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Our Favorite: Channel rustic energy in this boho floral maxi dress that smocks at the bodice

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(Spoiler alert: A dress that grazes the floor on the 6-foot-tall model on the website is not your best bet.) To bring you this list of the best ones out there, I first checked my own closet for recent purchases and dependable silhouettes, then I consulted my fellow short-girl editors at PureWow for their own worn-and-loved picks