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Petite women , like all other body frames, come in different sizes and shapes. Are you wondering what your petite body type is?
Image consultants use the term “shape” to describe the overall silhouette of your body, and it is primarily decided by your shoulder width relative to your hip width, and waistline plays a big role here too. In other words, it is how your upper, mid and lower half are in proportion to each other. Like architecture, we are looking at your natural frame . Your size may go up and down in your life, but your frame is constant.
There are many different theories about body types. For example, some theory use letters such as type A, type H, type V, while others use shape or fruits such as apple vs pear vs hourglass, and etc. By and large, they are all based on similar base features of our torso, and the difference is some theories may have divided one type into more sub-types. In our quiz, we categorize petite women into 5 body types.
Read the full article and take the quiz to find out your petite body type . Also Find out about Best Jeans for Petite Woman here.
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What is a Petite Body Shape? Is it just another Body Type? No - Petite refers to stature not weight or shape!
Whatever your generic body type, if you are 5ft 3" or under you are officially considered PETITE.
Petite clothing is specifically designed to fit the shorter woman with suitably adjusted measurements and proportions.
A petite woman can easily be drowned by what is referred to as 'normal' sized garments as she's likely to have narrow shoulders, a smaller neck-to-waist measurement and shorter arms and legs.
When specifically designed, petite styles will also have neater details and prints so as not to overpower the shorter figure.
To look this good these ladies know that fit is paramount! From left to right below:
However,
most of the advice given to Petite body shapes is entirely one dimensional!
One set of rules that attempts to fit different shapes and sizes is useless! We're not all the same! You'll find lots of generalized advice in Petite Styling Tips .
But if you have a specific fit problem take a look at how to dress for YOUR OWN shape where I show you what to look for to cope with individual figure challenges.
These
styling tips may be 'one dimensional' but choose the ones that work for
you.
Try them and you'll find that there are ways of visually stretching yourself.
You know how to dress an Apple Shape but because you are also petite you need to look at how you can elongate your silhouette at the same time.
Wide shoulders? Heavy bust? Long body and shorter legs?
Any of these figure variations can make you feel top heavy but with a little care you can visually adjust your body proportions and bring your figure into balance.
5' 3" or under then you're a Petite lady with a Pear Shaped figure.
Check out my styling tips and make the most of every inch.
We all have bits we like and bits we don't like. But you can choose the most flattering shapes and styles to
disguise or enhance any part of your figure.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the average height for a female adult is approximately 5′ 4″. Additionally, 40% of all American women are 5’3″ or shorter and roughly 25% are 5″1 or shorter. While these statistics aren’t perfect (they were last updated in 2012), we can at least infer that the “average” American woman can be classified as a petite.
Petite women come in a wide range of sizes and shapes. Not all thin girls are petite, and not all petite girls are thin. Petite women can be curvy, skinny, apple-shaped, you name it! In terms of fashion and clothing, the term “petite” describes clothing to fit women of shorter height, typically 5′ 4″ or under.
Occasionally, you’ll see the term “petite” meaning thin, dainty, or small. For example, petite jewelry is for those with smaller wrists or fingers and petite shoes represents women with small feet. While this may not be the perfect representation of the term, we will use it from time to time on this website to help those looking for the right fit.
Standard women’s clothing is designed for a height of 5′ 5″ without shoes. Although the waist, hip and bust measurements may match up with petite women, often the leg inseams, sleeve lengths, and torso measurements are completely off. This results in ill-fitting clothing and trips to your local tailor for alterations.
Petite size clothing generally comes in sizes 00P to 16P, although recently some stores have started carrying up to 18P (and we hope more do)! Petite size clothes are crafted especially to fit the measurements of petite women and are sometimes even designed completely different than the regular clothing in order to ensure the perfect fit. Most retailers define petites as women with a height of 5′ 4″ or under, although some classify them as 5′ 3″ and under. Always look at sizing charts prior to ordering or trying on clothes. For more details, view our U.S. Petite Size Chart as a general rule of thumb.
To learn how to effectively measure yourself, check out our resource “ How to Measure Your Clothing Size “.
Petite fashion as a concept was invented in the 1940s, when influential fashion designer Hannah Troy noticed a large number of women having a hard time finding great-fitting clothing. She studied the measurements of military women volunteers during World War II and found that the typical woman was short-waisted. Thus, the petite size was created.
Today, many years later, not all manufacturers offer petite clothing. However, an increasing number of them have created collections in the past few years. Many large retailers are currently working to expand their selection of petite clothing to meet the demand, while petite-specific brands are popping up all over the world as we speak.
An ABC News article states that as of 2001, 48.7 million petite women accounted for $9.5 billion of retail spending. This translates to 11% of the $89 billion all women spent on clothes that year. The petite market became the fastest growing retail sector in 2001. Although recent stats are hard to find, we can only imagine that this number has grown exponentially.
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Hello there! My name is Chi Li, 5'2", author of "The Petite Style Bible" . Petite Dressing is an online petite clothing store and fashion blog for to help all women to understand their body shape and dress accordingly to look confident and chic. Start here if you are new. Click here to watch me on Youtube.

Dress for your Body Type and Height
Last Updated on September 30, 2020 By Chi
Every petite girl is curious about their petite body shape- are you a petite apple body shape? Or petite pear shape? Perhaps petite inverted triangle or rectangle? Or petite hourglass? (If you do not already know yet, take our petite body type quiz to find out). That is the most commonly known body type theory, which looks at petite body shape from the measurements of your shoulders, waist and hips in relation to one another.
Did you know there are also other aspects of our body that defines petite women’s body shape? This is the concept of vertical body type.
Vertical body type essentially looks at where our waistline is and what is the proportion of our torso, legs and rise in relation to one another. The questions we are trying to address is do you have short torso or long torso? Do you have high rise or regular rise? Do you have relatively long legs (even though your overall height is under 5’4″)? Some people are long-waisted and long in the rise. Some are short-waisted and short in the rise. There are all these different combinations to account for.
Understanding your vertical body shape will help you understand your proportion better, thus make better choices of petite clothing, especially in regards to bottoms like jeans or pants, for example regular rise vs high rise jeans . In addition, rise is also a critical consideration in choosing petite jumpsuit and petite romper.
Today, we will focus on an important concept about our vertical petite body shape which is often times less talked about, i.e. the rise.
You often hear that high rise petite jeans is most flattering to a short person. But do you know what rise is?
When we talk about measurements of garments, rise is the distance from the middle of the crotch seam (right between your legs) to the top of the waistband. It usually ranges from 7 inches to 12 inches. High rise petite jeans, for example, usually have 10 inches and above rise. Now, in terms of your petite body shape, do you have long rise or regular rise?
Without getting too technical by using measuring tapes, here is how you can find out if you have long rise.
If some or all of your answers to above questions is yes, you probably have long rise.
Now, it could also be the opposite.
If your answers are mostly yes to above questions, you probably have short rise.
If you are a petite girl with a long rise, your legs appear to be shorter proportionally (even compared with some of your petite friends), thus improving your vertical proportion is the key to flattering your petite body shape. In order to balance out your long rise, dresses are your best friends. When you wear a dress, people cannot tell where your crotch is, so there is no way to tell if your rise is long or not. Dresses with empire waist does the best job to elevate your natural waistline. Since our eyes assume anything under waistline is legs, that will create the illusion of longer legs for you.
By the same token, skirts, especially high waisted skirts, will help make your legs look longer and make you look taller without anyone noticing to your long rise.  In terms of tops, empire waist tops flatter your shorter waist and bypass your long rise. Now, because of your petite height, we suggest you to pair a longer top with a shorter bottom (skirts are better choices for you than pants), and visually create the proportion of thirds, which is the most flattering proportion.
If you are shopping for pants, petite pants with regular (in other words) medium rise will probably not feel comfortable for you.  You will find that lower waisted pants will pull down when sitting and often feel uncomfortable, as well as showing off your underwear, which is not classy. You could be short overall (5’3″), but the distance between your crotch and your waist is proportionally similar to that of a taller woman. Even though the long rise by itself could enable you to sometimes to wear misses’ pants without the rise being too high, the inseams will still be too long and require hemming. In that case, you should still shop in the petite department, and the solution is get a pair of high rise petite jeans or pants which would be the best bet for you.
If you are a petite girl with a short rise, that normally means you need longer inseam. That is great news because that means your legs look longer proportionally for your petite height, and you often appear to be taller than your actual height. On the other hand, that might mean you have shorter torso. Even though we all want to look taller and want our legs look longer, we still want to look balanced and don’t want our torso look disproportionally short.  You have many choices in terms of bottoms, but petite high rise jeans may not be the best for you, because it might make your torso look even shorter. (Read our guide on How to Dress If You Are Petite and Have Short Torso ). Mid rise bottoms are better for your body shape.
For someone whose height is above 5’4″, is it possible that they need to wear petite size clothing? Absolutely. For instance, she could be short in the torso and disproportionately long in the rise. In that case they can’t wear regular misses’ tops but must always have to wear petites.
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