The CC version of Costco 
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I really like that Ellen Tracey blouse
Yesterday I was wearing a blouse very similar to what you are describing, but I bought it 14 years ago at a thrift store. It’s from Banana Republic, petite size, 3/4 length sleeves, fitted in the body, and has a shorter length that can be worn out. I love it but it would be hard to find!
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I have a short sleeve crop blouse from TWP that has been in constant rotation this summer. It goes with several different pants, and somehow, the effect – the length, the not too boxy but boxy cut - is VERY flattering. It seems to cover my less defined waist without suggesting that there’s no definition there.
It was much too expensive a shirt to buy in multiples (actually, too expensive to buy once, but I did!) , so very excited to see these options. Because anything that is flattering is uber-welcome in my closet!
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So many cute choices! I am almost 5’7" so not petite in my height, but I sometimes like petite or cropped sizing because I am short waisted. I think I might order the Everlane one in the blue. I also like the Madewell blouse, but they are sold out in my size.
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Anyone shop at J Jill? Back in the day, when my kids were young and I was working in an office, I loved it - even had a J Jill credit card 
They have a store in our bougie mall that’s still surviving despite many similar retailers being replaced by the likes of Golden Goose & Balenciaga.
I hadn’t looked at their stuff in more than 15 years (I think Chicos bought them a while ago and I wasn’t a fan of the new styling) but a got a random email about a sale. Still didn’t see anything.
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We have one in our upscale mall, too. I never go in. It was one of the “in” stores back 20 years ago along with Chico’s. I used to just love Chico’s.
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I also like the last link blouse. I’m always looking for cropped, fitted tops since I’m petite and short waisted and I find that style flattering. Most blouses are too long. Plus I do not like to tuck in blouses. I own this in white and in the black stripe. It’s not fitted, but it works well with many of my jeans and pants. And with a price of $8.80 for the striped blouse you can’t go wrong!
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What didn’t you like from the boots? Are they too narrow? I saw that they are very light and I have them in my to buy list for future travel. I always have my eye on super light items because I travel often with very little space and weight limit.
I buy from JJill because they have pants that fit. I have short legs and a long torso and I can find pants and jeans in the right length and a top that doesn’t look cropped. That said, some of their collections will skew older, especially printed tee shirts, and there are too many 3/4 sleeves and tunics. The long-sleeved tees from years ago are still in my closet, but are now too big. 
The newer ones just aren’t the same.
Chicos, White House Black Market, and Soma are owned by the same company; JJill is not part of that group & appears to be independently owned.
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This is my body type as well. Do you mind sharing any particular style names that are go-tos for you at J Jill? For pants and jeans?
I am not a petite given my long torso/short legs proportions, but when I went shopping at J Jill with mil in the early summer, the jacket size I needed was a petite XS instead of a missy XS.
Once I get past this foot fracture and out of this boot, I may need to check out our local store.
I’ve been an online shopper for most of my adult life. This likely stems from spending 33 years living in rural Vermont where there was not a lot of shopping. While I now live in NYC where there is plenty of shopping, I still shop online. It likely is due to it being more efficient as I can shop many stores online in a shorter amount of time, see much greater inventory, mull things over, compare prices, more sizes available than in a smaller store, and so on.
Re: JJill: I have bought clothes from them for years and liked a lot of their offerings. But I have found in recent years, I have gotten less from JJill than in the past. For example, if I recall correctly, last fall/winter, I may have bought just one top from them. And last spring/summer, I only bought one dress. So far for this fall/winter, I am not seeing anything on their site that I really want enough to buy. So, something feels like it has changed.
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I’m overweight. I lost 50 lbs in 2024 and have kept it off, and I’m working now on getting another 40 off. What I like about Jjill is the range of sizes and the same styles in regular and petite. When I was working it was great for things I could wear to work that fit. I hated having to go from department to department in Nordstrom looking for things that were ok fat lady clothes.
Jjill adjusted their sizing a couple of years ago and a lot of the shirts became way too big.
Anyway, I search for pants & jeans that have a 26” inseam in petites. Often ankle-length or cropped in regular will hit me at the right spot - as long as they’re straight and don’t have any fading down the front. What is supposed to be at the knees is down mid-shin.
Today I’m wearing wide-leg Levi’s in a faded wash, a dark blue tee from Uniqlo, one of my Hermès scarves with an Egyptian motif in camel, blue, and brown, and a camel twill chore coat with a brown collar (mis-sized super sale from Anthropologie). I feel put together. Not especially young, but good for my age.
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The boots are great for the right foot. They are beautiful, lightweight and the ones I ordered were waterproof. The pair I ordered had a square toe and I wish I had tried the round toe style. I like a lot of room in the toe box. I also found them just a tad short.
I had a nice reminder above about using thrift shops, and yesterday I had an opportunity to try a different ARC store after a coffee date in the next town. Shopped for cropped shirt-jacket idea discussed above.
I ended up purchasing the two pictured cropped blouses (to use more as a jacket). The print one was $11 - lots more than I’ve spent for ARC items which I usually get on half price day. But it’s Ann Taylor, and I just loved the colors and the scarf-like material (turns out to be 70% cotton / 30% silk… oops hand wash). Sleeves can be worn down (3/4) or buttoned up . Not especially fashionable, but they are my colors. It would pack compactly on vacation, spruce up a more drab daytime outfit. The light blue one was only $2 - it’s a little too snug to look nice buttoned up, but it might work ok as jacket over sleeveless tops/dresses - if not, I can donate.
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Right now I need jeans to wear with flats. Saw these at target. They are darling on. Much nicer than in the photo, they don’t look sloppy
Soft and not Midrise, but high waisted. I like the touch of animal print
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They love a 3/4 sleeve & a tunic They used to have nice lightweight cardigans to throw on over dresses.
This is me as well. I can zero in on exactly what I want and easily cross search to find the lowest price. Every once and a while I will go to a mall or a stand-alone store with one of my kids, or if I’m browsing shops on vacation and it genuinely feels foreign to be looking at things in person!
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Regarding JJill, I’ve purchased a fair number of very casual sundresses from them. I tend to go for very light weight and try to get ones with pockets. I also try to get them when they are on sale. I’ve had varying degrees of success with their other clothes. Seems like their shirts, sweaters, etc. are usually pretty boxy. I own one pair of fairly thin gray jeans from there, and another pair I purchased last year but still haven’t worn. Their sizes run big.
Also - I loved Chicos when I was much younger. I think I was younger than their normal demographic, but liked their clothes. I haven’t purchased much from them in many years though. I do wear Soma sports bras.
I don’t do much online shopping since my size need can vary by style … and darn - often sizing is inconsistent.
Years ago after having a foot problem made better by SAS shoes, I discovered their sizing was consistent: my SAS size is 7.5M for shoes, 8N for sandals. That made it easy to nab ebay deals… favoring “new, unworn” or nearly-new. I guessed that some were from estate closet cleanout, where ladies stocked up on shoes they liked. So I laughed a bit when dealing with my mother’s many SAS shoes (some barely worn) after she died. Hers were not my size, and her styles were dowdier. Ha except we both liked Wink style loafers.
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