Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 06:22     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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’m 5’7” with a DDD chest and 130 lbs. I’m not fat. I look horrible in these types of dresses.


That’s weird, I am 5’8 with a DDD chest and currently 128, and these dresses look great on me. Although I have tiny shoulders. I don’t see this working on someone of any size with large shoulders.


Can you please link some that you feel good in?
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 05:50     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
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.


I agree about tiers being flattering, but the puff sleeves i hate. You could do that same dress with more fitted short sleeves, and it would look less trad wife.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 05:41     Subject: Re:Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
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.[/quot


Agree that it’s pretty. I’d wear it.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 05:29     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
I second the cowboy boot sentiment. Those baby dresses and boots are just such a horrible look. Cringy.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 22:46     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
No trend is for everyone. Wear it if you like it, find it comfortable and you can pull it off. If not liking it, not finding it comfy or doesn’t look good in it, find something else for your needs.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 21:53     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
Anonymous wrote:The Anthro Somerset dress looks really good on me; I like how I look and I always get compliments. I know it's probably very over, but it works really well for me as a tallish mid-40 something with a couple of kids and the midsection to show for it. I have a few of them.

FWIW, I don't like the Quince knock-off as the fabric isn't as nice.


I love my somerset dresses. I was a little late to the party on the tiered maxis but now I love them. I still get compliments when I wear mine too.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 20:08     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
Anonymous wrote:
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’m 5’7” with a DDD chest and 130 lbs. I’m not fat. I look horrible in these types of dresses.


That’s weird, I am 5’8 with a DDD chest and currently 128, and these dresses look great on me. Although I have tiny shoulders. I don’t see this working on someone of any size with large shoulders.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 17:55     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
If one can pull off either of the looks then they should rock it, but at age 56 I feel ridiculous in puffy sleeves and tiered dresses.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 16:51     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
It look off if height and weight ratio isn’t balanced but young and fit look cute and comfortable.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 14:06     Subject: Re:Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's tied to the infantilization of women under the current regime.


It's more likely to be a reinterpretation of traditional women's workwear. It's referencing American flour cloth dresses, and hundreds of years of European cotton prints. Whether or not the designer had this in mind, it's of that tradition. Look at the OP's lovely dress next to a picture of an 18th century English daily dress, the sort commonly shown in a museum costume display.

The puffy sleeves remind me of another century, especially the ones that pouf out in the middle of the arm. The skirts are a modified bell shape which comes and goes in size. Things get big, then retract, on and on. Like the 40s straight skirts to 50s big bell skirts.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 14:02     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
Anonymous wrote:Most women have given up. And I don't blame them. But let's call
This what it is, selling a ruffled "sack" in a bright pattern and calling it a dress.


This is my issue with most clothes. They’re all sacks. I have a larger bust and sacks look horrendous on me. Maybe in a few years we’ll go back to tailored clothing once more people lose weight with glp.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 13:28     Subject: Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
I’m so sick of them and feel like they are not good investments because in a decade they will read as very 2020s. This is probably why the stores sell them, so we will all be forced to donate them and buy new dresses in 2 years when they are really out. And they can sit in landfills with the cold shouldered dresses and the really aggressively ripped jeans.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 12:30     Subject: Re:Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
Anonymous wrote:It's tied to the infantilization of women under the current regime.


It's more likely to be a reinterpretation of traditional women's workwear. It's referencing American flour cloth dresses, and hundreds of years of European cotton prints. Whether or not the designer had this in mind, it's of that tradition. Look at the OP's lovely dress next to a picture of an 18th century English daily dress, the sort commonly shown in a museum costume display.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 11:45     Subject: Re:Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
I like the long tiered dresses for the summer. They are cool and breezy when it's 100 degrees and dripping with humidity. I have several from pact that I'll wear all summer. This one is my favorite.

https://wearpact.com/women/apparel/all%20dresses%20&%20skirts/coastal%20double%20gauze%20tiered%20midi%20dress/wb1-w6r-pyd

Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 08:43     Subject: Re:Tiered dresses and puffy sleeves
Anonymous wrote:It's tied to the infantilization of women under the current regime.


That’s not how I see this trend. It’s quite odd that you do.