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"From the looks of the Spring 2012 runways, the crossbody bag trend shows no signs of letting up anytime soon. We&amp;#x27;re all for the load-lightening, back-saving, school girl chic-ifying handbag style but should you sign up for this trend, beware the purse wedgie. Not familiar with the P.W. side effect? Allow me to explain. Sure Karolina Kurkova is smiling now, but once she pounds the pavement in her chic little Rag and Bone Spring 2012 outfit and the purse wedgie strikes, she may not be grinning so broadly. A &amp;quot;purse wedgie&amp;quot; is when you wear your cute little crossbody bag diagonally across your chest--bag part on hip--pound the pavement a bit and then suddenly find your skirt/dress/shorts riding up on one side to R-rated levels. Not cool. Alexander Wang and Jason Wu, Spring 2012. Can you tell which model didn&amp;#x27;t have her V8 today? Purse wedgies occur more frequently in the warmer months, since summer&amp;#x27;s floaty skirts, gauzy dresses and breezy shorts are no match for a stubborn, stick-to-your-hip crossbody bag. Just something to keep in mind as you get tempted by all these Spring 2012 crossbody satchels--or do what the runway models and tuck them under your arm when you&amp;#x27;ve got to walk a catwalk&amp;#x27;s length or longer. Avoiding the P.W. at Yigal Azrouel, Spring 2012 Cross-body bags make up much of Steven Alan&amp;#x27;s debut handbag line. Has the purse wedgie ever happened to you? Did that make you stop loving your crossbody bag? (No, me neither) Too much spring, not enough fall? No problemo: The Only 10 Styles You Need to Buy This Fall. Period. Fall&amp;#x27;s Most Wearable Trends 40 Cool Fall Boots Under $200 More Ways to Get Glamour: Pick Up Glamour&amp;amp;#8217;s 1,000 Beauty Dos &amp;amp; Don&amp;amp;#8217;ts to Live By Forever, On Newsstands Now! Read Glamour magazine on your iPad&amp;amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Get the latest fashion updates via Twitter on @glamour_fashion Check our chic Tumblr! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). And, did you know you can read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster. Photos: Runway = Fairchild Archive. Backstage = Mark Leibowitz "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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