I am doing a very special all-skirts week of collaboration posts this week on the blog, come take a peak. =) The new Thursday Moda linkup just went live too! Thanks.

http://eleganceandmommyhood.blogspot.com/2018/07/skirtmas-in-july-collaboration-day-3.html

Wow, Kay, thanks for the quick & helpful reply! I will definitely check out your suggestions! So far I had not seen any petite ones, but that should definitely help. Of all the bloggers I follow, your style matches mine most closely.

Great! I’m looking forward to seeing you all in them! Yay!

Hi Jan! Yes, I absolutely think that shorter women can carry off the kimono. But you probably wouldn’t want to wear yours the way I’m wearing mine. So I would suggest five pointers:

1. Choose a shorter kimono or topper, such as this one from Chico’s or this very sheer one from Soft Surroundings:
http://shopstyle.it/l/NKxQ – Chico’s
http://shopstyle.it/l/NKyH – Soft Surroundings
http://shopstyle.it/l/NKBx – Antrhopologie

2. Maybe create a longer line with a column approach underneath. Wear the kimono with black pants and black top or white jeans and white tank, for instance. It’s really what’s underneath the kimono that creates length or creates a choppier, shorter illusion. So while I wore mine with white pants and red top, you would want to wear this colorful kimono with all black underneath. If you carried the black into your shoes, all the better.

3. Go with kimonos or toppers that are less full. This kimono that I featured and the red one you may have seen me in before here (https://dressedformyday.com/kimono-white-jeans/) would probably overwhelm your more petite frame. So you could opt for something equally dazzling and feminine, but not so voluminous like these:
http://shopstyle.it/l/NKz3 – Soft Surroundings
http://shopstyle.it/l/NKA7 – Antrhopologie – the front vertical stripe on this one would also elongate your body

4. You could wear a longer fuller kimono, but tie it like the model wearing this one. I’d still wear one column of color underneath:
http://shopstyle.it/l/NKAx – Anthropologie

5. Finally, some kimonos/wraps/ruanas actually come in a petite size. These are undoubtedly cut shorter to fit your frame better. I’d still try to wear one column of color underneath. I love this one from Chico’s. In fact, I’m featuring it in a post soon!
http://shopstyle.it/l/NKCx – Chico’s

Thanks for asking this great question. I really should have addressed this in the post. I hope other readers read my response here, but I’ll definitely provide these tips in my future kimono posts.