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9 Street Style Poses You Don't Want to Copy

These outfits may be fabulous, but the poses? These are the cream of the awkward crop

by Emily Popp

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I have one go-to move when I pose for photos: I call it the "side pose," where I smile, put one hand on my hip, and cheat my body out to the side. Admittedly, it's pretty similar to Paris Hilton's patented pose, but I don't care. It works for me, so I'm sticking with it.

Whenever I try to mix things up with my poses, I look super awkward. Posing is tricky business; it's so easy to end up looking uncomfortable and stiff, and even the street style pros screw it up sometimes. To prove it, I've sifted through street style shots to find the most awkward poses that you definitely do not want to recreate next time you're in front of a camera lens.

These street style models and fashion bloggers look stunning, but each one has broken a cardinal rule of posing. But these street stylers shouldn't feel badly � for every handful of hits, it's pretty much guaranteed you're gonna have a miss.

So, learn from other's mistakes, and click through our gallery to see the cream of the awkward crop. You might already be guilty of trying one of these poses, but at least you can avoid being a repeat offender.

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LOL.

by Laurahdz Monday, May 6, 2013 at 11:52PM Report as inappropriate

Stupid, complete waste of time !!!!!!

by HandbagLover Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 01:50PM Report as inappropriate

It was kind of interesting to see the photos...but the article felt unnecessarily mean....

by tallredamanda Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 07:36AM Report as inappropriate

Different

by Alana_Danes Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 01:05AM Report as inappropriate

Kinda funny. Doesn't really give any "good" pose ideas, okay, --besides the "Paris Hilton" pose. But if every one posed like that I would want to gouge my eyes out.

by dancerbygrace Monday, April 15, 2013 at 09:22AM Report as inappropriate

sucky random pictures of random people, dont care, this whole thing was just dumb and pointless. thank you for wasting my time

by talecon Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 03:26PM Report as inappropriate

I kind of like the poses, not that I would ever do them, but it's street style, it's edgy...

by DTalksAll Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:36AM Report as inappropriate

lol thanks for the advice.

by Monique3 Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 06:49AM Report as inappropriate

If you sit around worrying about your poses then you need to get over your douche bag self. Trust me it wont be that hard. I have already done it.

by holli_currie Monday, April 8, 2013 at 01:40PM Report as inappropriate

This article was pretty funny! I enjoyed it :)

by NillaButterfly Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 09:11PM Report as inappropriate