If you're a woman shorter than 5 feet 4 inches, you probably have a difficult time finding clothes for your small frame--everything is either cut and styled for longer body types, too long or fashionable for much younger women. The key to dressing well as a petite woman is to carefully choose your tops, bottoms, shoes and the colors, patterns and fabrics of all your garments.

Tops
Petite women should choose fitted blouses, shirts and sweaters made of thin material. Tops with a V-neckline or a deep U-neckline and with strong vertical details--stripes, zippers or accented vertical seam lines--lengthen the look of the torso, making short women look taller. Avoid baggy shirts and sweaters or cardigans made of thick, bulky material.

Bottoms
Straight leg pants or jeans that smoothly cover the shoes and extend to the ground without a break visually increase a woman's height. To keep the vertical line undisturbed, pick pants that lack cuffs or large pockets. Petite women should avoid mini-skirts as well as floor-length skirts. The best length of skirt for short women are ones that fall at or just below the knee.

Colors and Patterns
Wearing the same color or colors within the same color family on both the top and bottom of the body will make a petite woman appear taller and slimmer. Patterns on all garments should be small. If the pattern is larger in size than your fist, it should be avoided.

Shoes
Petite women should wear strapless high-heeled shoes and high-heeled boots to add height. Chunky or sturdy heels are preferable to very thin, stiletto heels. When wearing high heels with pants, the pants should drop to the floor and cover the shoes entirely.

Dressing a newborn baby is a simple task once you understand the basics of keeping your little lady or gentleman cozily warm in the dead of winter or comfortably cool during hot summer days. Although there are an overwhelming number of adorable infant clothing choices available at every baby clothing retailer around, there are only a few truly essential items needed when it comes to clothing a newborn at any time of the year.

Step 1
Put a onesie, or singlet, on a newborn after putting on her diaper. Onesies are basically shirts with snaps that fasten between the legs, over the diaper, and are one of the most useful garments for newborns and babies of all ages. They help keep the baby's trunk warm and do not ride up like an unfastened shirt would. In very warm weather, a onesie may be the only clothing that your baby may need to wear.

Step 2
Put socks on the baby's feet, especially in the fall and winter months. Even when dressed in footed jumpsuits, a newborn's feet can become extremely cold and uncomfortable in colder weather. Make sure the newborn's feet are always covered with socks during this time.

Step 3
Dress the baby in a footed jumpsuit that snaps down the front. These jumpsuits keep a newborn's limbs warm in cold weather and protected from the sun in warmer weather. Use lighter, cotton jumpsuits during the spring and summer months and thicker jumpsuits during the fall and winter.

Step 4
Place the baby in a zip-up baby rug or bunting bag and cover his head with a hat if you are going outside and the weather is cold or windy.

ingredients
Newborn onesie or singlet
Newborn size socks
Newborn jumpsuit
Bunting bag (optional)
Newborn size hat (optional)
Blanket

Tips
As a rule of thumb, dress your baby in one more layer than you are wearing. The only exceptions to this are in extremely hot or extremely cold weather.
Always have at least one baby blanket on hand to wrap around your newborn if you are outside and the weather is colder than you expected.

Regardless of how much a man may prefer his comfortable jeans and sweatpants, it's inevitable that, at some point in his life, he will need to wear a pair of dress pants. The key to looking and feeling good in dress pants is to choose a pair that fits well and falls to an appropriate length, as well as know what styles will flatter your figure the best, what to pair the pants with and when to wear them.

Good Fit
Dress pants will only flatter a man's figure when they fit well. A well-fitted pair will not sag excessively, become uncomfortably tight when the gentleman sits down or feel restrictive around the waist. The pockets should not appear puckered or stretched in any way. Additionally, the material should lie smoothly on the hips and the seams in the crotch area should not cut into the groin. Be certain to determine your waist measurement and your inseam measurement to make finding a good fit simpler.

Choosing Styles
The style of dress pant you choose should be dictated both by your body type and your personal fashion taste. Dress pants can be purchased in a traditional cut, in which the waistband of the pants falls at the natural waistline, or in a low-rise cut, in which the waistband sits several inches below the waist. The traditional cut is considered more conservative and more appropriate for business situations. Additionally, dress pants come in pleated or flat-front styles. Pleated pants are more flattering to heavy-set men or those with large thighs, while flat-front pants are best on men with a slim build. Dress pants come in a variety of fabrics--from wool to cotton to silk. A good rule is to choose heavier, rougher fabrics in the winter and lighter fabrics in the warmer months.

Appropriate Length
Dress pants come in three main lengths, referred to as no break, single break and double break. Pants with no break fall smoothly to just the top of the shoes with no crease in the pant's leg. Single break pants drape just enough over the shoes to cause the material in the pant leg to crease once, at the shoe's top. Double break pants are longer, with the material creasing twice near the top of the shoe and draping farther over the shoe's heel. Although the break length a man chooses is largely up to his personal taste, no break and single break pants are considered more appropriate for professional and business situations.

How to Wear Them
Dress pants can be made dressier by pairing them with blazers and button-up shirts and ties in eye-catching colors and patterns. They can also be dressed-down by wearing them with casual sweaters, polo shirts or light cotton shirts.