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La Petite Poire

Fashion, lifestyle and rant blog by a short n' sassy Canadian woman

Category: Shopping Guides

Shopping guides for petites. Updated semi-regularly.

— Shopping Guides, Travel Gear —

Petite travel capsule wardrobe

January 25, 2023

Happy 2023! I hope everyone had a lovely break and start to the new year. Apologies for things being quiet around here, but I had a good excuse: I’ve been on my honeymoon. Yep, after our wedding last fall, my now-husband and I took off on a four-week trip to Southeast Asia to celebrate. And… Read More Petite travel capsule wardrobe

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Wedding Dress Shopping for Petites

October 21, 2022

I’ve been waiting to post this one for a while. I got married earlier this month, after a drawn-out pandemic engagement. And while I actually shopped for and purchased my wedding dress over a year ago, I couldn’t share any of this until now because I didn’t want to ruin the surprise. But now that… Read More Wedding Dress Shopping for Petites

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Petite eyeglasses for small faces

October 24, 2021

Like two thirds of adults, I wear glasses. For us petites, especially those of us with small or narrow faces, finding a pair of eyeglass frames to fit can be a big challenge. Most of the world’s glasses are made for people with average-sized faces. But glasses are part of us; the first thing most… Read More Petite eyeglasses for small faces

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Activewear for petites: Working out while short

December 28, 2020

In 2020, the year of COVID, we’ve all been stuck at home. The gyms are closed, we can’t go anywhere, so we bake bread, sit on the couch, and binge-watch old episodes of the Great British Bakeoff. And this holiday season, since we can’t see our family or friends, we all seem to have replaced… Read More Activewear for petites: Working out while short

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Coats, coats, coats for petites

October 26, 2020

There’s an old adage that we Canadians need a different coat for every 10-degree variation in temperature. And it’s certainly true that outerwear features heavily in the wardrobe of nearly everyone. After all, our winters are long, our weather conditions are varied, and dressing for the climate is part and parcel of Canadian life. Besides,… Read More Coats, coats, coats for petites

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UK Petite Brand Roundup: A shopping guide for Canadians

December 17, 2018

It can sometimes seem like British petites are spoiled for choice when it comes to clothing. So many UK brands carry petite sizes in styles ranging from classic to trendy. A recent shopping guide in The Independent highlighted many of them, from Asos to Topshop, from Jeetly to Bomb Petite and everything in between. Are… Read More UK Petite Brand Roundup: A shopping guide for Canadians

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A Canadian petite’s guide to cross-border shopping

August 14, 2017

Cross-border shopping is a fact of life for most of us Canadians. Ninety percent of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the US border. Most of us have grown up taking shopping trips to exciting border towns like Burlington, Albany or Plattsburgh in search of more product selection at lower prices. Many of… Read More A Canadian petite’s guide to cross-border shopping

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Car shopping for petites

May 25, 2016

I recently bought a new car. And with all the research that goes into such a major purchase, I couldn’t help but notice that it was all geared towards taller drivers — mostly men. For those of us women who are significantly shorter than the average, jokes about “headless drivers” abound. A car is a… Read More Car shopping for petites

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Just a 5’1″ MontrĂ©alaise writing about fashion, issues, and the occasional frustrations of being a short woman in a tall world.

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