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How garments are drafted, where standard sizing goes wrong on a shorter frame, and how to read a measurement chart before anything reaches a fitting room.

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A tailored jacket on a dress stand with two pairs of ruled lines across it. A solid line marks where a redrafted block places the armhole and the waist; a dashed line marks where a uniformly graded pattern places them. The gap between each pair is shaded and closed by a measurement mark.
Petite Fit

Petite Range or Petite Block? The Label Does Not Tell You

A petite label proves a range exists. It says nothing about whether the pattern changed. This is how to tell the two apart from a brand’s own size guide, using four brands that publish enough to compare.

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An overhead flat lay of a shirt beside a measurement grid that is complete along its header and stub and largely empty inside, with fine leaders joining points on the cloth to the rows that should hold their figures.
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Which Brands Publish a Petite Size Chart, and What Is On It

A petite size chart and a published petite size range are different things, and most brands provide one without the other. What the eleven documented ranges actually give you, and how to use a chart that stops short.

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