This beautiful blue and green knit dress is available in petite sizes small to extra large (petite sizing refers to height only).

This knit dress is made of pima, a rare form of cotton that is softer, finer, and more durable than regular cotton and considered more luxurious than other cottons.  The dress features hand-knotted macrame straps.
You can buy this elegant dress when you shop online at the Peruvian Connection.  They ship worldwide and have a number of websites for their customers all over the world, including peruvianconnection.com (U.S. and all non-European countries), peruvianconnection.co.uk (Europe and the U.K.), and peruvianconnection.de (Germany).  See their women’s …read more

This elegant outfit, perfect for a formal occasion, is actually two pieces — a top and a skirt.  The skirt is beaded.

(This has nothing to do with the dress, but check this out:  when I first looked at this model’s arms, I thought they were really hairy, but then I realized it was some sort of flaw in the photo.  Haha.  Did you think that too??)
Anyway, back to the important business of clothes shopping!  This stylish skirt has a crinoline underlay, and the top features rhinestone embellishments.  It’s made in petite sizes from small to large (petite refers to height only).  The …read more

When you want a gown, and you want it to be elegant, go to gownsbysimpleelegance.com.  Here are 4 reasons why:

1. Chiffon Evening Gown in Turquoise Blue

2. Taffeta Evening Gown in Black

3. Chiffon Evening Gown with Beaded Bodice

4. Beaded Taffeta Evening Gown (my personal favorite)
Each of the above dresses come:

in a variety of sizes, including plus sizes 

in a variety of colors

in extra short or extra long lengths

with your choice of a matching stole or bolero jacket

This site appears to ship worldwide.  If you don’t have time to custom order a dress, they have some pre-made dresses in stock that ship same day.  They …read more

Are you tired of having to get everything hemmed, have the sleeves taken up, etc.?  Looking for clothing made to your proportions and not those of some 6-foot-tall supermodel?  Look no further.  Below are 10 resources for you to find just the style and size you’re looking for.  The general shipping area follows each store name in parentheses.

ASOS (worldwide)
Bloomingdales (United States)
Debenhams (mainly U.K., but will ship to other destinations)
Dillard’s (United States)
edressme (worldwide)
JCPenney (United States and its territories)
Lord & Taylor (United States)
Neiman Marcus (worldwide, but you’ll have to call customer service if ordering outside of the United States)
Nordstrom (United States)
Spiegel (worldwide)

A common misconception about petite fashion is that they’re just clothes in a smaller size.  That’s not true.  Petite clothes are made with dimensions that fit the petite figure — proportions are different, armholes are raised, pockets are raised and smaller, collars and buttons are scaled down.  Another misconception is that petite clothes are only for thin women.  Again, not true.  Petite refers to height (5′4″ or under) rather than girth, and you can find petite clothes in plus sizes as well — just look for the “P” after the size number.
Myshape.com caters specifically to the petite woman.  I had a hard time choosing …read more

This beautiful white smocked blouse comes in sizes petite small to petite extra large (remember that petite sizes are made in proportion to short women and have no relation to weight).

Get it at Dillard’s, which ships to the United States only.  Dillard’s has all sorts of different departments other than women’s wear, including cosmetics.
If you liked this post, you might also like the previous post:  Petites – 10 Online Clothing Shops.  Also, all of the petite clothing articles for this site can be found by clicking on the petite category. 

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