Women's Petites Clothing

Technically speaking, a women's petite size refers to clothing design for women less than 5 foot 4 inches in height. Being a petite size doesn't necessarily reflect on your other measurements. You can be petite and plus size, petite and missy, or petite and extended straight. Prior to shopping for your petite size clothing, it may behoove you to measure your bust, waist, and hips with a snug measuring tape to ensure accuracy.Petite women face a number of unique challenges when shopping for designer clothes. Certain suits, blazers, and jackets may look too wide in the shoulders or otherwise clash with your figure. One way around this issue is to accessorize with designer brands and invest in less well-known but superior-fitting garments. Companies like Next Petite market a host of exciting articles, accessories, scarves, skirts, belts and the like.If you are a size 12 or smaller, you may want to shop at Bebe for appropriately sized missy garments. Plus-sized petite women face very different issues than straight-sized petite women do. Lane Bryant may be appropriate for plus-size petites. Major retailers, like DKNY, the Gap, J.Crew, and Prada, offer a surprising variety of choices for petites.For variety's sake, some petites choose to shop in the juniors clothing section. Keep in mind that juniors sizes are narrower and slimmer in the upper leg area than equivalent missy sizes. Juniors garments also tend to fit tighter and smaller than the equivalent regular-sized clothes.