Whilst this isn’t a petite-specific problem, an area in which I’ve struggled with sizing time and time again is in the bra department. Most bra brands start at band size 32, so finding a brand that offers not only a…
Category: Petite Work Clothes
Midi and maxi skirts – so ’90s, so back on trend, so elegant, and so modestly chic. Being 4’11”, I’ve always admired midi and maxi skirts from afar, but have always been too hesitant to try one on for fear…
Work/dress pants are the bane of my existence. Being a petite person who is on the smaller side, it can be extremely difficult to find dress pants that are both short enough and also small enough in the waist/hip/butt. That’s…
I recently had an intervention with my work wardrobe. I got inspired to overhaul my entire work wardrobe, get rid of anything that I didn’t love 100%, and rebuild it from scratch. Part of rebuilding my work wardrobe involved figuring…
Anyone else guilty of retail therapy? I took a week off work this past week to celebrate mine and my husband’s birthday. I try so hard when I take time off to actually take time off and not think about…
A few weeks ago, I went on a BCX dress buying binge. I first discovered BCX’s petite/small size-friendly dresses a couple years ago when my sister bought me one of their sweater dresses for Christmas. As I felt the need…
When I first started working in my late teens, I never gave my work wardrobe much thought. I took professionalism seriously, but professionalism to me at the time meant black trousers and a top that fit that wasn’t a t-shirt. …
One of the biggest fashion struggles for a petite is finding work wear that fits and looks professional. Over the years, I’ve scoured through shopping sites from all ends of the style spectrum – casual, formal, trendy, classic – in…
For the past few months, I’ve been on the hunt for a bridesmaid dress to wear to my sister’s wedding – something muted and light that would fit a rustic wedding theme. I had my eye on a dress from…