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If you're been following the haute couture shows in Paris, you may have noticed one disturbing trend: armlessness. We're not talking models with amputations, but of clothing that restricts your arms or hides them altogether. "At Armani Privé the models wore dry cleaning bags over their dresses. At Chanel, they went with the more decorative toilet seat covers," says James St. James. Trend predictions like this are some of the most humorous things to come out of fashion weeks. In the past, we've also liked "stripper heels are back" and "butt cleavage is all the rage!" [WOW Report]