Cynthia Cheng
Cindy Renée Mathieu, an alumna of the Ryerson and the International Academy of Design, is the brainchild behind the Sodaliscious and Club Soda clothing lines, launched in 2002 and 2007 respectively. Cindy’s Sodaliscious line, which is currently only available custome made, is described as clothing with a “European feel, something not really seen here [...]

Like many petite women, Allison Izu Song, 5′2″ was frustrated at how clothes fit her. However, as a fashion designer, Allison was able to not only hem her clothes, but also alter it in a way that it would resemble her silhouette. She also realized that other petite women were having similar issues [...]

Cynthia Cheng
After studying fashion design at the International Academy of Design, Juliana Corona-Mclean spent some time working as a manager in an alterations shop. However, she wanted to venture out, to try new things. Eventually, she began to make her own clothes. This later expanded to what is now Benedicto. Named [...]

Inspired by vintage looks, Catherine Bui launched Megumi Moon in 2006. The name was later changed to Lovelina, a made-up derivative of the word “lovely,” as lovely is how a woman should feel when she wear’s Catherine’s clothes. Not only does Lovelina have a vintage look, but Catherine tends to use vintage fabrics [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Sweet Petites Apparel, a line of athetic clothing for petite women was founded by Elizabeth Dutra in 2006. Elizabeth does not come from a fashion background. Prior to starting Sweet Petites, Elizabeth taught foreign business professionals about the U.S. market economy and small business development. Elizabeth also worked as a holistic health professional, where [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Like many petite women, Teresa Le often has to have her clothing altered to fit her petite, 4′11″ frame. Most petite lines were generally conservative-looking and the juniors’ section was too young. Even when something did fit, hemming was necessary. Teresa wanted clothes that had a more “cosmopolitan, trendy vibe” that would make young [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Fernanda Carneiro is a perfectionist. A petite woman of 5′4″, she has always found it difficult to find clothes that fit her curvy, petite figure properly. Armed with a degree in marketing and production, as well as design experience with fashion companies like BCBG and ABS, Fernanda decided that it was time to start [...]

***Note: This was originally published at Shorty Stories on October 13, 2007***

Sunny Suppa, who immigrated to the United States from Thailand as a teenager, is truly living the American Dream. With a bit of help from a non-profit group called CEO Woman, she started 5ft2in™, new line of pants especially for women 5’2” or shorter. [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Christa Jean is the creator and brainchild of Petite Fashionista, a blog that offers tips for petite women all over the world since the fall of 2006. At 5′2″, Christa started her site because she felt that there was a lack of ready-to-wear clothes made for petite women. Her site has had a strong [...]