14 Comments

• 1. Mimi  |  September 14th, 2007 at 11:36 am

  Wow– thanks for a great wrap-up on all the trends for Spring. I’d love to have a party to wear the Oscar de al Renta feather dress to!. I think the mini and maxi skirt look a bit tired and almost dated. Although I suppose minis in spring-summer are always going to be in. I’m surprised at the Vera Wang– hers look dull and dreary next to the beautiful colors.
  I’m ready to shop!

• 2. RobynT  |  September 15th, 2007 at 1:06 am

  i agree! bubble skirts often make people look like they’re wearing “full” diapers! i guess if they are longer they are not as bad… and i hate that even a lot of t-shirts nowadays are so sheer.

• 3. Nikki  |  September 16th, 2007 at 8:14 am

  I agree with your review. UUGH!

• 4. Trisha  |  September 16th, 2007 at 9:30 pm

  Yeah, I totally agree, Mimi. It’s tough to find an occasion to wear such an over-the-top elegant dress. But then again, it’s also tough to afford the dress, period. Alas.

  Haha you really could fit a diaper under a bubble skirt! I don’t mind a slight bubble shape–but when it’s exaggerated, it’s extremely tough to wear. Even for models.

• 5. Meg  |  September 16th, 2007 at 9:44 pm

  Yeah, I’m not a big fan of bubble skirts, either.

  The only feathers I wear are on a couple of tea hats that I have.

  I’d only wear sheer fabric over another layer that has plenty of coverage.

  I’m definitely not blessed with the thighs to wear mini dresses. Plus, I have enough trouble keeping somewhat longer skirts down in the wind.

  Ahhh, the maxi dress… I’m 5’10, rather slender, and in my mid-20s and I can’t pull them off to save my life. They make me look old, prudish, and big.

• 6. KB  |  September 16th, 2007 at 11:58 pm

  I agree with you about maxi dresses, but not with the mini dresses comment. Many people can pull this look off, and it is a staple to short girls like myself!

• 7. Trisha  |  September 17th, 2007 at 4:10 am

  True–mini dresses can be great for short women. But they require a pair of great legs…which is not something all of us are lucky enough to have. As with everything on this Least Wearable list, mini dresses can be done right, with the right body type.

• 8. Ariella  |  September 17th, 2007 at 9:11 am

  Dresses with pockets? Really? I remember the Jennifer Hudson dress with pockets worn at the Oscars that looked terrible AND got smashed by everyone who saw it.

• 9. Trisha  |  September 17th, 2007 at 10:10 am

  Yeah, we oh-so-vividly remember that too. But I don’t think it was the pockets that killed the dress 😉

• 10. ambika  |  September 17th, 2007 at 7:29 pm

  Love this! I’ve got 3 or 4 dresses now with pockets and I love them to death. And agreed on all of the difficulty trends, *especially* bubble skirts which I can’t quite figure out why they’re still around.

• 11. Trisha  |  September 18th, 2007 at 12:30 am

  Thanks, Ambika! We heart dresses with pockets too So convenient and so chic!

• 12. Robert  |  November 26th, 2007 at 7:19 pm

  Minis, minis, minis! Guys love ’em. Women love to be seen in ’em. Don’t have the legs…wear pants.

• 13. Bows, Feathers-Spring tre&hellip  |  January 21st, 2009 at 7:26 pm

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• 14. Bows, Feathers – Sp&hellip  |  October 27th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

  […] not alone in our nick pickyness about what truly is wearable this season… Over at the blog, Omiru, you’ll find a list of trends that are also hard to swallow. For instance, […]