Shopping for Clothes..OMG!!

[KansasDragon 1]

For any one reading this.... If your Filipina is tiny, and moving to a cold part of the USA, have her stock up on jeans and other things that might be helpful before coming to the USA. We had to shop in the "Girls" department at JCPenny's and Kohl's today to find sweat pants and lounge pants for Ann to wear around the apartment. Yikes, a girls 14 fits her. Small in the USA does not equal Small Filipina.

Luckily we'd bought a couple more pairs of jeans before we left.

[RonMay 1]

i feel ya! lol... im size petite double zero (according to LOFT) lol... ive got more to say but i know every filipina deal with this US size all the time hehe

[rjp44 1]

For any one reading this.... If your Filipina is tiny, and moving to a cold part of the USA, have her stock up on jeans and other things that might be helpful before coming to the USA. We had to shop in the "Girls" department at JCPenny's and Kohl's today to find sweat pants and lounge pants for Ann to wear around the apartment. Yikes, a girls 14 fits her. Small in the USA does not equal Small Filipina.

Luckily we'd bought a couple more pairs of jeans before we left.

I've already mentioned this to wife. She's not tiny, but the asian body is proportioned differently so I suggested that she shoould get a few pairs of jeans and some slacks before we leave so that the pants fit better.

[jom 4]

My wife brought ample clothes from the Philippines so we havent shopped for clothes yet since she got here. With Florida weather during the winter shes contented with sweatshirts and ordinary pants when it gets real cold. Somehow, she has high tolerance with the cold weather because even if its winter time she still wears shorts and sleeveless shirts around the house and when we go out.

[wizardfitz 13]

Good point my fiancée is a double zero. so ill let her know to stock up on cloths before coming here. esp on a coat Indy weather is a little chilly.

[vbtbmrt 2]

where do you find a heavy coat in the phils ??? it gets a lot chilly here also in wisconsin

[ram^analise 0]

where do you find a heavy coat in the phils ??? it gets a lot chilly here also in wisconsin

check out greenhills shopping center.

[ram^analise 0]

where do you find a heavy coat in the phils ??? it gets a lot chilly here also in wisconsin

i saw some at surplus shop. it has outlets in most sm malls.

[vsmtghdy 2]

I concur with you all. I have problems looking for clothes here as well. I even have problems shopping for scrub uniforms for work, since their XS is still big for me. XS-Petite Winter coats are still big and long for me. My shirts are size 10 1/2-12 in Girl's Department. I brought clothes from the Philippines but no winter clothes (sweaters and jackets)... It's too freezing cold for me here. And I'm a size 4 shoes in children's...

For all you ladies still in Pinas, if possible, buy your clothes there...

[kev_n_jena 89]

We've had trouble finding Jena clothing too. I ended up buying small size cudle duds brand long underwear but they're too big. They make XS in certain styles but we can't find any, even online. Personally I think its a myth that the make them in XS...LOL. Junior sizes fit her pretty well or the large girls sizes for most clothes. For sweat pants for around the house, the best deals we've found are boys large sizes, she really likes them and they're very cheap at Walmart.

Kev & Jena

[beng_and_carl 0]

for me, i'm gonna shopy for my shirts, jeans, underwears and toilettries here. coz u know, im still used to pinoy products and besides, it's really much much cheaper here!

[archie07 0]

Sears sells petite clothing for woman...

[Roserick 0]

Sears sells petite clothing for woman...

Yeah for American Petite women..

Not Asian.. You want Asian clothing? Go to the kids section..

[dabs 0]

where do you find a heavy coat in the phils ??? it gets a lot chilly here also in wisconsin

hi there, you can tell your wife to go to Paseo center at paseo de roxas in makati, that building have restaurants above but on the ground floor, they a have a tiangge/bazaar like stalls that sells pea coats and some other stuff. Also tell her to watch out for the Karl Edwards bazaar, it is usually held at The Fort, there's an exhibitor there that sells winter coats all of them are really nice and they are all branded like Jones NY, London Fog etc. but they dont have down jackets. If you want something similar to a down jacket, then just tell her to go to Mall of Asia and get herself a NOrth Face or Columbian winter jacket

[rjp44 1]

for me, i'm gonna shopy for my shirts, jeans, underwears and toilettries here. coz u know, im still used to pinoy products and besides, it's really much much cheaper here!

Careful with getting toiletries unless you plan on shipping them over. Airline regulations limit the size of liquids and gels to 3 oz. and they must be in a clear 1 qt. bag. I don't think you'll have any trouble finding what you need of these in the U.S. One trip into a Walgreen's and you'll be amazed at the variety available here.