Little Black Dresses for Every Body Type

By Cynthia Nellis, About.com Guide

The perfect little black dress for a smaller frame elongates and flatters like this fringed Donna Morgan jersey shift.(Buy Direct.) More flattery: look for a dress shape -- like horizontal seaming -- and is scaled just right for your figure. Avoid too-cutesy looks (like puffed sleeves or giant bows) so you won't look little girlish.

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