By Francisca Vargas Ramos
If we put aside the belief that fashion is equal to frivolity or superficiality, we will be able to notice that the wardrobe is something more than clothes that serve to give us shelter. You've probably heard that phrase that says that everything communicates, well, clothes too. It is the most faithful representation of your personality.
By choosing that skirt or that shirt that you liked so much when you went shopping, you will be reflecting a part of yourself. Each color, cut or design of a garment represents something and if you don't know how to get the most out of your outfits, image consulting is a plus so you can learn more about yourself.
As we know, we are all different, some taller and others shorter. You may be a size XS or a size L, you may fit 34 or 39, all bodies are different and that is why having an external point of view from an expert will be the best if you find yourself a little lost.
Knowing your morphology, talking about colorimetry and identifying your skin tone, are some of the tips that you can learn with the help of María de los Ángeles or better known as @emepetite in the digital world. In the pandemic, she decided to create a space on social networks where she could share all those experiences of a fashion lover, but while being petite. Something that in particular made me feel more than identified.
The average height of a Chilean woman is between 1.55 and 1.58 but, as we know, most of the retail clothing for which almost all of us choose is brought from abroad. However, the bodies of each population are different and unfortunately the clothing that comes from outside turns out to be designed for bodies that are not ours. Which brings a large list of obstacles that make being a fashionista in our country a bit more complicated.
Both María de los Ángeles, me and probably you have had to visit a dressmaker more than once to ask for help with the famous bast. Whether it's a pair of pants, a blazer, or something else, many of us have to rearrange our clothes to get the perfect fit, and while it's quite tedious and perhaps frustrating, it's something that happens to a lot of people. Just ask Emepetite how many girls in her community relate to this.
At one point, in our country, the Topshop store was the best option since it offered a petite line that offered a variety of options for us, the short ones. However, since its closure the options that petite people have are few or none. According to María de los Ángeles, today there are some emerging national designers who make to measure those who could provide a "solution" to these obstacles that exist in the wardrobe for shorter people.
The important thing is that, although the issue of carving in Chile still needs to evolve, image consultancy has. Perhaps you have heard more than once a fashion tip that had something restrictive in its statement, such as: "Short girls cannot wear long boots", frustrating or not?
However, María de los Ángeles assures that currently these limitations are becoming more and more in the past. “For me the idea is that at some point there will be no limits in fashion. I feel that we have been evolving positively in leaving behind these restrictions, which for me are super obsolete. We probably still have schools or people who are very attached to it and they're going to be around for a while. But nowadays the new generations or the girls I share with who are my age or younger and who are working in this field of fashion, none of them have that look of restricting something, so there is a little relief," he said.
Beyond the looks that you can put together, a comprehensive personalized image consultancy like that of our expert can help you define the image you want to project of yourself, along with giving you some tools to achieve your self-awareness, acceptance of your corporeality and even, you will be able to feel empowered and more secure.
Clothes stop being just clothes when we realize the power they have and the important role they play in how we present ourselves to others and to ourselves. And although for petite people the options are limited, at Nashion It we have several options that could serve you.
