Dress Clothes Stores: But It’s Not Only Mass-Market Retailers That Are Beginning To Capitalize On The Underserved Category
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That’s a modal window. Things that garner likes. Whilefor male staff members that mostly equates to having ‘wellgroomed’ hair and an on brand tie, the rules for women seem significantly more complicated. While as pointed out by Axios, who spoke to sources inside the President’s team, Mr Trump requires all of his employees to have a certain look and be sharply dressed everytime. Woooo NY, new season ergo, new you. Also, what that means is an improved and a very2017″ shape and playful parachute toggles, used to highlight the silhouette. On a low sell through, executives explained to The New York City Times that their decision wasn’t on the basis of sales floor space or height variances over time.
Petite women were no longer interested in the buttonedup workwear popularized in the 80s by brands like Liz Claiborne or Jones NY and that was largely all that was available.
They wanted more youthful, ‘skin baring’ and ‘tighter fitting’ clothing in the contemporary departments.
While speaking of youthful, nowadays teens are moving away from the junior segment in favor of plus, petite and tall sizes, in line with new research from the NPD Group. In a 2016 adolescent survey shopping habits, 49 percent of respondents said they’ve been shopping petite clothing as compared to 40 percent in Further evidence that an one size fits all approach doesn’t work for most clothing, and it doesn’t work for marketing to consumers either, in the words of Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD. Like Neiman Marcus, back in 2006, American department chains, Saks and Bloomingdale’s, started to quietly downsize or eliminate their petite departments and switch to an online only model. Now, a retail shift is underway, the petite clothing market has a reputation for being short on fashion. Then the move was bold and illuminating. Now pay attention please. Vigorously, brands are stepping up to fill the void.
While featuring jumpsuits, flirty skirts and breezy dresses that don’t need to be hemmed, in 2015, Los Angeles cult brand Reformation premiered a petite clothing line titled Don’t Call Me Cute.
We’d say that’s a step in the right direction.
It’s not only massmarket retailers that are beginning to capitalize on the underserved category. On p of that, there wasn’t a button down in sight. A well-known fact that is. Today, the retailer offers a selection of more than 600 pieces and has exclusive ‘petite friendly’ designer collaborations with the likes of Tracy Reese and Whitney Pozgay of WHIT under its belt.
Of course, guess what? In 2012, for example, Anthropologie debuted its first petite clothing collection featuring approximately 70 styles. For a rundown of the 22 best petite clothing stores and brands at the moment, click on the gallery above.
