Anonymous wrote:I have this dress:



I always get compliments when I wear it. I am 54. (I don't think it looks particularly great on the model).

I don't associate this with a little girl look. I reminds me of casual dresses from the 70's.

Hmm. I'm wracking (racking?) my brain, but I can't remember my mother wearing anything like this in the 70s.

Anonymous wrote:That green dress, while a nice color, has tiers, puffy sleeves and a gathered waist. I think this is what the OP was complaining about.

I think the worst thing about it is the color lol. I'm sure it looks good on some people but bright green is not for me.

Anonymous wrote:Oh my word, these dresses are so flattering on my body. I don’t do the big puff sleeves, but those tiers are magical for hiding mom belly. I’m tall, so I much prefer long dresses. What’s knee length other women is slightly indecent on me. Almost everyone I know wears them. It’s only large sleeves that look cutsie.


A gentle reminder that if you don’t have anything nice to say, you don’t have to say anything at all.

So those of us who hate these styles and can't find anything else out there should say nothing because some people like them? Look, it's nice that these work for you but for many of us they are terrible and/or just not our style. I think you can handle hearing that. And if you can't, then go read a different thread.

That green dress, while a nice color, has tiers, puffy sleeves and a gathered waist. I think this is what the OP was complaining about.

I love the long tiered dresses too, mainly because I am tall and want to hide my knee supports I have to wear. The puffy sleeves make me look like a line backer, so prefer to avoid those.

Oh my word, these dresses are so flattering on my body. I don’t do the big puff sleeves, but those tiers are magical for hiding mom belly. I’m tall, so I much prefer long dresses. What’s knee length other women is slightly indecent on me. Almost everyone I know wears them. It’s only large sleeves that look cutsie.


A gentle reminder that if you don’t have anything nice to say, you don’t have to say anything at all.

I have several dresses like this and I love them.

I think you’ll survive.

Some people can pull them off. I just look weird. I’m 5’7 and relatively slim but in my 50s the puffed sleeves and ruffles just don’t work. I’m not sure they would have ever worked for me. It’s like they don’t match my personality, image, style…can’t wait for them to go away.

I have this dress:



I always get compliments when I wear it. I am 54. (I don't think it looks particularly great on the model).

I don't associate this with a little girl look. I reminds me of casual dresses from the 70's.

Just got back from the mall without having purchased one article of clothing. Everything is terrible. Terrible styles, terrible fabrics, terrible colors.

Anonymous wrote:It's so frustrating! I look better with short sleeves b/c I've lost the upper arm muscle tone of my youth. But most dresses with short sleeves have that puffy sleeve which is not flattering at all, and feels ridiculous to wear as a 52 year old woman.

to follow up--whenever I try on things with these sleeves I think "mutton dressed as lamb."

It's so frustrating! I look better with short sleeves b/c I've lost the upper arm muscle tone of my youth. But most dresses with short sleeves have that puffy sleeve which is not flattering at all, and feels ridiculous to wear as a 52 year old woman.

Hate the cascading flounces

Even worse: make it short and add cowboy boots

When is this adult women dressing like little girls look going to be disappear? I think it is very tacky and no longer appropriate to wear after you’ve left your undergraduate sorority.
It gives off little house on the prairie meets young girls party dress.