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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

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Maybe I could even find less expensive options by shopping for huge cones of yarn that are sold to manufacturers, rather than small balls sold for the home crafter

Everyone has that one book they love from their childhood and Halloween is the perfect chance to live inside the exciting world of one of your favorite storybook characters

The French never disguised sex and if their women adopted male styles it was coquettishly to accentuate the difference

Authenticity matters more than perfection vintage accessories should bear subtle marks of their journey, telling a rich and nuanced story