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La Petite Poire

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

Tag: narrow face

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Custom eyeglasses for petite faces: Atelier Cariboo review

July 29, 2025

As a petite woman who wears glasses, I’ve written at length about my struggle to find glasses that fit narrow or small faces properly. With only a few companies who own the vast majority of eyewear brands, most frames are available in a limited range of sizes, and petites often get relegated to kids’ glasses… Read More Custom eyeglasses for petite faces: Atelier Cariboo review

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Face masks for petite faces: 2022 update

March 13, 2022

Today marks two years since COVID shut down the world we used to know and launched us into this weird pandemic “new normal”. Hopefully by now, you’ve long ago ditched your cloth mask or your baggy blue surgical mask for a proper, well-fitted N95/FFP2 or equivalent mask that actually offers a reasonable amount of protection.… Read More Face masks for petite faces: 2022 update

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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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Face masks for petite faces

July 24, 2020

Note: This post has been updated in 2022 to include N95/KN95/KF94 style respirator masks for better protection. Please see the updated post here, and upgrade masks to protect yourself and those around you! It’s a sign of these strange times we’re living in that the only new clothes I’ve purchased in the past several months… Read More Face masks for petite faces

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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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  • Custom eyeglasses for petite faces: Atelier Cariboo review
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