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Worst Fashion Trends of 2008

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Maxi Dresses
Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell

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We had hopes for maxi dresses at first as a refreshing change from the minis. In theory, maxi dresses could work for everyone because they hide so many sins. In practice, maxis and floor-dragging skirts swallowed petites and made almost everyone else look dumpy.

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