Dress Short Women

Differences Between Henley Shirts & Sweaters

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last few years, you've likely heard of a Henley-style shirt or sweater. Henley tops are known for lacking collars, and for the cute little arrangement of buttons. Since the shirts and sweaters are so...

Dress Code Terms for Women

Though dress codes have been around for eons, they're still confusing. And women have it harder: When it comes to deciphering what we should wear, there are hundreds of ways to commit a major fashion faux pas. No woman wants to feel overdressed or...

How to Dress for a Short Waist and Broad Shoulders

You may feel like your body is unbalanced when you are short-waisted and have broad shoulders. And it's not like finding clothing that can flatter this type of body shape is simple, either. Some clothing makes you look like a linebacker, while...

A Dress Top Style Good for Big Chested Women

When you were born with a little extra on top, it doesn’t mean you have to spend your life scouring for turtleneck dresses. Fuller-busted women can find dress top styles that accentuate their assets without looking inappropriate or making...

Dressing With a Short Waist and Large Tummy

If clothing makes the woman, then you better make sure you look your very best. Being short-waisted and having a bit of a tummy can present a problem. You don't have much torso to work with and you want to keep your pooch under wraps. Fortunately,...

How to Dress Up Cut-Off Jean Shorts

Cutoff jeans are staples of summer, and for many of us, it brings back memories of laid-back days at the beach or time spent at outdoor concerts and boardwalks. It's hard to imagine a cutoff jean as an appropriate outfit for a nice restaurant or...

Dress Advice for Women With Pale Skin

So maybe you weren’t born a bronzed goddess and sometimes you feel your skin is whiter than Tom Cruise’s button-down in “Risky Business.” That’s OK -- because pale skin is just as beautiful as if you were bronzed,...

What Is Nightclub Chic?

When you go out to the club, you want to be sexy, chic, classy and ready to get down. While these traits may have different meanings to different people, all women will do well to abide by a few simple rules before hitting the club -- otherwise,...

What Type of Boots Should Short Women Wear?

Boots are a staple type of footwear for every girl's closet. Even if you live in sunny California, or someplace else that gets more sun than snow, it's still always good to have at least a single pair of boots in your closet. The right boots can...

What Kind of Pantyhose Looks the Best With a Short Red Dress?

There should be a prerequisite sexy dress in every woman's closet -- and in some instances, this dress is a bold and bright red. When you break out THAT red dress, that means it's time to go all out and knock someone -- or several someone's --...

The Perfect Red Dress for Heavier Women

Move over, little black dress: the time of the PLRD -- perfect little red dress -- has come. If you're a woman who's carrying some extra womanly curves, don't think you have to leave the attention-grabbing red dresses to the uber-leggy skinny...

The Best Length for Shorts & Capris If You Are Shorter

If you are one of the many women whose height is 5 feet 4 inches and under, you know what a challenge it is to find pants styles that are flattering. You can wear shorts or Capri pants without looking short and dumpy as long as you select your...

Good Bras for Short Women

If you're petite, or under 5-feet, 4-inches tall, everything may be too long for your smaller frame, including your bras. Long underwires may poke and prod, cups may sit too low and shoulder straps may be too long for your body. You can be petite...

How to Dress for the Short & Busty

Show off a short and busty figure in clothes that create visual balance by highlighting your curves and elongating your legs. You're probably an apple shape, characterized by a larger top and tummy and skinnier hips and legs. Apple-shaped women...

Can a Short Girl Wear a Draped Front Cardigan Sweater?

Fashionistas who think the only people who can rock a cardigan are grandmas might have to think again -- drape-front cardigans put a chic, trendy spin on these cool-weather garments. Shorter ladies might have a little trouble with drape-front...

What Do You Wear With a Henley?

The henley, a collarless pullover with a short, button-up placket, originally debuted in 19th-century England as the preferred attire for rowing crew participating in the Henley Royal Regatta. From there it caught on as a men's undershirt, and it...

What Is the Best Dress Length for a Short Woman?

Look at just about any runway or magazine advertisement and you'll likely see women who are more than blessed with sufficient height. As a petite lady -- petite means 5 feet 3 inches or less -- you simply don't have the same body structure as...

The Best Type of Undershirt

Undershirts are no longer just for men; designers have started to wise up to the ways that women in the real world actually dress. Super-low-cut tops and sheer blouses may look great on the runway, but the average women tends to prefer a bit more...

Should Short People Wear Leggings?

For the natural-born skyscraper with mile-high gams, leggings are the fashion equivalent of a BFF. But if you're on the small side, you may wonder if you can really do this trend justice, or if you'll have to go to extremes just to make 'em work....

Fancy Dress Ideas for Groups of Women

So, you've got a reason to get dressed up with a number of other women and are looking to coordinate your outfits. Whether you want to coordinate styles or match each other exactly, it's not hard to find dresses that go together without...

Should Short Women Wear Flare Jeans?

Flare jeans bring back memories of chic '70s styles. This modern take on the bell-bottom jean flatters tall, slim women; but can they be worn by short women, too? Women who have a short frame can definitely get away with wearing flare jeans -- as...

The Best Style of Evening Dress for Short Women

Dressing to suit your body type is always a more effective method for looking fabulous than blindly following trends. Gowns that look glam on impossibly tall models simply do not work for shorter gals. Be mindful of the gorgeous bod you do have...

Clothing Styles for Short, Heavy Women

When styles cater to the long and lean, hitting the stores as a petite can feel downright crazy-making. Add in some extra wiggle and jiggle to that vertical equation, and looking fab becomes even tougher. If you're sick to death of wearing clothes...

The Best Pants for Short People

They say good things come in small packages, and you are no exception. Short legs present a dressing challenge only when you have no idea how to work them. For short women, there are many different styles of trouser you can wear to create length...

Dress Styles for Full-Figured Short Women

It's easy to wish you had the perfect body, but there is no such thing. Women come in all shapes and sizes, and it's better to find out how to flatter your shape than work against it. Full-figured short women may find shopping for a dress a bit...

What Kind of Skirt Should Someone Really Short Wear?

If you're very short, remember that a petite figure can be really alluring! Lots of tall gals feel gawky and think life would be much easier with a petite figure. Still, there's nothing wrong with making careful stylistic choices to help yourself...

How Executive Women Should Dress

The top echelon of corporate culture used to be a boys' club, but thanks to those tenacious females who came before you, women are now kicking brass and taking names. It takes hard work and more than a little street savvy to get to the top, but...

The Best Formal Dress Style for Pear Shaped Short Women

It's not always easy shopping for a dress, especially when you're looking for styles that won't emphasize a bottom-heavy frame. Pear-shaped women are naturally smaller on top and bigger on the bottom. Narrow shoulders and wide hips can make...

A Short History of Women's Dresses

Step aside, Lady Gaga. StyleGuru.com identified clothing trends in 2007 that out-weird your meat dress. Included are lettuce lingerie picked from a vegetarian ad campaign, Jean Paul Gaultier's haute couture dresses made from bread, and a...

How Should Women Dress at Thirty?

If 50 is the new 30, then 30-year-olds are practically adolescent. But chances are that your new life means that you've kissed the gossip girl life goodbye and you're ready to stride confidently into the crescendo of your youth. But what to wear...

How Short Women Should Dress to Look Slimmer

Dynamite and diamonds come small, so you don't have to be tall to be gorgeous. Some of the most beautiful actresses, like Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman, are short. However, dressing to look a little taller usually makes you look thinner...

How to Find a Swim Dress

Swim dresses make it easy for women of any size to flaunt their figures. Unlike teeny bikinis or your grandmother's tropical one-piece suit, swim dresses help you give the girls some perkiness, smooth out that little bit of belly fat and add some...