Petite ladies 5’3 and under

[El12]

I have a question for all you lovely ladies.
I am 5ft and have trouble finding clothes that fit me. I regularly order online from brands such as BooHoo and PrettyLittleThing petite range but I could order 2 dresses from BooHoo in size 4 and one will fit me yet the other won’t although they’re the same style.
I also have this issue with high street shops such as Topshop and New Look. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to walk into a shop and have all different petite ranges including the ones only sold online!!

Ladies do you experience the same issue?

5 ft 2 here

its a mare! i do like dP`s petite range.....

Yep I mainly buy 2nd hand in shops tbh as nothing even in the petite ranges ever fits!

Following with interest as I have 2 petite DDs under 5'3.

You should try the style and beauty forum OP, this is AIBU.

Im 5'2 and a size 8. I ised to have the same problem but i dont know, now i just shop in normal ranges? Sometimes the trousers are a little long (i have very short legs) other than that mostly fine. Last time i tried to shop in petite ranges every thing seemed more expensive.

Yes! I’m 4ft 11. Shops either don’t have a petite range in store or they only have a small selection. I like Next’s petite range, though their clothes are not cheap!

Have exactly the same issue. Mainly to do with dresses, if I dont shop petite then they tend to sit at an unflattering length, but I find ordering from petite ranges really unreliable and can actually be too short! Even though I am def below the 5'3 height limit!

Usually a really cruddy limited selection available too.

I like asos petite range, especially as returns are easy to do.

I like and order a lot from Next petite, mainly because it's so easy to return to store.
It does make a difference when clothes are cut to a shorter frame.

I like New Look’s jeans and jeggings. They come in 4 lengths and I buy the second shortest and they fit perfectly. I’m five feet one and a half inches.

Try ASOS or Next, River Island does a good bit of petite online. Boohoo and Pretty Little Things are not great for quality items and am not suprised that you are finding things not the same

5ft 2. Yes I find petite ranges are proportioned wrong for me. I have relatively long legs and slightly short arms so coat and jacket sleeves usually over my knuckles. I need regular length trousers, short are too short. That said Wallis do a nice range of petite maxi dresses and jumpsuits.

I never buy anything without trying on first.
Next never seems to fit me, the size 6 seems big imo.
I would love to just pick up clothes and not have them altered.

The irregular sizing is not just a petite range issue. It's across the board. High street sidings are just terrible. I'm 5'3" and I find petites are too short but regular stuff is often too long

I find Gap and Zara are great, Gap in particular does sizes in XS, they fit perfectly and wash well over a long time.

For work basics, M&S.

I love Topshop, their clothes tend to fit as they stock size 4/6 and petite lengths. I’m more of an 8 but when you’re shorter than average, clothes tend to look oversized so it looks nicer when I size down!

I love Zara but I find that their sizes aren’t true to size, they tend to design clothes with a certain look in mind eg a Small sized top that fits like a Large size because they want it to be oversized?

To be honest I manage to find clothes that look decent (inc trousers & jumpsuits) for everything aside from work. Workwear is definitely hard

Love this jumpsuit for example, note the slightly cropped length (it also comes in petite)

Topshop

I had this with boohoo but not the petite range. Bought 2 dresses the same design just different colours and one fit and one didn’t

I'm 5'2 - I think there's a huge gap in the market for petite clothing that is well made, and a happy medium between all the size 4 crop tops in Miss Selfridge/ Topshop and frumpy petite ranges in department stores. I tend to just buy from the normal sections but a lot of it would look ridiculous.

I’m 5’1 but I only have a problem with trousers. So I don’t wear them much. Im in dresses/skirts most of the time.

For jeans/basic black trousers I’ve found M&S/Next to be quite good.