Are you petite?

There’s a lot of confusion when describing people as petite,  many people think petite means slim with the 6ft size 6 supermodels being described as petite  and some clothing shops describing their smallest on the rack clothes size as petite, which contradicts the actual meaning there is no wonder there is some confusion. 

Many people out there do not realise that they may find  better fitting clothes out there for them than what they are wearing due to this misunderstanding.  So lets clear it up,  What does petite actually mean.

Petite means the height of a person not the weight.  If you are 5ft3″ or 5ft4″ tall or under then you are classed as petite no matter what size of clothes you take  which if you look at petite facts or this world height chart this shows that most countries average height works out at petite yet the shops standard size clothing is aimed at around a height of 5ft5″/ 5ft6″.

So if you tick the box of being 5ft3″ and under then yes you are petite.

However if you are over this height but have a short torso or a shorter leg length then petite sizes may fit you better as petite clothing is not just shorter in the hemline the proportions are also altered i.e the shoulders the waist length etc. 

Us petites need to stick together in order to make a change so check out our links page for some great petite blogs and websites.

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