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Chloe’s Ready-to-Wear collection for Fall/Winter 2006 will solve many back-to-school shopping dilemmas for collegiate debutantes. With a mix of pastel colors and earthy browns and neutrals, the pieces can match existing pieces in a wardrobe.

Chloe’s ideal is fun, flirty, and feminine, and the cropped loose-fitted pants and fun layered tank top bring comfort to style. The preppy sweater paired with a white starched blouse and a flowing knee-length skirt will be a fashion staple for the twentysomethings this season.

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The baby doll dress was one of the most memorable—and regrettable—fashion trends of the 1990s. Anna Sui’s Fall/Winter Ready-to-Wear collection for 2006 reinvents the look, and finally does it justice. Don’t hang your heads in shame any longer, ladies, you can now admit that the baby doll is chic once again.

Sui’s dresses work because the fabrics, colors, and prints are complementary to a woman’s figure, and the cap-sleeved, scoop-neck look is left in the ‘90s. V-necks in satiny fabrics and trimmed patterned hems along with fun embellishments at the empire waist are cute yet womanly. A glittering black mid-thigh baby doll could appear on Sienna Miller’s sleek frame any day now. The edgy feathers cut around the v-neck and silver sunburst design at the tip of the neck give a plain dress more pizzazz.

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