When Models are Too Tall for a Dress





These pictures are from the Amanda Lew Kee show at LG Fashion Week in Toronto.   Several pieces in Amanda's Spring/Summer 2011 collection feature dresses in this length, which would work better on shorter women than the 5'11"ish models.  I know they say that clothes "hang better" on tall people, but this is, in my opinion, ridiculous.  I realize the model is wearing leggings/tights in the first picture, but since they are close to her enough to her natural skin colour, it is telling the viewer that what she's wearing is meant to be a dress rather than a long shirt.  Sorry, but it doesn't look good in this case.


(images courtesy of DelectablyChic!, my other site)

J.Crew has petite skirtsi n February

I know I'm a little late into this, but I've found a decent selection of petites at J.Crew this month. They include:

Petite meringue-sleeve top

Petite Super 120s Jayne dress (I like the tea rose colour)

There are also several styles of skirts and capris in petite sizes. It seems that J.Crew makes a lot of petites one month and then next-to-none another. Kind of strange, IMHO.