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Patagonia All Weather Dress

(60; Patagonia)
A dress for running? After wearing this one, our testers are converts. On a tropical five-kilometre jaunt, they said it felt like they were running in the buff—and that’s a good thing. Made of a polyester-spandex blend with mesh panels down both sides, the dress felt light and breezy, wicked moisture and dried quickly. Falling above the knees with wide straps, it jibed with a variety of undergarments, and since a dress has little skin contact, chafing was never an issue.