Waist-less S/S 07

[Spike413]

Waist-less

Seems odd considering fashion's recent obsession with putting emphasis at the natural waist, but this season designers were either dropping the waist to the hips, giving a 1920's feel to some of the clothes, or ignoring the waist all-together in favor of a straight cut, almost Baleniaga silhouette.

Anna Sui

Calvin Klein

Diane von Furstenberg

Donna Karan

Marc Jacobs

Michael Kors

Narciso Rodriguez

Ralph Lauren

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[Spike413]

Vera Wang

Zac Posen

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personally I like the dropped-waist look when it's done in a soft, fluid fabric. Even though the lines are cut away from the body, you still get a sense of the curves at the bust and hips, it's very sensual looking.

 

[softgrey]

moved to its own thread since you cited more than five collections....

 

[MulletProof]

oh thanks, softgrey!
you beat me to it, i even PMed spike.

 

[softgrey]

oh- sorry!...
but thanks for fixing the thread title..
good teamwork!..


i think this waist less ness...
is to do with expanding waistlines..
i have said i before...
there has also been a recent baby boom and i think has got to be related....

 

[fouroclock]

The question of who this trend can be attributed to?

 

[Spike413]

It's hard to say, Prada's spring 06 collection was also about eliminating the waist, so to speak. And Cristobal Balenciaga's influence has certainly been presiding over fashion as of late.

But I think the reason why I find it such an odd choice is because fashion as a whole just recently embraced the belted waist hourglass silhouette.

softgrey could definitly be onto something because done in the right fabric it is a very fogiving line. But as that Zac Posen satin number demonstrates, it can also be an incredibly challenging look as well.

I wonder how this will trickle down come spring.

 

[checklist]

has the belted waist really been bigger than the dropped waist/non-accentuated/a-line dress shape? i feel like the mod trend has been the big trend sweeping over us lately... so much so that h&m and other high street stores are chock full of them.

 

[PrincessImp.]

I love this trend, it's such a forgiving silohuette!

 

[purechris]

great thread and good eye

but I have to point out the ease in construction this has for designers and production....

.........if it doesn't have to fit the wearer at the waist proper, how much easier is it at sales level, "oh no, it's supposed to be lose around the waist"

My company's been doing this shape for a while, especially in tops, and I've always had difficulty with customers that spend HOURS in the gym to have a waist and then have it disappear in their garments. It's truly a hard sale.

but Soft does have a very good point, baby boomers will be loving this....and let's not forget, they have the $money$ to spend on it!

It also brings nightmares of ill placed belts of which we're already witnessing too much of

 

[tifa]

I love this trend, it's such a forgiving silohuette!

i think the opposite....it makes all the skinny, tall models look wide and stumpy. imagine it on me, short and stumpy

 

[luckyme]

so, I have a question, what is the preferred length of these dresses? above the knee, at the knee or below the knee? and what is the reasoning for this?

 

[thesiren]

i love this silhouette. and on folks of most sizes, it can look right but has to be in the appropriate fabric. i don't know if this is something that will catch on at a mass level simply because some women aren't too keen on losing their shape under a pile of fabric. and again, it's all about proportion...

big top, short shorts, tall wedges...sack dress, lots of leg, ankle boots...as long as you're breaking it up, i think it looks very fresh.

the thing with these little froth sack dresses is that they're so versatile. i have two vintage ones i've been living in since january or so, and they're brilliant over a black turtleneck/tights/ankle boots, or on their own with a wedge when it's warmer. i haven't put these dresses away since i've gotten them, and don't plan to.

i think the lengths vary on the occassion and what suits a person best...like most things.

 

[softgrey]

i love this silhouette. and on folks of most sizes, it can look right but has to be in the appropriate fabric. i don't know if this is something that will catch on at a mass level simply because some women aren't too keen on losing their shape under a pile of fabric. and again, it's all about proportion...

big top, short shorts, tall wedges...sack dress, lots of leg, ankle boots...as long as you're breaking it up, i think it looks very fresh.

the thing with these little froth sack dresses is that they're so versatile. i have two vintage ones i've been living in since january or so, and they're brilliant over a black turtleneck/tights/ankle boots, or on their own with a wedge when it's warmer. i haven't put these dresses away since i've gotten them, and don't plan to.

i think the lengths vary on the occassion and what suits a person best...like most things.

i pretty much agree completely..
the best length will vary according to height and size

 

[Yppe]

I love this!! I'm sick of all the belts just under the chest. This looks much more natural and effortless.

 

[PrincessImp.]

i think the opposite....it makes all the skinny, tall models look wide and stumpy. imagine it on me, short and stumpy

It doesn't have to be, as long as the fit and fabric is right.

 

[Whitelinen]

I like 1920's silhouettes, but this trend just makes the collections look ill-fitting. I hope this trend dies down soon.

Some waistless jackets are good though. On a very skinny model. That's all.

 

[softgrey]

I love this!! I'm sick of all the belts just under the chest. This looks much more natural and effortless.

i absolutely agree!..


the sad thing is that all the silly try too hard girls will buy these dresses and stick a cinch belt on them...thinking they are adding some 'personal style'...when really, they are ruining the line of the dress...


i cannot tell you how much of this i see downtown in my neighborhood...
i saw one girl at the tents during shows wearing an empire dress that i actually own...
and she added an elastic cinch belt......

empire dress with cinch belt?!?!...
who ever heard of such a thing..?...
i guess she was trying to be creative ..
but it defeats the whole purpose of the dress and completely ruins it...

i love the big TENT shapes...
fly --be free---

the DKNY dresses made me weak in the knees...



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[SwanDiamondRose]

it took seeing it twice but i have fallen in love with that Marc Jacobs dropwaist silver (rainbow) dress.

 

[Bella_Lass334]

I love love LOVE the Ralph Lauren dresses. Not too sure how big this trend will be, though. : /