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Phase Eight

British occasionwear with a petite range the brand states needs no alterations.

Publishes no statement about how its petite range is drafted, and publishes no range-wide inseam. Read from 4 current first-party sources.

Largely unverified

5 of 19 checks established

4 sources

Last read

Only a small part of what this profile checks for could be established from the brand’s own pages.

How to read this profile
  • Established means it was read on the brand’s own pages, on the date shown beside the source. Nothing here comes from a retailer listing, a review site or a search result.
  • Unknown means unknown. Where a figure could not be found it is recorded as absent rather than estimated, and no fallback turns it into a likelihood.
  • A measurement published for one garment stays attached to that garment. It is never presented as a figure for the range.
  • Freshness matters. A brand can change a size chart without announcing it, so a source past its review interval is labelled stale rather than quietly trusted.
  • Price tiers come from a recorded sample of garments. Where too few full-price items were listed to sample honestly, no tier is given.

What was established

What Petite Revue could verify

Read from the brand’s own pages on the dates listed under sources. Nothing here is inferred from a product photograph or a third-party listing.

Categories with recorded coverage

Categories the brand offers in petite according to its own pages. Coverage is not a judgement of the clothes.

Dresses
available
Occasionwear
strong

Price, shipping and returns

Recorded from the brand’s own pages on the dates listed under sources.

Ships to
United Kingdom
Returns
Returns at buyer’s cost

What was not established

What the brand does not publish

Not a criticism. A company is entitled not to publish a figure, and this section records that it did not rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

  • How the petite range is drafted is not stated on the pages reviewed.

    Selling petite sizes is not on its own evidence that a separate block was drafted, so this profile records the question as open.

  • No range-wide inseam is published in the evidence reviewed.

    Where a single product lists an inseam, that figure belongs to the product and is not generalised to the range.

  • The petite size range is not stated in the evidence reviewed.

  • Whether per-garment measurements are published could not be established.

  • No price tier has been sampled for this brand.

    Price tiers here come from a recorded sample of garments, not from a list price seen once.

  • 7 categories have no recorded coverage: trousers, denim, workwear, outerwear, knitwear, tops and shoes.

Before you order

What to check yourself

Each item follows from something this profile could not establish. None of them is a recommendation to buy or to avoid.

  1. Read the inseam on the product page of the exact garment. No range-wide figure exists to fall back on.
  2. Look for flat measurements on the product page. Whether this brand publishes them could not be established.
  3. Compare a petite garment’s shoulder and waist measurements with the standard version. That comparison tells you what the drafting statement would have.
  4. Confirm the storefront you are on matches your region. Sizing and inseam figures differ between markets and are not combined here.

Recorded data

Specification

Each value states how it was established. Anything not established says so, and why.

Petite approach
Not establishedThe brand runs a petite range but does not publish how the petite block differs from the regular one. A petite label alone does not establish a redrafted block.
Size range
Not establishedThe petite range’s size span is not stated on the pages consulted.
Shortest published inseam
Not establishedNo inseam is published at range level. Individual products list their own, but one garment’s inseam is not a brand-wide standard.
Longest published inseam
Not establishedNo range-wide inseam is published, so no upper bound can be stated.
Measurement practice
Not establishedNo per-garment measurement practice could be established from the pages consulted.
Alteration likelihood
LowBasis: InferredPhase Eight states on its own petite page that the range is tailored for women 5′4" and under and is designed to fit perfectly with no alterations needed. That is the brand’s claim rather than a measurement, and it is recorded as an inference from that claim rather than as a published fact.
Price
Not establishedNo usable price sample, so no representative figure can be given.Not establishedNo usable price sample. Either too few full-price items were listed, or more than half the listing was marked down, in which case the remainder is not a representative sample.
Ships to
United KingdomBasis: Published
Returns
Returns at buyer’s costBasis: Published

By category

What they actually sell

A category with no record is shown as unrecorded, not as unavailable. Those are different answers.

  • TrousersNot recorded
  • DenimNot recorded
  • WorkwearNot recorded
  • DressesAvailable
  • OuterwearNot recorded
  • KnitwearNot recorded
  • OccasionwearStrong
  • TopsNot recorded
  • ShoesNot recorded

Reading the data

Fit notes

What the recorded values mean for a frame 5’4″ and under.

  • The petite range is stated to be tailored for women 5′4" and under.
  • UK returns are free to a standalone store; postal returns go via Royal Mail at the customer’s cost.

Suits

  • Readers shopping occasion dresses in petite proportions
  • Anyone in the UK near a standalone store

Does not suit

  • Readers outside the UK, whose shipping terms were not established
  • Anyone who wants the no-alterations claim backed by published measurements

The brand’s "no alterations needed" wording is marketing copy on its own site. It is cited as the basis of an inference and is not presented as a measured fact.

The brand’s own pages

Phase Eight official sitephase-eight.com (opens phase-eight.com in a new tab)

An editorial reference so you can check the figures above at their source. Not an affiliate link; it carries no tracking, and this site earns nothing from it.

What this record rests on

Every figure above comes from Phase Eight’s own pages. Each was opened in a browser on the date shown and the wording that supports the claim is quoted below, so you can check the record against the source rather than take it on trust. Nothing here was worn, tried or measured by us.

  1. Official homepage

    Stable

    Read

    Women's Clothing & Occasionwear | Phase Eight UK |phase-eight.com (opens phase-eight.com in a new tab)

    “ded to Wishlist Removed from Wishlist 0 SALE: UP TO 70% OFF SHOP ALL SALE New To Sale Sale Dresses Sale Occasion Sale Jumpsuits Sale Holiday Sale Tops Sale Petites Sale Skirts Sale Trousers Sale Acces”

  2. Petite range page

    Changes seasonally

    Read

    Petite Clothing |phase-eight.com (opens phase-eight.com in a new tab)

    “VERY ON ORDERS OVER £150 HOME Petite Clothing Petite Clothing Shop petite clothing for women designed to fit you perfectly — no alterations needed. Every piece in our collection is expertly tailored for women 5'4" and under, with adjusted sleeve and hem lengths, higher waist placement, and rise posi”

  3. Returns terms

    Changes often

    Read

    Returns | Phase Eight |phase-eight.com (opens phase-eight.com in a new tab)

    “rns can be sent via Royal Mail Changed your mind? UK online returns are FREE to all our standalone stores (find your nearest store here) and you will get your refund sooner. You can also send your online returns back to us via Royal Mail for a small £1.95 returns fee. This return fee will be deducte”

    Requested https://www.phase-eight.com/shopping-with-us/returns.html, which redirected here.

  4. Shipping terms

    Changes often

    Read

    Delivery & Collection | Phase Eight |phase-eight.com (opens phase-eight.com in a new tab)

    “10 Summer Dresses You Need Home Here to Help Delivery page Delivery & Collection Evri UK Standard Delivery £3.95 or FREE for orders over £150 3 - 5 working days Track your order here UK Click & Collect FREE to all Phase Eight standalone stores Ready to collect in 3-5 working days, or 3 hours from s”

    Requested https://www.phase-eight.com/shopping-with-us/delivery.html, which redirected here.

How current this is

  • Stable: Company identity and address change rarely.
  • Changes seasonally: Size charts and petite range descriptions usually change with a season rather than a week, but they do change.
  • Changes often: Shipping, returns, prices and availability are commercial decisions that can change without notice. Check these at the source before ordering.

These links are editorial references so you can check a figure at its source. They are not affiliate links, they carry no tracking, and this site earns nothing from them.

Where this record is examined

These pieces render the figures above directly from this record, so they change when it does. They interpret the evidence; they do not add to it.

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