It's the balls-stuck-to-your-legs time of summer, which means for you, we hope, hanging out with lots of bikini-clad women. That makes judging a woman's appearance easy. Where it can get tricky is later on at the bars, clubs, house party, McDonald's Playpen--wherever you're meeting gals, trying to figure out what kind of girl she is. But you can glean some valuable information about a woman based on her summer dress. That knowledge can help you score a date with a sweetheart, or a pants party with a babe who just wants a summer fling.
We spoke with MTV Style's Chrissy Mahlmeister, a connoisseur of all things dresses and woman, and packaged her comments in a user-friendly diagram with pictures. This is no fool-proof guide to understanding what her summer dress means, but knowledge rooted in experience and the notion that some stereotypes are highly accurate.

