tall.

I pinned a tutorial on it, but I'm terrified of wasting good pants. That's ridiculous, right?

I actually took a few of my black trousers to the tailor to be altered to maternity pants, I was really afraid to mess them up. He charged me $20 and I didn't think that was too bad.

[emoflamingo]

Oct 1, 2014 17:22:51 GMT -5 sierramist03 said:

Have you checked kohls?

They have the Motherhood line at Kohl's.

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Oct 1, 2014 15:56:07 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

Oct 1, 2014 14:11:15 GMT -5 callmehales said:

what about looking for ankle pants? i'm tall, so i sometimes buy regular pants to wear as ankle pants, maybe you could do the opposite!

I did this for awhile with some Target pants (they were supposed to be some fairly low crops but they hit my ankle) and the fit gets weird because of where my knees fall. They do this weird pucker thing.

I'm not sure if my closest Nordstrom carries maternity, I've never looked. I think the only things I've ever bought there were bras.

I was also going to say Nordstrom.  They don't carry maternity clothes in store (at least that's what they told me the first time I was pregnant, and I didn't ask again this time), but they have free shipping and free returns so it's worth a shot.

[stacyb1983]

H & m has good maternity basics, but their pant are really long. I am not petite and I had to hem a couple of inches. I also love their cotton nursing bras.

[mandapanda18]

I made my own maternity jeans (youtube), I found two pairs of xs petite at motherhood that fit, although I have a longer inseam than you (30", half my height). Can you just buy some cheap old navy/motherhood styles and have them hemmed?

[katiescarlett]

No idea if they still carry them, but I got some petite pants in maternity from JCPenney.

[mrsg123]

eBay. I sold 90% of my mat stuff there for a fraction if what I paid. I had nice things, too.

[emoflamingo]

I've checked out all the stores, hopefully I can make a few things work that I've found. I just hate spending tons of money on something I'll wear for a short period of time, so altering it on top of that is frustrating. I have a feeling I'll be utilizing the long sweater/leggings or dresses with tights this winter to avoid buying so many pairs of pants!