{"id":59277,"date":"2012-06-19T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/?p=59277"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T15:41:32","slug":"crop-pants-for-petite-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/archive\/crop-pants-for-petite-women\/","title":{"rendered":"How to wear crop pants if you\u2019re short: Or, breaking petite fashion rules is the new black"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

You\u2019ve probably been told this time and again–if you\u2019re short, never, ever, ever (*insert 36 more evers here<\/em>*) wear cropped pants<\/strong>, or anything else that breaks your leg line between the knee and ankle. But the truth is, modern fashion is as much about breaking rules than following them (remember no white before Memorial Day? Pshaw!) — and seriously, Audrey Hepburn wasn\u2019t exactly an Amazon, and she put crop pants on the timeless style map, right? Right.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So, our advice is, if you love crop pants then wear them–the only caveat is that you need to wear them right<\/strong> (okay, so there are some rules still–we can\u2019t have style anarchy, can we?). Some things to consider before you get your crop on:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Crop pants tips for short women<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Light Colors<\/strong>. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Or, more accurately, colors that don\u2019t create a sharp contrast between the pant itself and your skin tone, to maintain the illusion of a long line from hip to toe. Neutrals<\/a> are all good–white, khaki (like these from Gap), brown, light gray, whatever is your favorite–and try to pick a top that doesn\u2019t create an intense visual contrast (a black top with white crops, for example) if you want to keep the line from head to toe as long as possible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Heels or Wedges<\/strong>. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Us short girls–or average-height girls with short legs–already know that some form of heel is our fashion bestie. With a crop pant, wearing flats (yes, a la Audrey, but she was about, oh, six inches wide) can make you look, well, stubby–so a little heel height, in the form of some super-cute wedge sandals –can go a loooooong way. Pun intended.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A Slim Cut<\/strong>. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A wide leg line that ends before the floor will cut your petite legs off like nothing else, so instead, select a crop pant that\u2019s more fitted, or even skinny (shall we mention Audrey Hepburn one more time for the fashion icon reference trifecta? We think we shall), like these cropped jeans from The Loft.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Tailor to Fit<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And here we\u2019re talking about length. Whether it\u2019s a capri (mid-calf) or a true crop (at the ankle) the length has to be right in order to avoid looking like you\u2019re playing dress-up from your much-taller-older-sister\u2019s closet. So if you love the pants, buy them and invest the extra 10 or 20 bucks to lop off that extra inch or two (and in a super budget pinch, a hot iron and double-sided tape will do the trick temporarily).<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve probably been told this time and again–if you\u2019re short, never, ever, ever (*insert 36 more evers here*) wear cropped pants, or anything else that breaks your leg line between the knee and ankle. But the truth is, modern fashion is as much about breaking rules than following them (remember no white before Memorial Day?… Read More »How to wear crop pants if you\u2019re short: Or, breaking petite fashion rules is the new black<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":77472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-59277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-trends","tag-petite-fashion"],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":77472,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-11-at-2.13.10-PM-174x300.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}