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Womens Petite Clothing Advice"Fashion Advice On How to Dress Your Petite Size Frame"
If you're 5'4 (162cm) or shorter then read along and discover the best petite fashion styling tips and tricks to create an appealing and longer-looking silhouette! Here you'll find fashion advice on recommended cuts, prints, necklines and styles suited for your petite frame. And if you're a size 14 (or bigger) you'll also find advice on petite plus size clothing. Your main focus when putting on clothes is to elongate your stature, so you have to avoid "cutting" up your frame. And if you're a full-figure woman your goal is also to look leaner as well as taller.
To get an accurate image of what clothes flatter your petite frame, we need to take a close look at the proportions and contours of your body:
Determine Your Body Shape
I advise you to start with very basics by determining your body shape to get a clearer picture of how to place accessories, colors and cuts on the right areas of your body to create a visually pleasing hourglass body shape. Another key factor when buying womens petite clothing is your silhouette's vertical line; which is how in line your upper half (hips and up to your shoulders) is with your lower half (hips and down to your ankles). So in short, you might have longer legs compared to your upper body part, or vice versa.
Learn more on how to dress to flatter your vertical line.
Petite Plus Size ClothingIf you wear size 14 and up you need to look for petite plus size clothing. You can find petite clothes for full figure women on stores such as Woman Within, Jessica London and Catherine's.
Now let's check out the best fashion tips on womens petite clothing below:
Elongating Womens Petite Clothing TricksHere are the best tips to avoid the dreaded "Oh look, the little person is dressing like a grown up"-stares!
Choose garments with strong vertical prints and details such as zip front, cable patterns, ribbed knits and vertical pleats.
Go for solid dark colors from top to toe, creating a long and lean silhouette. Top it off with accessories in your favorite
colors but
make sure you place them on areas you don't mind drawing attention to. Also pay attention to your body shape. If you don't want people to
notice your hips then avoid wearing bags that dangle around that area. However you can never go wrong with black bags as they are not that eye catching.
The trick to looking taller is to dress in a way to draw the eye up and down, instead of to the sides!
Wear a V-neck. It's known to be the only neckline which elongates your body frame. Everything else, like scoop and boat necks seem to add pounds
to your upper part, making you look stubbier. Tip: If you're wearing a round or square neckline you can counter the widening
effect by topping it off with something vertical like a long necklace.
Back top Top Did you find my advice and tips on womens petite clothing helpful? Then wait until this petite clothing guide expands with new shopping recommendations and fashion advice! :-) Related Content:
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Amazing petite clothing fashion range at Dorothy Perkins, UK-based. They offer international shipping.
You'll find a nice selection of trendy pieces for petite women Miss Selfridge. International shipping available. Discover a wide assortment of affordable designer petite clothing at Macy's. Simply one of the best I've come by so far when it comes to petite fashion :-) US shipments only.
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