It is always important to go for the best possible fit and in today’s day and age if you are petite you do not have to compromise and go for more regular sized clothes and have them resized as there are many companies out there that do cater for petite smaller framed people.

These clothes would be shaped all over for that body frame and you would be far more likely to get a better all over fit.

It would be harder to suggest what shape certain items should be as petite women can have the same fitting issues as taller or middle of the road people would have. You can still have longer legs shorter body or shorter legs, longer body or be top heavy, bottom heavy etc.

The only real ever true way to find your own perfect fit is to buy for your body size, and try things on. Taking advice from any available personal shoppers is also a good idea as would be ready some style books or magazines for ideas for your shape. Take a good long look in the mirror whilst naked, truthfully assess your shape and size but trial and error is the only real way to find what is good for you!