Some background: Ippudo is no local (or, for that matter, seasonal) product. Itâs the first American outpost of a Japanese chain of more than 50 restaurants, a fact I find amusing. Chains are usually frowned upon by the food cognoscenti, as this one would be if it had arrived in New York via St. Louis and St. Paul.
PETITE REFERS TO STATURE, NOT WEIGHT. According to the fashion industry Petite is defined as 5â²5â³ inches tall and under. In the United States petite women represent 70% of the female population. There are approximately a hundred million petite fit and petite plus size women domestically. (USA Petite Model winners featured to the left.).
The rise of so-called vanity sizing has rendered most labels meaningless. As Americans have grown physically larger, brands have shifted their metrics to make shoppers feel skinnierâso much so that a womenâs size 12 in 1958 is now a size 6. Those numbers are even more confusing given that a pair of size-6 jeans can vary in the waistband by as much as 6 in., according to one estimate.