Designer Dresses and Skirts 2009
When it comes to designer dresses there are several definite trends that are going to come into play.
One of them is the cut out slashed or vented dress. This type of dress looks a bit punky. It boasts slashes across the front of it that looks like punky venting. The company Bebe makes a beautiful creamy white version of this dress that is sleeveless with a very short skirt. The dress also has a very flattering boat neck and buttons with a bright brass button at the back.
BA&SH is also offering a signature white mini dress for summer. This one is a cross between a Greek Goddess Gown and T-shirt. It has one shoulder that is braided and very short. It is very skimpy and you would have to be small with an excellent figure to pull this very plain yet revealing dress off properly.
Not every company is making a great white dress for summer. The popular clothing company Banana Republic is offering a shift in a brilliant fuchsia color. It has a ruched neckline and seams with puffed out shoulders. Otherwise it is just a very stunning short, above the knees sleeveless shift with a very high neckline that cuts in a bevel shape across the collar bone.
Wild patterns are also very in when it comes to summer mini-dresses. The company Ksubi makes a silk dress that is made out of a sheer silk in a smoke color that is patterned over with neon orange abstractions. The effect of this is very Italian and yet contemporary.
If you want to go out for a night on the town then one of the disco style silver dresses might fit the bill. Religion makes a nylon dress that looks like it belongs on the dance floor at Studio 54. It is strapless with an empire waist and a ruched bodice. The hemline is almost at hip length and triangular looking.
One of the most charming of summer skirts in stores this summer is by BNX. This company makes a multilayered creamy pink silk skirt that is tied together with big pink ribbons. The effect is very casual; one could say it is contemporary yet Victorian in flair at the same time. It looks best on a real “girly girl.”
It never goes out of style and the same is true again this summer. The short, short denim skirt is back. French Connection makes a very shapely and affordable version in classic navy blue that hangs low on the waist and that has a low front zipper fly.
The thing about short skirts is to remember that they do hike up if you bend over. Before you buy something with a short hem be sure to test out how much of your body will be revealed if you sit or lean over to avoid unnecessary public humiliation.