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Muumuu No More

I shorten almost every dress I purchase and by “shorten,” I mean hack away at the hem with a pair of fabric scissors. I do this for a few reasons:
1. I’m a whopping five feet, two (and a half) inches and short hemlines give my midget-esque legs the illusion of length.
2. It’s the only way to take a thrift store dress from muumuu to uber cute (really struggled for the rhyme on that one).

On the rack at Beacon’s Closet, this number was more seventies housewife than spring hotness, but it hit two out of this season’s Top Ten Trends - Bright Colors and Bold Florals. Whew, because the Bright Ideas and In Bloom looks are like, so last year. Belted, post fabric surgery, this seventeen dollar dress is totally In. And it’ll be just as cool in Spring 2009, when the same trends masquerade as Loud Tones and Surfer Girl Chic.