One Length Does Not Fit All

OK whatever happened to diversity? I know I live in NYC, but we are not ALL 5'10 giraffe models. Look around, we have one of the biggest Latino and Asian populations anywhere.

I was in Gap and Express recently; browsing, and Gap just stopped making their pants in short sizes. I don't get it-the stores do this every couple of years. They carry short sizes for years, stop, then in another few months carry them once again. Short people don't go away, so why are our sizes suddenly missing?

Express now only has a limited selection of theirs in short. YET they have almost everything in a 'tall'. I can get black or beige, but if I want pinstripe or gray, nope sorry. Are they trying to tell us short folks that we shouldn't wear certain colors or designs?

And when I complain to the store managers, their only response is "Sorry, but you can always buy these and have them altered". Yes. I could. But why should I have to pay more? If I were a size 14 I wouldn't have to pay more, and theres more fabric involved. I should be paying LESS, since they don't need as much fabric.

There is discrimination everywhere. I bought my wedding dress in David's bridal, and noticed they charged more money for the SAME dresses in plus size. What kind of crap is that? If that made any sense, a size 4 would pay more for her dress than a size 2, and so on.

And what about men? I have seen men's pants in ALL different lengths, not even just short and tall, but anywhere from 30'' and up. Do men vary more in size than women do?