Puff Sleeves S/S 06

[*Happiness*]

The puff sleeves are gorgeous. Very ladylike. I really like this trend.

 

[Spike413]

I myself am a bit torn on this look. On the one hand, I like the understated deflated poof sleeves with a tiny bit of volume on top, or Boudicca's extreme version of the look. But overall it's a bit too sweet and naive for my taste.....

Maybe it'll grow on me.

 

[softgrey]

i like it with the neogoth edge...
that keeps it from being too 'twee'...

**hee hee...i learned a new word...

 

[*Happiness*]

^ soft, what does "twee" mean?

 

[i_<3_chanel]

soft !
puff sleeves are cute !
i've always liked puff sleeves . . . but only when the slv is almost a cap sleeve . .
it must be a v.short sleeve . .
otherwise . . . i think it can look a bit frumpy

 

[softgrey]

happiness...

chanel and fff taught me the word 'twee'...

it means 'sickeningly sweet'...

 

[fashionista-ta]

answers.com

twee ( twē ) adj. Chiefly British. Overly precious or nice. [Alteration of tweet ,
baby-talk alteration of SWEET.

I notice this trend continues from last season ... I remember Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen showed it, don't remember who else.

I'm trying to remember the edgy I think NY collection that did this really well, off the shoulder ...

 

[Bonchic]

i've always liked puff sleeves . . . but only when the slv is almost a cap sleeve . .
it must be a v.short sleeve . .
otherwise . . . i think it can look a bit frumpy

I agree only the shorter sleeves

 

[fashionista-ta]

(style.com)

Etro

Luca Luca

Oscar de la Renta

DVF

Still can't find the collection I'm looking for ...

 

[Kimkhuu]

^ That blue Etro dress is GORGEOUS.....

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Glad you like

This is addictive

Phi, same source

Modernist

Preen

Still can't find it ... maybe it was London ...

 

[As You Like It]

This trend excites me. Mostly because I have wide shoulders, and the nice thing about puffed sleeve blouses is that I can buy the size to fit my torso, and my rangey shoulders can stick out into the sleevehead unnoticed and have plenty of freedom of motion!

Also, I am in the midst of making an 1890s bicycling costume (bloomers, spats, tam o' shanter hat, and a cute little pointed-waist jacket with HUGE leg-o-mutton sleeves) and I am seriously considering to wear this jacket with modern trousers or a skirt after Halloween, because it is incredibly cute. It could almost be considered to be in fashion if the puffed-sleeve trend actually catches on!

 

[Gwendolyne]

oh..i can't wait for this trend to hit australia..im getting in to it now..

 

[softgrey]

prada s/s 06

i thought of this when ta-ta said off the shoulder...
style.com...

 

[softgrey]

vera wang s/s 06...

style.com...

 

[Bonchic]

must agree that the etro dress is gorgeous. Course I am partial to blue

 

[jennifer~]

As long as they aren't attached to peasant tops. Generally I like exaggerated shapes/silhouettes, I'd even welcome a resurgence of the shoulder-pad... but that's a different thread entirely...

 

[fashionista-ta]

The sleeves I can't find were very similar to these ... John Rocha, catwalking.com

This was my favorite, reminds me of lilies of the valley

 

[fashionista-ta]

Camilla Staerk, catwalking.com

 

[maraschin0]

I recently bought a Diane Von Furstenburg trench, and it had puffy sleeves...I like the whole concept, but trust me, it looks so funny when they are way too big for your shoulders.. =( I got a size 2, but it still looks big on me, I need to alter it