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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 stack of ruled research sheets with every row left empty, beside a tally of fourteen strokes, with a blank swing tag lying flat at the foot of the stack.

Petite Fit

Fourteen Petite Ranges Publish Nothing About the Cut

The most common answer in the petite directory is silence. Fourteen of twenty-one researched ranges publish nothing about how their petite garments are actually cut. This piece maps the silence, explains why it is not neutral, and sets out the defensive method for shopping a range that will not describe itself.

August 1, 20269 min read

A tailored jacket on a dress stand beside a drafting table, where the petite jacket front pattern is drawn over the standard block it departs from. The armhole and waist heights where the two drafts differ are shaded, and the same heights are ruled across to the jacket. A pencil rests on the pattern paper and a tape measure lies across the foreground.

Petite Fit

Which Brands Actually Say How Their Petite Block Is Drafted

A petite label tells you a range exists. It does not tell you whether the shoulder moved. Seven brands in the directory publish something about how the garment itself differs, and the difference between “redrafted” and “shortened” is the difference between a jacket that fits and one that needs a tailor.

July 29, 20269 min read

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