Designer Henrietta Pertuz launched her line exclusively for petites a few months ago, and now the designer has added online shopping to her Web site. Available items include dresses, tops, skirt, jacket, and pants, all specially made to fit petites.

Here's a shapely day-into-evening dress available in drapey wool jersey direct from the designer (Designer's site)--a little black dress with flattering V-neckline, three-quarter length sleeves, and a tie to accentuate the waist.

Image Courtesy of Henrietta Pertuz

Here's a solution for petite women who are having problems finding pretty lingerie that both fits and creates cleavage--The Little Bra Company, founded by Emily Lau, offers petite bras for the petite woman who often can't find a sexy bra that fits and flatters a small bust. Several bra styles are available in both smooth cup and lace, and The Little Bra Company also offers matching boyshorts, thongs, and panties. This bra in Christmas red would make a nice gift that would fit perfectly in a petite woman's Christmas stocking.

Pictured: Lucia bra shown here in red available in sizes 28A - 36B (Image Courtesy of The Little Bra Company (Vendor's Site)

All sequins and shine, this petite sheath dress has a surprise in back. The sparkling petite dress has a draped plunging back, so whoever wears it will be memorable both coming and going.

With the holidays approaching, it's time to think about party dresses, and although a little black dress always fills the bill for special occasion dressing, it needs something more to rev up the fashion interest. This dress certainly delivers with sequins for holiday twinkle and the daring draped back. It's available in petite sizes P/P through P/L from Macy's (Buy Direct)

Image Courtesy of Macy's

Last month Gap Inc. announced expansion plans for 2010, which include opening the first Gap store in China, scheduled for fall 2010, and expanding in Canada and the UK by making online sales within each country available.

Although the Gap currently has brick-and-mortar stores in Canada and the United Kingdom, online ordering isn't available in either country, and the Gap Direct site, which includes Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, and Athleta as well as the Gap, doesn't offer any shipping options for international online customers. Now there are plans to fulfill online orders in both Canada and the UK beginning sometime during 2010.

Shopping should become a lot more convenient as online service becomes available next year. This comes as good news for petites because Gap (Buy Direct) offers a variety of clothing in petites sizes as small as 00P up to 16P.