Comments on: What happened to Petite Sophisticate?

By: ALightOnAHill

ALightOnAHill — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 18:26:00 +0000

In reply to Mary E Cote. Ditto!

By: ALightOnAHill

ALightOnAHill — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 18:24:00 +0000

I met my now-daughter-in-law in Petite Sophisticate when she was working there in the Phoenix area. I asked her if she’d go to an event with my son who needed a partner for the event. They wound up getting married many years ago and have two teen-age daughters.
I still have solid jeans from there that I am literally wearing today. They have never worn out!! Just a little ragged at the hem but overall they are terrific!
I do miss them since I’m so short!!!!! My daughter-in-law was a bit shorter than I but I’ve shrunk in height so we’re about the same now.
It would be nice to have a “come back!”

By: Kathy R

Kathy R — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 06:57:00 +0000

I, too, loved the Petite Sophisticate stores and still miss them terribly! I, too, still have some clothes in my closet from there, and wore a blue blouse (with the Petite Sophisticate label) just tonight for a special memorial prayer service at our church. The styles still look good all these years later, and I really feel good wearing them! And to Dani’s post from 1 year ago (if she is still reading these posts) I also watch reruns of “Room 222” and LOVE the styles from Petite Sophisticate on the women in that show! Cutest clothes ever!!! Sad day when that store closed it’s doors. And ditto with Fashion Bug stores, I also loved those stores. Very sad to see these wonderful retail stores go. Thank you to all for your many comments here, enjoyed reading them all!!!!! From – Kathy R

By: Catherine Brock

Catherine Brock — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:06:00 +0000

In reply to Diane Gacina Plutino.

Diane,
Thanks for stopping by and sharing!
Catherine

By: Diane Gacina Plutino

Diane Gacina Plutino — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 19:09:00 +0000

I loved working or petite Sophisticate.I had such a wonderful staff and clients. The cloths were great and easy to sell. miss buying suits and dress as well as jeans and tees

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 01:59:22 +0000

Has anyone found any stores or brands that fit similar to the petite sophisticates clothing? I have a particularly hard time finding dress pants that fit well. I have a couple of pair of petite sophisticate pants that fit perfectly at the time I bought them but aren’t my current size. I’m 5′-2″, 130 pounds, and generally wear a size 4 or 6 in dress pants but I’m curvy (narrow waist, wide hips) and I just can’t seem to find any petite pants that fit. For dresses, I’ve had some luck at dress barn and JC Penney which usually has a very large selection of petite dresses at really good prices. For tops, I can generally get away with regular sizing I just can’t wear certain styles. Petite tops tend to run a little shorter than I like but regular tops can be too wide in the shoulders or if neck-line will drop too low.

By: Mary E Cote

Mary E Cote — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 21:21:25 +0000

Best quality ever. I am still wearing my PS clothing and they all still look wonderful. Sad that they left us.

By: Lorelai Gilmore

Lorelai Gilmore — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:38:41 +0000

I adored Petite Sophisticate!! My local store was 15 minutes away and I never had to try on anything. Just pick out the size 2 clothing that I loved and the sales people were thrilled to see me walk in the store. They knew that I’d leave with many purchases. I’m 5 ft. tall exactly. Sadly the store is gone and also I’m not a size 2 anymore!! LOL

By: Lidia Scinski

Lidia Scinski — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 06:14:51 +0000

I definitely miss PS! It’s unfortunate that the brand is out of business.

By: Mike Giovannini

Mike Giovannini — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:32:21 +0000

To correct you – Petite sophisticate was a privately held company started by Saul Skurow and his son Fred in cincinatti. It was purchased by U.S. Shoe corp. and run under the womens specialty retail group with Casual Corner,
U.S.Shoe was purchased by Luxottica and the womens specialty retail stores were spun off and privately held by Leonardo Delvecchio and his son Claudio. They later bought Brooks Brothers and became Retail Brand alliance. When Claudio decided to close Casual corner, Petite was sold to charming shoppes where they only ran outlet stores.
They were all closed shortly after.

By: Dani

Dani — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:38:39 +0000

I am far from petite but I’ve been watching “Room 222” (sitcom from the early 1970s) and the female leads were clothed by Petite Sophisticate. I especially loved the outfits that Denise Nicholas wore. Even on grainy 1970s film, her clothes looked well made.

By: vicky juarico

vicky juarico — Thu, 05 May 2016 20:11:28 +0000

I’m so sorry I used to go Harla @Irven park Chicago it was fantastic. Thanks were I can go Now to get the same brand were I’m living the store don’t have my side petite 2 it will be nice if you let me now Thanks.

By: Sandy Cays

Sandy Cays — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 22:31:15 +0000

I, too, miss Petite Sophisticate (and Casual Corner). In addition to the perfect fit, these two stores sold clothing expertly sewed, fashionable and well priced . Luckily, I have quite a few pieces that still fit me, and I wear them all the time.

By: Jaly

Jaly — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:33:33 +0000

I definitely miss Petite Sophisticate! I bought lots of clothes for work and they fit me well. Oh, please….we need another store for us shorter gals. Haven”t found anything to come close out in retail.

By: Sherryl

Sherryl — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:03:32 +0000

Gosh! This was a refreshing thread to stumble upon! I miss Petite Sophisticate and Casual Corner terribly. Up until their closing in 2005 I was a regular shopper there and was very sad to see them go. I read in a prior post that a brand called Kaspar was one of those offered by PS. Does anyone else know of other brands that may have been included and where they might be sourced? As everyone has said, the quality was phenomenal and I would be great to locate up to date versions now.