Why is good quality petite clothing still hard to find on the High Street?
Posted by Chantelle on Sun 8th November 2009 at 10:51 PM, Filed in Styling Tips
This article goes out to all petite women out there, as I truly feel your pain… As an award winning personal stylist and wardrobe stylist covering London, Surrey and Hampshire, I shop for a living and still to this day find quality petite clothing a real challenge to hunt down. With having two petite clients in one week with two completely different body shapes I have to say that although both shopping trips were successful I’ve noticed choice is STILL limited…
I’m 5ft 2 and just about manage to buy clothes the right length, but trousers always have to be shortened so I’ve just come to expect that. Then there’s the additional cost for me to take my trousers or jeans to the tailors - I wish stores were more thoughtful of their petite customers! To be honest this is why I probably wear more skirts and dresses than trousers however I would like the option. Grrr.
Some brands that actually have petite collections in their stores have them in some and not others, which means wasting more time travelling to the ones that do (note that it’s worth calling the store before making a trip). A nightmare for the consumer all round I’d say. Having said that there are more online stores cropping up that sell petite clothing but not everyone can get to grips with shopping online although it’s definitely worth exploring. It can save heaps of time if you know what styles actually suit your body shape, check out iStylista.com, your very own online personal stylist, if you haven’t done so already and download your Style Goddess style guide today!
An online resource reveals the following stores that stock petite clothing, which if you don’t know already could be useful. Here goes – Banana Republic, Topshop, Miss Selfridge, M&S, John Lewis, Precis Petite, Evans, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Debenhams, CC Fashion (Country Casuals), GIVe and Monsoon. You’ve also got the choice of online stores such as petiteaffair.co.uk, http://www.Precis.co.uk/Petite_Clothing and Eastex.co.uk. And, if you’ve got a bigger budget to spend you could also try designers that cut on the smaller side like Kenzo, Karl Lagerfeld, TSE, Issey Miyake, Marini and Louis Vuitton. A shoe store in London that I have visited before called Due Passi (www.duepassi.com) specialise in small size women’s shoes, which could also be a useful resource.
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