Use our shop guide to find a stylish coat, tailored business outfits, and jeans that promise the elusive perfect fit—no matter what your stature.

Coats and Trenches

Lines that offer petite sizes:

Burberry, burberry.com

Ellen Tracy, 888-269-6080

London Fog, Macy's, 800-622-9748

Marvin Richards, nordstrom.com

Department stores with petite sections:

Bloomingdale's, 800-555-7467

Saks Fifth Avenue, 800-347-9177 for stores

Nordstrom, nordstrom.com, 800-695-8000

Neiman Marcus, neimanmarcus.com, 800-825-8000

Lord & Taylor, lordandtaylor.com, 800-223-7440 for stores

Macy's, macys.com, 800-622-9748

Go-to-Work Clothes

Lines that offer petite sizes:

Ann Taylor, anntaylor.com, 800-342-5266

Lauren by Ralph Lauren, ralphlauren.com, 888-475-7674

Anne Klein, anneklein.com for stores

Lafayette 148 New York, lafayette148.com, 877-324-5148

Jones New York, macys.com, 800-622-9748

Liz Claiborne, lizclaiborne.com

J.Crew, jcrew.com

Banana Republic, bananarepublic.com

Jeans

Lines that offer petite sizes:

AG Adriano Goldschmied, agjeans.com for stores

David Kahn, nordstrom.com, 800-695-8000

J.Crew, jcrew.com

Joe's Jeans, joeseshop.com

Lee, lee.com

Shorter lengths available from:

Gap, gap.com, 800-427-7895

Levi's, levis.com

Online:

searchbyinseam.com

Dresses

Lines that offer petite sizes:

ABS by Allen Schwartz, Nordstrom, 800-695-8000

Maggy London, nordstrom.com

Michael Michael Kors, macys.com, 800-622-9748

Nicole Miller, Nordstrom, 800-695-8000

Regular labels that run small include:

Miguelina, 212-400-3100

Rebecca Taylor, rebeccataylor.com, 212-966-0406

Shoshanna, neimanmarcus.com, 800-825-8000

Theory, theory.com for stores; Tory Burch, toryburch.com

Tracy Reese, 212-807-0505, tracyreese.com for stores

Online:

edressme.com

From the February 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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