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Trends over the years have seen the preferred length veer between extremes, but to make sure your shorts are on the right side of history its best to aim somewhere in the middle

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It can be minimal or romantic, relaxed or sharply sophisticated, and it never looks overdone. I loved the idea of challenging everything weve come to expect from a little black dress, says LaQuan Smith, another fan of short hemlines, who bricolaged elements like tuxedo-jacket lapels with a cutout LBD and a Mandarin collar with a one-shouldered dress for his opulent Fall 2023 show at the Rainbow Room in New York

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