When you go shopping for clothes, you do know about the obvious clothing-related specifications you need to pay attention to – sleeve length, cufflinks and so on. Women on the petite side need especially to pay attention to a few extra measurements. For instance, buying a jacket, the petite woman will have a lot of trouble finding a design that is appropriately small in the shoulder and length measurements. When it’s a plus size that you need in a jacket that’s designed for the petite woman, you need to pay special attention to how fabric can bunch around if it isn’t correctly cut. This happens to be a common problem with jackets in small but curvy women.

Petite women need to learn to sew; often, it’s hard to find something that fits just right. With a few tailoring skills, you’ll suddenly save yourself a bundle on altering the clothes you buy. Sewing jackets for the petite plus woman is especially tough. Petite plus size dresses are usually the best-looking when there’s been a good deal of thoughtful design put into torso length and hem length. You’ll find great petite size dresses for plus size women at stores like Soft Surroundings, Plus Woman and Woman Within.