The teeny tiny T-shirt is back again

NEW YORK - Ms Lauren Caruso had never really bought into the idea of dressing for one's body type. "It's incredibly limiting," she said, adding that the concept is just code for wanting "to look thinner or taller or attempt to reinforce other Eurocentric beauty standards".

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But as a 36-year-old who says she is 1.57m tall, she makes one exception - baby tees.

Ms Caruso, a freelance writer and brand consultant in Los Angeles, finds the shirt style ideal for her petite frame. "The trend is practically tailor-made for me," she said. "Most baby tees hit me just near my belly button, which gives me more flexibility to wear it with something high-waisted."

In September, British-American actress Jemima Kirke took to Instagram to share her "important T-shirt resource", as she announced in the caption: Swedish children's brand Mini Rodini.

In the 45-second reel, Kirke slips into a snug shirt featuring a cartoon man hoisting cartoon weights. The shirt size? Nine to 11 years. Her age? 39.

Baby tees - those ultra-fitted, sometimes cap-sleeved, sometimes cropped shirts - are back. And though women like Ms Caruso or Kirke - not to mention crop-top aficionados such as models Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid - may be slender enough to wear a child's shirt, there now exist many more options to span generations and body types.