wishlist: long and relaxed

I've been of craving for a long grey dress in jersey, but I've also had some hesitations about this because I generally don't do long - I find it on the cumbersome side, and it also seems a little fussy. Plus a long slim dress makes me nervous about my hips (I dress to hide my pear-ish shape)

But looking through the resort collections, I was quite inspired to see how some designers have managed to make long dresses look casual, without going down the hippie lane. I've decided that whatever long dress I buy, it should not have an Empire waist and be excessively flowy, and it should:

a) be in a soft, neutral shade, like this:


left to right: Jenni Kayne; Helmut Lang; Vera Wang

or b) go the extreme and be in bright colour or crazy print, like these:


left to right: 3.1 Phillip Lim; Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche; Jonathan Saunders

*It's terribly obvious that I've discovered Photoshop isn't it? But it's a great way to display pictures without a major scrolldown overload.

Pictures from www.style.com; YSL collection picture from www.nymag.com

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wishlist: long and relaxed

Reviewed by just4u
Published : 2008-06-14T23:36:00-07:00
Rating : 4.5