You can also learn to shorten the sleeves of jackets and blazers, although it’s not as easy as hemming a pair of chinos or a skirt. Where the short-armed super-petite will run into trouble is with blouses, sweaters, and other long-sleeved shirts that have cuffs, when it’s impractical or impossible to shorten the sleeves. If you need properly fitting dress shirts, you will need either to become a very good tailor yourself or find one to alter the sleeves. An alteration-free alternative, if you wear suits to work, is to choose nice short-sleeve sweater shells to wear under your jacket. When shopping for more casual clothes, look for tops that have sleeves you can easily roll up. Many sweaters, for instance, have cuffs that you can turn over if the sleeves are too long. You can even wear button-downs with too-long sleeves by treating the cuffs almost like the French cuffs on a man’s dress shirt. Simply unbutton the cuff and turn it back over your forearm, as if you were going to roll up your sleeves. You can now simply wear the cuff loose, or you can actually button it closed. You wouldn’t wear it like that to a job interview, but the time-conscious super-petite woman on a budget should be prepared to make some compromises.