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Fashion: Busting The Myth Regarding Petite

By Danielle Smith


Many folks have a tendency to be one size at one store, yet another size at another store. For instance, a lady could be a size 2 in a cache dress at Banana Republic, but a size 4 at Forever 21. This explains why it's so important to try garments on before buying them. Each brand follows its own sizing chart. One size fits everyone is just one of the many fashion myths out there.

These are some fashion misconceptions many individuals remain not aware of:

Petite means tiny in the clothing industry.

Petite essentially means short, not small. Petite clothing offers its own sizes, just as normal clothing for women does. This sort of clothing is meant to fit women under 5'4" who have trouble with pants being too long or shirts not fitting correctly. Petite clothing is geared at fitting a petite frame.

The Kids Department and Boys Dep. are good places to have a look for clothes for petites.

Neither the juniors office nor the boys dep. is designed to fit the petite frame. A petite girl can get away with shopping in the kids department depending on if her measurements are large enough and she doesn't have issues with very long gasp legs or sleeves. Looking in the boys dep. is maybe one of the worst concepts for a petite woman. Aside from boys having different body types, most girls have differing taste in styles.

To make a garment petite, all that must definitely be done is to shorten it.

This is false, because there are other factors concerned, besides shortening the hems. Petite girls also have a tendency to have narrow shoulders, a tiny frame, and a shorter back waist length.

Petite girls should try and appear taller.

Although it does not hurt to look taller, that is not the main objective of fashion. The key goal is to look good in clothing and accent clothing with flattering accessories. Wearing heels is one of the most clear paths to make a woman appear taller. Nonetheless the attire she wears can create the illusion of being slimmer and taller.

A petite garment has the same bust-waist-hip measurement as misses clothing of the same size.

Petite garments are usually cut marginally smaller than those in misses. For instance, a petite size 8 at Talbot's has a bust, waist, and hip measurement of 35 "37 "35, while a misses 8 is half an inch larger in each respective measurement.

To conclude, some of the largest legends in the fashion business are centered around the straightforward term petite. Remember that petite means short, not small. The confusion around this term is thanks to shops who label a size extra small as petite. But that clothing is still meant for misses. Petite clothing uses its own set of guiding principles and measurements, because petite women tend to have narrower shoulders, smaller back waists, and a tiny frame.

Examples of these fashion myths are petite means little in the fashion industry, the kids dept and boys dep. are good places to have a look for petite clothing, shortening the hems of clothing makes it OK for petites, petite girls should try to look taller, and a petite garment has the same bust-waist-hip proportion as misses.




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