Some London evenings happen at close quarters: a tiny corner table in Soho, two stools at a crowded bar on Greek Street, a shared umbrella down Old Compton Street when the rain arrives without warning. Petite girls suit that kind of intimacy beautifully. Seven women on our route have a neat, fine-boned frame, and every one of them has a personality that fills a room far more than her height ever could.
Petite here describes a frame rather than a single number on a measuring tape. Tina stands 158 cm, Jasmin and Rosa 160, while Tiffany, fine-boned though taller at 169 cm, belongs in this group just as naturally.
Jasmin and Tiffany both live in Soho. Jasmin dances salsa, knows her perfumes and mixes a cocktail as carefully as any bartender on Dean Street. Tiffany wears long chocolate brown hair, takes street photographs and has a real fondness for champagne and design hotels, so an hour with her may well begin with a kind word about your lobby.
Tina, athletic at 158 cm with espresso brown hair, lives in Covent Garden and loves fashion design, cocktails and vinyl. She is funny, quick and very good at spotting the best outfit in any room. Rosa, petite and curvy with long chestnut curls, lives in Marylebone, where she bakes, collects records and spends her free afternoons wandering the galleries.
Lea, auburn with hazel eyes, brings a designer's eye for a beautiful room from her home in Belgravia. Sonya, in Knightsbridge, is athletic and graceful at 162 cm, practises ballet and meditation and is in her early thirties, with a calm that settles a crowded day.
Lucy, slender and dark haired with long curls, makes her home in Pimlico, a few streets from Victoria. She loves astronomy, runs early and takes her espresso strong, and she will cheerfully point out a planet over the rooftops if the sky is clear.
Petite girls slip through a busy lobby without fuss, which makes them a natural choice for a hotel visit. An hour from £400 leaves room for a drink and a proper conversation, and ninety minutes at £600 lets the visit breathe. Hotels in Soho, Covent Garden and Marylebone sit close to where several of these seven live, so the wait for a knock at your door is often pleasantly short.
Keep it simple. Her name, your hotel, a start time and a duration are all the desk needs to begin. We then confirm your full name, which hotel you are in and your room number on WhatsApp, a transfer of 25 percent by bank secures a standard hotel evening, and she sets off. There is no need to describe yourself or explain your choice, and no question about her will ever be answered with anything but courtesy.
Several of these girls ride more than one line. Sonya and Tina are among the toned and athletic, Rosa appears with the curvaceous girls and Lucy with the slim and slender. For the other end of the height scale, spend a moment with the statuesque page, and once you have decided, a single note through booking is all it takes.
Say where tonight finds you and roughly what time, and the desk replies with the names of who can meet you there. WhatsApp or Telegram, answered all night long.
