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Flattering Spring 2012 Fashion Trends
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Try Out These 5 Flattering Spring '12 Runway Silhouettes

Let's be real: the body types that walk the runway aren't necessarily the ones that walk the streets — so it can sometimes be daunting to find fashion trends that will actually work for your figure.
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Flattering Spring 2012 Fashion Trends

Let's be real: the body types that walk the runway aren't necessarily the ones that walk the streets — so it can sometimes be daunting to find fashion trends that will actually work for your figure. Luckily, Spring's runways showed some universally pleasing trends that have the potential to suit any shape — and there are surprisingly easy ways to make them work for your real life. First up: cutout shoulders. There's really no easier or faster way to show off toned arms and lend a bit of sex appeal to your look. Click through to see more of Spring's most flattering silhouettes, and get tips on how to try them yourself.

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Trend Alert: Drop Waist Dresses
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Trend Alert: Drop Waist Dresses

Before the high waists of the 70s and the low waists of the 90s, there was the drop waist of the 20s.
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Before the high waists of the 70s and the low waists of the 90s, there was the drop waist of the 20s. It seems many of you were ready for a new decade of influence and Paul Poiret's liberating style of yore is here to liberate us once again. With all the flapper-inspired gallimaufry for Fall, drop waist dresses evoke a sense of ease and sophistication - a stellar combination. If you're tired of a trapeze cut or a baby doll silhouette, try one of these streamlined dresses. Come Fall, just throw one on over a chic long sleeve tee or turtleneck; it may compel you to throw on a long strand of pearls, a pair of buckled flats, a flirty little hat and read some Emily Dickinson at your local cafe. Or maybe that's just my fantasy...