Friday, August 19, 2011

Fashion: The Myth About Petite

By Danielle Smith


Many people are one size at one store, one more size at another store. For example, a girl might be a size 2 in a cache dress at Banana Republic, but a size 4 at Forever 21. This is why it is so crucial to try clothes on before purchasing them. Each brand follows its own sizing chart. One size fits all is one of many fashion legends out there.

Here are some fashion myths many people remain unaware of:

Petite means tiny in the clothing industry.

Petite actually means short, not miniscule. Petite clothing offers its own sizes, just as ordinary clothing for girls does. This type of clothing is designed to fit ladies under 5'4" who may have difficulty with pants being too long or shirts not fitting properly. Petite clothing is geared at fitting a petite frame.

The Kids Dep. and Boys Department are good places to look for garments 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 really must be done is to shorten it.

This is fake, because there are more factors involved, besides shortening the hems. Petite women also tend to have narrow shoulders, a small frame, and a shorter back waist length.

Petite ladies should attempt to look 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 clothing are typically cut slightly smaller than those in misses. For example, 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 in. bigger in each particular measurement.

In conclusion, some of the most important myths in the fashion industry are focused round the easy term petite. Remember that petite means short, not little. The bewilderment around this term is thanks to retailers who label a size additional little as petite. Nevertheless that clothing is still intended for misses. Petite clothing uses its own set of axioms and measurements, because petite girls have a tendency to have narrower shoulders, smaller back waists, and a small frame.

Examples of these fashion parables are petite means small in the clothes business, the juniors office and boys dept are good places to search for petite clothing, shortening the hems of clothing makes it suitable for petites, petite ladies should attempt to appear taller, and a petite garment has the same bust-waist-hip ratio as misses.




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