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Volume is a key trend this Spring season, and turns up in many different forms. Paperbag waists – never an easy trend – have transformed shorts, pants and skirts by adding volume. This time round though – faux paper bag waists – created through stitched down pleats and tucks will prove to be more successful than back in the 80′s when the customer gravitated to oversized jeans and shorts  that they would cinch in with a belt.

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