If you’re like me and under 5'4", you already know that finding the best petite dresses for women to fit your frame is no easy feat—especially if you’re also not a regular heels’ wearer are mostly shopping online where you can’t try before you buy. I’ll level with you: At 5'1", finding a dress that fits isn’t challenging as finding or , but that doesn’t mean I get right each and every time. Shop the Best Petite Dresses for Women A pants lover at heart, over the years I’ve learned to appreciate what a great dress can do for me: it can make me feel more elegant, confident—hello, tall girl energy—and even more relaxed in the sweltering heat.
A trip to the tailor is something I avoid unless absolutely necessary, so what’s a dress lover to do? For starters, I stick to brands and silhouettes I know will work for me. I own some great pieces from Toteme, Matteau, Dôen, and Maria McManus (various versions in this edit) that are a bit more minimal in style. In part it’s because my own personal taste leans more pared-back than maximalist, but also because I find that loud print and dramatic volume weighs me down.
I also like to keep tabs on brands that offer petite sizing—many now do, both on the luxury and high street. Cos and J.Crew offer select petite sizing for instance, and more recently, Rixo reproduced a handful of bestselling styles for petites.
Even Toteme, who has been making styles in XXS for a while now, just introduced a new DK30 (!) size, whic.