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So how do you dress?
If your height is 5'4'' or less you are considered petite by fashion standards. However, a lot of smart merchants in cities such as New York, Miami and Los Angeles have standard sizes for women 5'5'' or so, instead of the longer pants in department
stores.
Petite fashion is a problem, because there are many types of petites. There are women with long torsos and shorter legs, and most Latinas fall into this category. There is also the opposite: long legs and short torso. In a petite body, everything is proportionately petite. A petite also has shorter arms and different proportions on the torso. All these consideration and others make it very difficult for manufactures to have the perfect petite size. So you have to shop around to discover the best brands for you; it is not only a matter of sizes in the petite department.
Skinny or chubby
In my experience as a petite, both sometimes chubby and sometimes thin, to find petite size clothing that really fit is not easy. The problem is easy to understand: petite is a size for women from 5'4'' and under, therefore, one size does not fit all. What fits a 4'5'' woman does not fit a 5'4'' woman. My first piece of advice: Be ready to make adjustments.
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2 Part: Regular sizes or petite
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