https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:24:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919905 Wed, 16 May 2018 16:17:11 +0000 Chris987 1919905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thanks RobinF.&nbsp; kellygirl I will definitely do an update once I place an order. I imagine that the garment measurements are best used to compare against an item you already have that fits well, at least that's how I plan to use them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919835 Wed, 16 May 2018 13:47:30 +0000 kellygirl 1919835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please let us know how it goes, Chris, if you decide to order. I have a couple of dresses in my cart too but am still trying to figure out the best sizing. I get confused by the body measurement chart vs. the finished garment measurements. I guess the final determination is how much ease you want but I keep going back and forth between the two. Can you tell that I hate returns?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919830 Wed, 16 May 2018 13:37:56 +0000 RobinF 1919830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I noticed that too. Really a 10P is pretty small - too bad they don't go higher. In most things a 10P would work for me but for dresses with a waist probably not. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919796 Wed, 16 May 2018 12:02:03 +0000 Chris987 1919796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thanks everyone, very helpful replies.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919702 Wed, 16 May 2018 02:08:05 +0000 elpgal 1919702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Boden dresses are a mixed bag in petites. Some are scaled, others are just shorter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919698 Wed, 16 May 2018 01:39:23 +0000 Leslie 1919698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>4'11" and short-waisted, and Boden petite dresses sometimes work for me, shoulder to waist, and sometimes not. 36-29-40, 120 lb-ish, usually an 8P or a 10P. The Kassidy--in Angie's roundup today, a v-neck knit with a long full skirt and waist ruching--was too long in the torso for me in a 10P, and I was worried the 8P would be too snug. I love that Boden posts garment measurements and wish that all companies did that.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919515 Tue, 15 May 2018 14:53:29 +0000 Angie 1919515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like a 10P is dead right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919507 Tue, 15 May 2018 14:28:31 +0000 Chris987 1919507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Toban I agree, that is usually how it works. For boden it looks like they just make the petites longer. 12 looks like the right size but I’m placing a first time ever order with them I expect to order a few different dresses and sizes and it seems like ordering the largest available petite size would make sense. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919478 Tue, 15 May 2018 12:48:04 +0000 Toban 1919478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t know Boden sizing on dresses, but in most clothing lines I find that I am a size smaller in regular than in petites, so if I was a 10P, I would try a 8 regular. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-boden-petite-sizing-question#post-1919468 Tue, 15 May 2018 11:55:05 +0000 Chris987 1919468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie do you know if Boden dresses in petite sizes have a shorter shoulder-to-waist length than the regular sizes, to fit a shorter waisted body?&nbsp;&nbsp;If I look at the body measurements for Boden sizing, it looks like I'd wear a size 12, and I almost always need a petite size&nbsp;in dresses.&nbsp;For &nbsp;dresses the petite sizes seem to only go up to 10P, and the "fit predictor" on their web site also recommends a 10P. The garment measurements do NOT show&nbsp;shoulder-to-waist measurements, which leads me to believe that Boden petite sizes&nbsp;may not have a shorter shoulder-to-waist measurement than their&nbsp;regular sizes. </p> <p>I am going to try ordering a few dresses and am thinking of trying both&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;a 10P and a 12. Does that sound like the right way for me to go given what you know about Boden sizing?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>