Where to Find Stylish Petite Suits for Women

If you're a petite woman with an interview, courtroom appearance, or other event where you need a conservative, classic suit, you may be in a panic: why is it so hard to find stylish petite suits for women?

We've done roundups of the best workwear for petites in the past, but it's been a while since we've done a roundup just for petite interview suits. You may also want to check out our last guide to suiting alterations for petites! We'll keep revisiting this page to keep it updated.

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{related: work fashion tips for petite women} 

Where to Find Stylish Petite Suits for Women

Any store that may have limited options for conservative suiting (or mostly separates) is marked with a * — and our favorites are in bold!

Where to Find Petite Suiting at Department Stores

• Bloomingdale's* – Nic & Zoe, Eileen Fisher
• Dillards – Calvin Klein, Kasper, Tahari
• JCPenney – Alfred Dunner, Liz Claiborne, Worthington
• Macy's – Anne Klein, LeSuit, Tahari
• Nordstrom – Boss, Club Monaco, Nic & Zoe

{related: where to find petite-friendly clothing for work}

Affordable Suits for Petite Women

• Amazon – Calvin Klein, Kasper, Tahari – you might also try Marycrafts (under $60!)
• Abercrombie & Fitch*
• ASOS*
• Banana Republic Factory (00P-18P)
• Chadwicks
• Express
• J.Crew Factory* (they have wool suiting in petites occasionally) (00P-12P)
• Loft*
• Lands End (particularly their washable wool suiting)
• New York & Co.* (mostly fun suits, some options up to 20P)
• Nordstrom Rack*
• Old Navy*
• Tahari – note the Warehouse sale section for petites also!

Mid-Range Suits for Petites

• Ann Taylor
• Banana Republic
• Boden*
• Brooks Brothers*
• Club Monaco* (00P only)
• J.Crew (00P-12P)
• Jeetly*
• Karen Millen (00P-12P)
• Spanx (petite pants offered but not for blazers)
• Talbots – petites & plus-size petites
• White House | Black Market

(Psst: we love these petite hangers at Amazon!)

Investment Petite Suits for Women

• Boss
• Hobbs
• Lafayette 148 New York (0P-16P!)
• MM.LaFleur* (some 0P sizes)
• Reiss
• Sumissura – Bespoke/custom suiting
• Theory (some P sizes)

{related: made-to-measure work clothes}

Where to Find Suits in 0P Sizes

We've rounded them up above, but thought we'd collect them in one spot…

• Aritzia (short sizes 00P-16P, blazer sizes as small as XXS)
• Club Monaco* (00P only)
• J.Crew (00P-12P)
• J.Crew Factory* (they have wool suiting in petites occasionally) (00P-12P)
• Lafayette 148 New York (0P-16P!)
• MM.LaFleur* (some 0P sizes)
• Theory (some P sizes)

If you're hunting for extra small suiting, you may also want to consider clothing for boys…

Suits for Teen Boys

As of 2024, here are suits for boys that might fit any smaller body — note that the measurements noted are for the largest size offered. (Compare to Aritzia XXS/00 sizing with 30.5 bust, 22.5 waist, 32.5 hip.)

• Appaman – Suiting up to 35″ chest, 30.5×29 pants
• Brooks Brothers – boys' suiting up to chest size 35″, 29.5″ waist
• H&M – boys' suits intended for those up to 5'6″ tall, 35″ chest, 29.5×31 pants
• J.Crew – boys' suiting intended for those as tall as 5'6″, waist size 27
• Jos A. Bank – boys' suiting
• Macy's – Nautica boys suits (up to 91 cm chest, 76 cm waist) and Lauren Ralph Lauren suits (35″ chest, 32.5″ waist).
• Men's Wearhouse – (offers “boy's” suiting up to 42″ chest, and 31×31 waist and inseam)

{related: wearing kids' clothes when you're petite}

Where to Find Suits for Plus-Size Petites

These can be really tricky to find, even for “cusp sizes” like 14P and 16P!!

As of Jan. 2023, these are your best bets for where to find suiting for plus-size petites…

• Chadwicks (up to 16P)
• Eloquii (short lengths offered for pants up to 32WP, but no petite blazers)
• Lands End (particularly their washable wool suiting)
• Lane Bryant (up to 28WP)
• New York & Co.* (mostly fun suits, some options up to 20P)
• Spanx (petite pants offered up to size 3X, but not for blazers)
• Sumissura – Bespoke/custom suiting
• Talbots – petites (up to 16P) & plus-size petites (up to 22WP)

Where to Find Suits for Curvy Petites

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.)

Stay tuned for a roundup of some of our favorite work dresses for petites!

Looking for great shoes to go with your suits? If you're looking for a narrow width or a smaller size, check out some of these options…