hi everyone its Justin I've been hearing
there is a video missing in my series
about body types so today we're talking
about the ladies among you who identify
as petits officially your petite if you
are 5 feet for one metric 62 or smaller
I think it depends on the average of the
country you live in
in practice and I probably set the bar a
little bit lower than this but that's
the official definition but it doesn't
mean that you are mini tiny and that you
wear size extra small it means that you
are smaller shorter but you still have a
normal size that's a large share of the
female population of this planet so you
have a fitting issue when you go
shopping you notice that the sleeves the
hems the tops are always too long for
you and it doesn't fit properly if
that's your case keep watching this
video is for you I'll cover good
dressing strategies for you body type
examples of celebrities who are pitch
it's how they do it or their stylists
and I'll end this video with a
recommendation of shapes and clothing
that I think will suit you well
with visuals first let's talk about the
general strategy if you're petite and
you feel the need to visually lengthen
your frame then there is one thing you
don't want to do and that's cutting your
body in the middle look at this example
here if you're wearing a top and a
bottom of different colors and you see a
horizontal cut happening between the
waistline in the hip line you're going
to appear shorter than you actually are
so the strategy in your case is to shift
the waistline either up to lengthen the
legs or down to lengthen that also that
will trick the eye into focusing on
behalf of your body that you have
decided to highlight the eye will not
see your proportions as a whole anymore
it will not have the impression that
your top equals your bottom without make
sense let's see how celebrities to it
hayden Panettiere I hope I'm saying that
correctly almost let me know she's one
meter 53 her boxing husband is 1 meter
98 so that's an extreme case but she had
to become experts in making herself look
taller than she is and playing with
proportions she's a very good example
which is styling indeed to lengthen her
silhouette on the red carpet she'd wear
a dress like that floor-length even
longer than floor-length with a train
and she has hidden super high heels
underneath her shoulders also covered
that's good because of bustier dress for
instance would shorten her again so you
don't want that that dress is perfect
for her here this dress has two colors
it could be tricky but the optical
waistline is super high its empire style
right between the natural waist and the
breasts really high so it makes her legs
appear super long even though the knee
length of the dress could be an issue
because it's cutting the legs into
literally now on this day to day picture
she's doing the opposite she's
lengthening her torso with the sweater
that ends below the hip level overalls
aren't easy for everyone that's for sure
but here on her it's a very good choice
because she's wearing basically the same
color at the top and the bottom so it
lengthens the overall silhouette and the
plunging v-neckline
is also lengthening her torso so that's
a very very good outfit the trick of
wearing only one color top and bottom
coordinated is also a solution for
dresses here on that picture she's
wearing a thigh length which is perfect
if you're petits next example a valium
Coria she's also petite she also wears
heels most of the time that's something
that they have in common
here she coordinated pants and shoes and
that's smart because he makes her legs
look really really long in general she
often coordinates tops and bottoms like
on this picture and noticed the length
of the shirt it Long's below the hip
line perfect now you're starting to get
a feeling for what works well on petite
women I'd like to jump to the closest
advice and show you examples visual
examples of shapes and clothing items
that will suit you well first to
optically shift your waist upwards and
lengthen your legs which we discussed as
being one of the two strategies you can
go for then in a fire waistline like
this is a smart choice an alternative is
a crop top if that's something you feel
comfortable
wearing or also high-waisted pants will
have exactly that effect to shift your
waist downwards so that the eye focuses
on your torso go for tops that and below
the hip line and that's especially
important if your peer shape go for
v-neck lines that's a very good idea
it also lengthens the torso plunge
necklines even better but avoid bustier
dresses that end here because you're
basically giving away that quantity of
your height from here to your shoulder
and you don't want that a skirt or a
dress in your case should be either mid
thigh length if you like your legs and
if you like to show them or really
really long floor length if possible
anything in between like knee length
it's difficult not just for you I think
in general it shortens the legs always
wearing a top that has the same color as
your bottom is a good idea as we just
saw and also matching the pants with the
shoes or with the tights all black for
instance is very elegant and it
lengthens the legs and if it's summer
and you're going bare legs you're not
wearing tights or pants then have a pair
of shoes in your closet that matches the
skin tone of your legs because that's
gonna have exactly the same effect as
black shoes over black pants heels in
your case are often a good idea and if
you prefer a bit more comfort which I
understand
then prefer wedges to stilettos if
they're sandals like here on this
picture it's good if the heel is not
hidden because that gives you extra
visible leg length so to speak about
prints it's obvious but I'm going to say
it anyways
big prints large patterns work better on
to people if you're smaller then smaller
patterns and prints are going to look
better on you
same thing for accessories no maxi
clutch small clutch it's a matter of
proportions right it makes sense if you
think about it you don't want your
accessories to look bigger than you
because it makes you appear relatively
smaller all this advice is of course for
petite women in general you still need
to take into account whether you appear
or an apple and inverted triangle how
hourglass silhouette etc my advice for
each body type how
to measure it how to style it is in the
card here in the corner as well as in
the description box right below this
video if you learnt a trick or two and
you feel better equipped to find a style
that you feel good in thumbs up thank
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