How does fit and flair look on large petite women?

Petite one · ‎03-15-2010

I don't want to look like a short tent

PamfromCT · ‎05-22-2014

I am also petite and certainly have no interest in this style.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

@Petite oneI think it depends more upon shape than size. I've always been short (and I'm at that age when I seem to become more so every year), but I've been a great variety of sizes from 1X for years and years to a small now.

For a long time when I was larger, I had a fairly "balanced" figure and if the flare was not too wide I could wear it. Now I am much smaller acorss my shoulders than at the hip and I try to avoid any style that points that out. I'm not buying flares or droopy hems or ruffled hems. Further, I am rarely happy with a neckline like the one on today's TSV - my weight loss has left me narrow around but still with an extra large cup. A "V" or a deeper scoop works well, especially on a top I most likely would want to wear with no jewelry.

I do like some of the prints in the TSV, but I'm passing.

Petite one · ‎03-15-2010

@millieshops wrote:
@Petite oneI think it depends more upon shape than size. I've always been short (and I'm at that age when I seem to become more so every year), but I've been a great variety of sizes from 1X for years and years to a small now.

For a long time when I was larger, I had a fairly "balanced" figure and if the flare was not too wide I could wear it. Now I am much smaller acorss my shoulders than at the hip and I try to avoid any style that points that out. I'm not buying flares or droopy hems or ruffled hems. Further, I am rarely happy with a neckline like the one on today's TSV - my weight loss has left me narrow around but still with an extra large cup. A "V" or a deeper scoop works well, especially on a top I most likely would want to wear with no jewelry.

I do like some of the prints in the TSV, but I'm passing.

Thank you so much Millieshops, your reply helped me a bunch. I'm passing since I identify with your body type

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

Personally, I don't like the fit and flare look in a shirt on any size. A dress yes, a shirt, no, at least not at the length the TSV is. It might look better in a shorter length if it just skimmed the body.

ItsME · ‎03-10-2010

Okay. You made me look! I'm 5'3" 112lbs. I'm short waisted, with a smaller waist and wider hips. I try to accentuate the waist, which these tops would do, but I'm sure all I would see is BIG HIPS! Don't want that! It would look great on someone with a long torso and narrow hips, though.

grandma r · ‎10-26-2010

I'm short and shrinking. That top looks like it needs to be more fitted and that is definitely NOT what I need. I have tried the peplum look and it's more maternity on me.

Some of tbe prints are nice, but, not this style.

Spacrazy · ‎12-14-2018

Grandma r, if this is an honest question you deserve an honest answer - this is not a flattering style.

Keep looking - you’ll find the right style.

jonbon · ‎03-09-2010

Jane is not a "large petite woman," but she does have a very curvy figure (and, no, I'm not using that as a euphemism for overweight). Anyway, I thought she looked good in the TSV with slim pants and some sort of heeled sandals (can't remember exactly what they looked like). I think it looks best when the wearer is full enough through the bust to actually make it "fitted," and then slimmer through the waist. I don't think it has looked as good on some of the women who carry their weight through the middle, nor those on whom the bustline looks a little big/baggy.