Return of the Maxi Dress

Really darlings, is it time to see it again? Our friend the Maxi Dress?

Just a little over a year ago, it was "hot". Then came the short hiatus and now it'ssssss baaaaccckkk...

The problem is, like I said before, that if a trend has a short hiatus and finds it way back again, it just looks passe. It doesn't look new or refreshing. It just gives me the feeling of "oh, it's back." as opposed to "cool! It's actually back"

However, the good news is, designers have been refreshing the maxi dress and giving it a new look with new types of fabric and cuts. I'm talkin' chiffon and linen (not together on the same dress), although there are the typical cotton and rayon types. The upper part of the dress is no longer the usual spaghetti straps or tube tops - they're now available with fluttery straps, short butterfly sleeves and some with princess sleeves.

More printed materials are used and plain maxi dresses are almost non-existent. The prints are not quite the typical bohemian nor are they leaning towards the curtain type flower prints. The prints seem whimsical.

Even the tube top maxi dresses aren't just with plain smocking. They come with strings to fasten at the chest or an extension of the material to tie a bow with at the back.

So really, after all my bitching about this passe piece of clothing, passe as it may be, it has been reinvented. Just like a brownie with whipped creamed but instead of being topped with a cherry, it's topped with a blueberry.

Ciao my darlings. SB out.