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Party dresses for the holiday 2012 season

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The holidays are fast approaching and the festive party season is beginning to fill up everyone’s calendars. Party invitations are arriving in the mail and tickets to shows are being bought. The one thing missing? A fabulous party dress to take you through the season!

There are so many fabulous dresses on the market for the holiday 2012 season. Designers are in love with shades of red, navy and green as well as sparkling gold and silver. Sequins and shiny fabrications are hot for the holiday season making the basic, little black dress hanging the closet looking like it should hang out in there for another year. Sorry LBD!

Party dresses for the holiday season are body conscious and on the short side. Dresses are featured in styles such as one shoulder styles, tank styles and split sleeve silhouettes with straight or form fitting bodies. The peplum trend from 2011 is still around and many holiday dresses will feature this feminine, flattering style. Most dresses are hitting above the knee to mid-thigh and being shown with glittering heels and sparkling clutches.

The one thing to remember this season when shopping for a holiday dress is to look for a vibrant, jewel tone color and/or sparkling sequin. Happy shopping, happy holidays and stay fabulous 

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Maxi dresses for the 2012 spring and summer seasons

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Maxi dresses have been popular on the street for the past few spring and summer seasons, and 2012 is no different. Fashionistas have been flocking to maxi dresses for the warm weather season this year, and it is no wonder. After all, maxi dresses are an easy way to feel comfortable and casual while still looking polished. Love that!

Maxi dresses are being found this season in natural fabrics such as cotton and silk; making them perfect for warm and hot weather. With bright colors and stripes being hot trends for the spring and summer 2012 seasons, maxi dresses are appearing on store shelves in bright, vivid hues as well as nautical stripes.

There are three dominant necklines for maxi dresses this season; strapless, halter and tank. When shopping for a maxi dress, look for strapless styles, effortless tank dresses which can easily be belted and sassy halter top maxi dresses which also look fabulous as swim suit cover-ups at the beach. Love it!

The maxi dress is perfect for casual days and can easily be paired with embellished flat sandals or wedges. To dress up a maxi dress, a Fashionista can easily add a stack of bracelets and large earrings; playing into the current bold jewelry trend. To finish off the look, pair a daytime clutch or unstructured satchel, such as a Balenciaga City Tote, with a maxi dress for the ultimate in casual cool. Fabulous!

We found a few maxi dresses around the web and assembled them into the Polyvore set below; enjoy!

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Striped dresses for the spring and summer seasons

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Stripes are always hot for the spring season as the nautical trend moves into the fashion spectrum each and every spring. For spring and summer 2012, the nautical trend has evolved into the striped trend and it has taken both store shelves, and streets, by storm. Fashionistas everywhere are being spotted in stripes. One of the easy ways to wear the stripe trend is by wearing a striped dress.

Stripes are being shown in every combination possible when it comes to dresses. Multi-colored stripes are popping up as part of the current color trend, as well as traditional nautical stripes in varying shades of blue and white. Designers and brands are also showing one bright color paired with white; giving a modern twist to classic stripes.

Striped dresses are appearing in several different silhouettes for the spring and summer seasons this year. There are flirty, body-conscious silhouettes, 1950’s lady-like styles and casual, tee-shirt dress silhouettes.
We found a few fabulous striped dresses around the web and assembled into the Polyvore set below. Hope you love them! Happy shopping and stay fabulous 

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