Are you having a hard time styling your outfits to complement your petite stature? Here are the most important challenges we petite women experience all the time.
-Outfit Details-
My Height: 5 feet
Leather Jacket: Topshop
Jeans: Topshop
Shoes: Barrats/Russel & Bromley
Bag: Marc B
Sunglasses: Rayban
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Jeans and maxi dresses are too long
Jeans, jumpsuits, wide-leg trousers and maxi dresses or too long. If you are 5 feet like me even petite maxi dresses don’t fit you everytime.
Finding the right skirt length
The most important styling aspect petite women need to take into consideration proportion. In this sense, you need to avoid clothes and styles that cut down on your height, making you look smaller than you already are. Hence finding the perfect knee length skirt, midi skirt or even mini skits are a big challenge.
Making tops with large sleeves work for your body
What would be worse than tops with large sleeves making you look short. Wearing tops with large sleeves are almost a no-no for petite women who don’t want to appear smaller than they already are. Large sleeves look good on tall girls and being petite it’s almost not possible to wear them without being consumed in it.
Wearing fluffy sweaters being petite and curvy
I love fluffy sweaters as they keep you warm but fluffy sweaters, coats or jerseys, and ponchos or tunic tops create too much volume in the upper body area, adding volume horizontally will only diminish your height and make you appear smaller.
Layering clothes without looking bulky
Excess fabric and too much layering definitely make petite girls like me bulky. This is a big challenge for me however I think choosing the right fabric can help you layer without looking bulky. You can check out my layering tips here.
Hope you enjoyed the post. Let me know what styling/fashion challenges do you experience.
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Have a great week!!!
Rebecca
http://www.redtagchiclosangeles.com
Great look! love the scarf!
without fail my jeans are always too long!!
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These are soooo on point!!! I sometime have the hardest time styling my outfits because of that short fact(pun intended)haha! Skinny jeans are always the hardest because I love them so much but I always have to hem them or else they will bunch up at the ankles…not cute! I’m 4’11 and it’s so difficult sometimes but I’ve learned to embrace and realize I can wear anything any tall person can I just have to be my own tailor haha!
Jasmine 🙂
colorubold.com
These are great tips for me! I am 5’1 and always have issues with trying to find the perfect pants. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful XO!!
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Your looking great in all your posts even with the petite frame. Trust me, being 5.7 has its set of sartorial challenges too! lol…
I can so relate! I’m 5’2″ and the struggle is real!
Leslie
http://www.alifewellconsumed.com/
I have worked in retail and I know what a challenge it is for petite ladies…thank you for all you do to help and inspire…and thanks for participating in the Thursday Blog Hop!
What a great outfit! I love the leather biker jacket and plaid scarf. Super cute shoes too!
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I hear you! (5’2″ girl, here.) A good tailor is a short girl’s best friend! I found a tailor a few years ago, and it completely opened my wardrobe potential up. I used get really aggravated with pants in particular because the pants I always wanted were tall girl pants (and when I say “tall girl”, I mean anyone 5’4″or taller…it’s all about perspective) and the short girl pants were always some Alfred Dunner elastic waistband looking things. Ick. While I’m at it, I’m also going to call out the grocery stores for putting the things I buy on shelves that I have to climb like a koala. (And, yes, i really do climb on the shelves rather than calling someone to help.)
Your tips are helpful. I am petite and often make sure I follow the guidelines and know which pieces to avoid so I don’T look even shorter. Would love if you can link up to http://the-wardrobe-stylist.com/2016/01/22/fitness-hacks-my-weeks-fashion-lessons/ I post a link up every day. You can subscribe to my list to get the notifications 🙂
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Such a cute outfit! The scenery in your photos totally looks like the town I live in (Regensburg, Germany)
Annessa
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