Meet the pint-size fashionista showing "you can wear what you want" at 4ft 2in - who spends £1.2k a year on alterations a year."

Lucy Sleight, 24, was born with achondroplasia dwarfism - which causes poor bone growth, resulting in short upper arms and thighs.

She has always been passionate about fashion and claims she was "lucky" to grow up with parents who would alter her clothes and family and friends who were positive about her disability."

When she started shopping for her own outfits, Lucy turned to children’s clothes but soon found they weren't in keeping with her style and she didn't want to don "Peppa Pig" patterns."

Now she still buys from children’s sections in Zara and New Look but purchases most of her clothes from Pretty Little Thing, Boohoo and Asos’ adult sections.

Lucy uses a seamstress - who she sees "every week" - to alter the arms and legs of her clothing so that it fits her perfectly and says she spends approximately £100 a month on the alterations."

She wants to show others with her condition they "can wear what you want as long as you are happy" and says "disability doesn’t define you"."

Lucy, a business support assistant, from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, said: "Everyone should be able to wear what you want no matter their height, weight or disability."

"I shouldn’t have to settle for the clothes I don’t like."

"I may be smaller but I’m a lady – I have a ladies body."

"You can wear what you want as long as you are happy."

"I love wearing clothes."

"Disability doesn’t define you."

"I’m Lucy. Not Lucy the dwarf."

"I’m just a normal person."

Achondroplasia is the most common type of dwarfism and means Lucy has an average sized torso, with shortened limbs.

Lucy said: "I have had a positive experience. I feel extremely grateful."

"People with my condition think my style is so amazing but I wonder if it’s because they feel they can’t wear it."

"You can wear what you want."

"I’m showing people that I can wear them and what it looks like."

"Don’t care what people think."

"There a lot of ignorant people in the world and it is so much more about them."

Lucy doesn’t let her condition hold her back but struggles to find clothes in her size ready to buy.

She said: "I can’t just get clothes off the shelves straight away."

"It’s not just as simple as going to the shops to get clothes."

"I have to wait a few weeks for the alterations."

"I have to plan in advance for events or occasions."

"But then they look the same as it did just then made to fit me."

"My seamstress is round every week."

Lucy says she is "happy to pay" to have her clothes altered instead of "settling" for clothes she doesn’t like because they fit her."

She will sometimes buy "basics" from children’s sections in Zara and New Look but often buys from adult sections and pays for alternations."

Lucy estimates she spends £100 on the alterations every month, but says costs vary depending on what she is having adjusted.

Lucy said: "I get some kids clothes or teen range basics"

"But I wouldn’t buy patterns as it would be Peppa Pig."

"A long sleeved top might just cost £5 to £8 to shorten."

"A blazer might have to be taken in on the arms and body so will cost more like £20 to £25."

Lucy shares her finds and alternations on her social media and although the reaction is mostly positive she still receives comments calling her a "child" or a "midget"."

She said: "It doesn’t bother me."

"They are just keyboard warriors."

Lucy mostly gets a lot of love for her style and says she likes to keep on top of the trends and shop the ‘new in’ section.

She said: "I love cargos - I have lots of pairs"

"That's my go to outfit - cargos, little top and trainers."

"I love a matching tracksuit - they comfy and look good."

I want to wear the clothes that other 24-year-olds wear.

"You should be you."