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Wearable Fall Fashion Trends for Petites

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Wearable Fashion Trend #6 for Fall 2009 - Strong-Shoulder Styling
Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 Fashion

A model walks the runway at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 Fashion Show during Fashion Week in New York, February 2009.

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Wearable fall fashion trend #6 is strong-shoulder styling. Shoulder emphasis is making a comeback. It seems to crop up in fashion periodically. The last time we saw strong shoulder emphasis was during the 1980s--remember the fashion looks from Dynasty? Strong shoulder were big during the 1940s too. Sometime when you're watching a movie set in WWII, look for the big-shoulder fashion, just for fun. Because petites tend to have narrow shoulders, strong-shoulder styling can be a good thing to help balance a triangle-shaped figure or add shape to a rectangle-shaped figure.

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