Brands that do/do not have Petite Sizing

Chris987

To help me better focus my shopping this year, I decided to make a list of what brands do and do not have petite sizes. Hope it helps other too! This list is not exhaustive but it is a good start. It's mostly US brands or ones readily available in the US. If anyone wants to add other brands (petite or not), or correct anything I've listed, please go ahead - put your update in the comments and I'll update the master list. One final caveat - the vendors that don't carry petite sizes often have cropped/shorter sizes so those of us who are very short can often find things there, but they do not carry true petite sizing. For example JCrew doesn't have petite sizes in sweaters but they do have a few cropped styles. I have one of them at the fit is pretty good. I have NOT tried all of these brands myself.

BRANDS THAT HAVE PETITE SIZES

Dept stores: Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Dillards, kohls, JCPenney, Nordstrom: Most have a bigger selection of petites online than in B&M.

Short Story Box - subscription service.

inside petite style podcast (recommended by fabber Anastasiaks)
Amazon - Yes but searching does not get just petite items so difficult to find them

Ann Klein
Ann Taylor
Anthropologie

Artful Home
ASOS
Athleta
Banana Republic, Banana Republic Factory
Boden - not sweaters
Calvin Klein
Chico’s - only pants/jeans and dresses
Citizens of Humanity Jeans
Coldwater Creek
Columbia - but just a few items
Democracy - sold at Nordstrom as brand Wit & Wisdom
Dkny

DL - jeans only
Eddie Bauer
Eileen fisher
Gap
Good American - pants/jeans only
Halogen - Nordstrom store brand

Hobbs London - coats, dresses, pants
HSN
JCrew, Jcrew Factory - not sweaters
Jjill
Joes Jeans

John Lewis
Karen Kane

Lafayette 148
Lands end
Levis - Jeans only

Lil Mother - jeans only
Llbean
Loft
Madewell - pants/jeans only
Michael kors

Mother - jeans
Nic & Zoe
Nydj
Old Navy
Petite Studio

pixie Frame - jeans only
QVC

Ralph Lauren

Reiss - primarily at Bloomingdales - not blouses or sweaters
Reformation
Ruti

Seasalt Cornwall
shortnfeisty.com

Soft surroundings

Spanx - jeans
Talbots - also has petite plus
TjMaxx/marshalls - rarely
Vero Moda
Vince Camuto
Walmart - mostly pants
Whbm
Zappos

BRANDS THAT DO NOT HAVE PETITE SIZES

"petite friendly" means the brand has some items in regular sizes with shorter sleeves or inseams that can work for petite customers.

High end designer brands like those sold at Shopbop, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom
most boutique and small independent brands

Aqua (bloomindales store brand)

Avec Les filles
Cinq a sept
Coach
COS
evereve
everlane

Fold London - some "petite friendly" items
Frank & Eileen - some "petite friendly" items
Free people
H&M
Kate spade
kit & Ace
Lilysilk
Lucky brand
Lululemon - some "petite friends" items
Mango
Massimo Dutti
me & em - some "petite friends" items
North face
Patagonia
Rag & bone

Quince

Rails - some "petite friends" items
Rebecca minkoff
Scotch & Soda
Shopbop
Target
Theory - some "petite friendly" items
Tory birch
uniqlo - some "petite friends" items
Veronica beard
Vince
Zara

1 day ago

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26 replies

Latest reply was from Chris987

Irina

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Thank you!

That’s a lot of work! I’m sure it will be a huge help for the petite members of the forum and they will greatly appreciate it.

For me, it illustrates my issue - I either don’t have access to brands that carry petite sizing or don’t wear brands that have it. Fortunately, I don’t need much clothes these days.

1 day ago

Chris987

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Irina - thanks, glad it's useful to you! I am in the same boat as you although our styles are different - don't have access to petite brands (although I'm willing to do a lot of online orders/returns which changes that) and some of the brands I really like don't have petite sizing. One of my ideas is to search online for "cropped jacket" for some of those brands, or something like that. Of course you are in Canada, and as a country 1/10th the population of the US you just don't have the quantity of options we do here in the U.S.

1 day ago

Roberta

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Thank you for this effort, and I am astonished to see so many major brands that DON'T offer petites! Shame on them when there so many women under 5'4" ( or whatever the guideline is).

1 day ago

Joyce B

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That is a very useful post. Thank you, Chris.

1 day ago

Chris987

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Thanks Roberta! I don't think any clothing vendor is under any particular obligation re: choice of target customers. I am just tired of wasting my time on ones that are unlikely to work for me.

Thanks RobinF!

1 day ago

cat2

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For workwear, Lafayette 148 has petites. They have gorgeous knits and non twee evening wear.

1 day ago

slim cat

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Bloomingdale's in San Jose, CA only offers petit sizes in denim brands - Lil' Mother, Pixie Frame and DL petit ( jeans only ). Aqua - Bloom own brand - may work for tops since it started as juniors brand and then expended in styles and sizing. The rest is on line only. Unfortunately petit sizes suffered through pandemic and became limited in general.
I can't find much of petit sizes in our Nordstrom ;-( .

1 day ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Thanks, Chris!

Spanx and Mother Jeans do petites too! I'm nodding along with Slim Cat.

1 day ago

Chris987

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Cat2 Thanks, I added Lafayette 148 to the list.

Slim cat thanks, I’ve added those denim brands too plus Aqua under regular brands. I’m not going to start adding info on which specific regular brands could work for petities – that list would be endless.

Thanks Angie, added spanx and mother.

1 day ago

Jenni NZ

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Interesting list, Chris. In New Zealand there are very few specifically petite brands. In my extensive wardrobe of 150+ pieces I only own 2 petites, one from a range in our longstanding department store Farmers. That’s a tweed jacket and it certainly fits me perfectly except I still had to turn up the sleeves! Maybe I really do have T-Rex arms! The other is my only pair of wide-leg pants, which I really appreciated not having to hem.
Good on you for compiling this for yourself and others.

1 day ago

Chris987

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Thanks Jenni NZ. Listening to your story via realize how good I have met with all the choices we have here in the US

1 day ago

ophelia

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There's also John Lewis, Seasalt Cornwall and Sundance.
I don't know if they are limited to certain categories, i.e., jeans etc.
Eta also Halogen at Nordstrom

1 day ago

Chris987

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Thanks Ophelia I'll add them. Unfortunately Sundance went out of a business a few months ago.

1 day ago

anastasiaks

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Hi Chris,
Fellow petite here. Like you, I’ve been very frustrated by the fewer and fewer petite options. Even brands that have been doing petite for awhile are making fewer and fewer items in petite sizes these days (I’m looking at you, J.Crew). And sure, Anthropologie has petite items, but they always appear to be sold out, so I’m guessing they just have very low stock.

Fortunately, British brands have come to the rescue. Like you noted, Hobbs does petite sizes, and for anyone who lives in the Washington, DC area, there is a Hobbs store at the Tysons corner mall. Last year I happened to see it out of the corner of my eye while I was at the mall and I remembered Angie’s comments about the quality of their coats. So I took a chance and popped in, and was thrilled to find great quality petite coats. This has been a complaint of mine for a long time that there just aren’t nice petite coats. We’re relegated to the J.Crew type coats, but there’s nothing if we want a slightly higher level of quality. Well, I walked out with two great petite coats, and I went back this year for a third. These coats look and feel fantastic. They were just what I was looking for- something special and a bit beyond the regular.

British brand Reiss also has petites on their website and their petites are also available through bloomingdales.com. Two other British retailers, The Fold London and Me + Em don’t carry petite sizes per se but have a petite edit section where petite friendly items are located.

For more brand ideas, check out the inside petite style podcast. I’ve been listening to it and discovered new brands and brands that I didn’t think had petites. She also has show notes and various guides with list of petite brands.

Finally, there is shortnfeisty.com. She has links to some other petite brands that tend to be very GenZ, but some of them might have things you’re looking for, plus, if we can encourage some of these younger brands stepping into the petite space, who knows where we can go from there?

Hope those suggestions help!

1 day ago

Suz

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What a great service, Chris. Thanks for doing all this.

1 day ago

MsMary

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I am reporting in to say that I've tried the Short Story Box and have generally been pretty happy with their pieces. Also I bought two petite coats from BR Factory this winter and was very happy with the fit.

Oh, and Rails doesn't have petite sizes but I've had very good luck with their sizes S and XS.

Also shoutout to Talbots for having petite plus sizes.

1 day ago

Carla

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FWIW, Lululemon does ‘petite’. They call it ‘short’. The other lengths are called ‘regular’ and ‘tall’. They also post the inseam length.

The pic below is from a pant that is supposed to ‘puddle’. Some of the cropped versions have even shorter inseams.

If you have an opportunity to shop in store, try on the Uniqlo items. At 5ft 7in, I find many of their garments aren’t cut for me - too short in the inseam by up to 2 inches (!) and iffy with sleeve length.

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1 day ago

Jaime

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Wow fantastic work. I am 5'3" but wear very little petite clothing - mostly because I don't find it but I also don't always find that the proportions work on me. I do appreciate when I don't have to hem something!

1 day ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Artful Home offers petites, Chris!

1 day ago

Rock

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Chris, thank you so much for posting this list. It will be very helpful to me as a fellow petite. Carla mentioned Lululemon and Uniqlo offering petite friendly items even though they do not specifically advertise petite sizes. I appreciate that both Lululemon and Uniqlo offer free hemming, so even if pants that are petite friendly aren’t an exact fit in the inseam, they can easily be adjusted.

I am also interested in hearing thoughts on particular items that may not be offered in petites but are petite friendly. For example, Theory’s Treeca pant is not offered in petites, but are a perfect ankle length for me and I’m 5’3”. Theory’s Clairene blazer is also a great fit for my shorter arms. In addition, Frank & Eileen’s Eileen shirt has shorter sleeves.

I have yet to try Me+Em’s short inseam pants, but the bracelet sleeve blazer I ordered required extensive alterations, so I’m nervous about trying other items.

If you know of specific items that are petite friendly but not specifically petite, I would love to hear about them.

1 day ago

Chris987

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Ophelia, good input on Hobbs. The only Bloomindgales in New England is 50 minutes away from me, and is the only place I've ever seen Hobbs coats (but the store carries no petites at all) .They truly are gorgeous. The next time I'm in the market for a "wool dress coat" I would definitely consider them although I'd have to order online.. or visit your mall in Washington DC

MsMary Thanks! Glad to hear the quality of BR Factory is good these days - I've found it inconsistent a year or two ago.

Thanks Carla. Short inseams do NOT work for me ... I need regular sizes in pants. I have proportionally long legs for my height and do not like cropped styles. But I will definitely add those notes the list!

Jaime - fascinating that petite sizes are not cut right for you even though you are the right height for petite sizes. We are all so different ....

Thanks Angie will add Artful home too.

Charlene great comments. I've added more "petite friendly" indicators to the list.

17 hours ago

RobinF

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Awesome list! I get so frustrated when I search. Even brands that carry petites often have much fewer quantities and color options in the petite sizes, or they only go up to a 10 or 12. Oddly enough, Old Navy is the most comprehensive that I have found. Almost every item I have clicked on comes in petites. Unfortunately their quality is less than I like in general. I have also found that sometimes petites clothes are not really sized to a petite. A coat I got from Macy's that was a petite didn't fit right. I finally realized that the buttons were not in the right place which made it catch on my back and fit the front awkwardly. I think they shortened the length and called it good.

I have also seen a lot of Quince items being promoted by influencers but from what I can tell, they don't offer any petites.

Too bad about Sundance, I hadn't heard they went out of business. I lusted after a lot of their items but they were pricey for me unless on sale.

15 hours ago

Chris987

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Thanks RobinF!

LLBean and Lands End seem to carry everything in petite seizes as well as regular. I have items from both of them but I don't want to do sporty 24/7.

I too have seen vendors that shorten an item and call it a petite size. WHBM had a really nice sort-of-trucker-jacket a few years ago in a color I loved, more refined than a denim trucker. It had huge patch pockets on the chest that they didn't bother shrinking for the petite size although they did shorten the body and sleeves... so on me those pockets were way too big .... it was one of those "look right here at this part of my anatomy" styles that I DO NOT WEAR.

I agree about quince - haven't seen petites. will add them to the list.

I agree also about Sundance. I ordered a few things from them over the years but they didn't fit right so all returned and the prices were too high to keep trying often.

14 hours ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Remember that petites and shorts are different! Here's the explanation:

https://youlookfab.com/2025/07.....all-sizes/

14 hours ago

cat2

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What a great thread! Hope you find a new mix of retailers that over time gets you to the look you want.

11 hours ago

Chris987

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great point Angie! For example the fit of a 12P is often similar to a 10R in the same item. It's annoying and easy to forget but it's pretty common.

Thanks cat2.

8 hours ago

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