I'm a 5'4" Editor & These Are the 4 Most Flattering Petite Coats (Plus, 1 Style I’m Boycotting)

The Inspiration: Grece Ghanem, 5’2"

This season a range of deep-V coats are showing up in petite lengths, with both fitted and oversize proportions. I’ve found the V-neckline draws attention up toward my face and away from my long torso, evening out my proportions and making me appear a teensy bit more willowy. Additionally, I’m taking to heart advice from 5’ 2 style blogger Hallie Swanson, a Vanity Fair best-dressed list alum, who advises that, when styling an oversize coat, we petite ladies should wear fitted pants, roll up any too-long sleeves and wear heels (but keep a pair of flats in our bag if we have to hoof it long distances).

The Inspiration: Emilia Clarke, 5’2"

The car coat is a no brainer choice for shorties, since by definition it is on the short side. The mid-thigh length was initially designed not to get in the way of all those gears and everything (the style first became fashionable in the early days of the auto). While a mid-thigh coat can make its wearer look a bit shapeless if worn over baggy jeans or slacks, when worn with tights or leggings and knee-high boots, the style becomes figure-flattering and sexy.

Kim Kardashian's Floor-Dragging Coats

Perhaps the woman who put velvet onesies on the map as daywear and sells a bra with visible nipples can make her own rules. And she’s certainly going for it this fall, having been spotted multiple times with the bottom of her leather coats dragging on the ground. But for the short-statured bods of the rest of us, I recommend buying scaled-down styles from petite specialists including Anthropologie and Ann Taylor. After all, unlike Kim K., we don’t have bodyguards to catch us when we trip on our dragging hem.