Where to Find Petite-Friendly Clothes for Work
Wondering where to find petite-friendly clothes for work and deal with other issues that come with being a smaller-than-average woman? We've rounded up our best posts for petite women below, as well as some of our top style tips for petites:
- Where to Find Stylish Petite Suits for Women
- The Best Work Clothes for Different Body Types – Petite bodies can come in all shapes and sizes, from apple to hourglass to triangle. These are some of the best brands that may work with your general body shape.
- Made to Measure Work Clothes
- Wearing Kids' Clothes When You're Petite
- Work Fashion Tips for Petite Women
- Guide to Alterations (and the Readers' Top 5!)
- Slim But Too Tall for Petites: When Are Alterations Worth It?
- A Guide to Suiting Alterations
- The Perfect Pants Fit
- The Best Workwear for Petites
- Which Are The Best Stores and Brands for Different Body Types
- Which Are The Best Blazers if You're Small and Busty?
- Dressing For Your Body Type
- Where to Get Suits For Short Women
- Petite Office Ergonomics (and: How Does Your Office Handle Ergonomics?)
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The Best Suits for Petite Women
Wondering where to find stylish petite suiting? As of 2025, some of our favorite brands include Banana Republic Factory, Ann Taylor, J.Crew, and Hobbs — but see the full post for an extensive roundup for different categories of petite suiting including price ranges, extended sizes, and more.
See the full of stylish petite suits for women list here!
The Best Work Pants for Petite Women
Stay tuned for our roundup of the best work pants for petite women!
Hunting for work pants if you're curvy? As of 2024, you can find them at Ann Taylor (regular and petite sizes 00-18), Banana Republic Factory (00-20, 00P-14P, 00T-20T), Loft (regular, petite, and tall sizes 00-18), and White House Black Market (00-18, regular, short, and long). Talbots also offers some options in sizes regular, petite, plus, and plus-size petites, as does Lane Bryant. (Banana Republic seems to have temporarily stopped making them, unfortunately.)
Where to Find Plus-Size Petite Sizes
As of 2024, this is where you can find plus-size petites…
- Alfani (at Macy's)
- ASOS
- Avenue
- Dillards
- Eloquii
- eShakti (up to 6X/36W/custom)
- J.Jill (14P-20P)
- Lafayette 148 New York (up to size 16P)
- Lands' End (lots up to 18P, with select options for plus-petite sizes up to 26)
- Lane Bryant (up to 28)
- NYDJ (up to 18P)
- Spanx
- Sumissura (custom)
- Talbots
- Tapata (Amazon seller with options up to XXLP)
- Ulla Popken (short sizes 12S-38S)
Stay tuned for a roundup of some of our favorite work dresses for petites!
Hunting for work heels in narrow widths and small sizes? Some of our latest favorites include these brands:
- Extended widths (AA, C, W): Vionic (MW), Rockport (NMW), Ferragamo (2A, B, C), Trotters (M,W, WW), Sam Edelman (NMW), Bella Vita (AA-EE), LifeStride (AA-E), Naturalizer (N-WW),
- Extended sizes (4-13): Calvin Klein (4-13), Ferragamo (4-11),
Some Comfortable Flats in Narrow Widths & Small Sizes
In our last roundup of comfortable flats for work, we rounded up some flats that came in extended width sizes…
- Extended widths (AA, C, W): Børn (M-D), Sam Edelman (NMW), Ferragamo (N M W 2A B C D),
- Extended sizes (4-13): Børn (5-12), Sam Edelman (4-13), Ferragamo (4-11), Sarah Flint (4-13), Rothys (5-12)
