Ready Made Outfit: How to Wear a Bubble Hem Dress
October 30th, 2008
Bubble hem dresses and skirts can be challenging to wear, as the volume at the hemline isn’t necessarily figure flattering. Here’s how to wear a bubble hem dress with style:
1. Start with the bubble hem dress. Don’t you love the elegance of this gray and cream dress?
2. Reign in the volume with a wide belt. You could either go with a belt in a similar color (as shown here), or one in a purposefully contrasting color.
3. Slip on a pair of slouchy boots and a pair of tights. The dark tights will not only make this outfit warmer, but they’ll also visually slim your legs.
4. Add the finishing touches: layer on a set of necklaces, and grab a brightly colored handbag to complete the look.
How will you wear a bubble hem dress? Share your style with us in the comments!
Entry Filed under: Ready Made Outfits, Women
7 Comments Add your own
1. Anna | October 30th, 2008 at 6:19 am
I think these dresses look dreadful on EVERYONE — tall pencil-thin models, wide hips, wide shoulders, thin waist, thick waist. It doesn’t matter. They distort a woman’s figure and looks like a clay sculpture by a second grader! The rest of the outfit is adorable, but let that hem down!
2. janie | October 30th, 2008 at 8:37 am
I agree with Anna. I think these dresses are UGLY.
3. Trisha | October 31st, 2008 at 12:24 am
Anna and Janie,
Bubble hem dresses are hard to wear, but they can work. Really!
Try a ever-so-slight bubble on the hem, and reign in the volume with a belt. Makes all the difference
Cheers,
Trisha
4. Mimi | October 31st, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I’d be willing to try on a few bubble dresses to see how I look. I don’t think I’d invest more than $50 because the trend might be short-lived but it could be a fun holiday party style
5. Anna | November 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Sorry, Trisha!
I love your style advice, and know you are trying to make a fad workable but the proportions of bubble dresses by their very nature are distorted.
I’ve seen a LOT of pictures with a million styles of bubble dresses and I have the same reaction EVERY time:. top down (I need a v-neck, so I always start there) pretty neckline, nice color, nice detailing, hips and hemline — what the heck did they do that for?! It either looks like a home-ec project gone wrong or like she has a pulled thread tugging at the hem.
Never seen it look good on any model, so certainly not in real life!
6. maryam in marrakech | November 3rd, 2008 at 5:09 am
oooh, I have to disagree. I recently bought a long bubble mini-dress/tunic and I just love it! I wear it with leggings and darling flats, and I actually find it to be slimming and adorable and I am only 5 ft 6.
7. Trisha | November 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 am
Thanks for your perspectives, Anna and Maryam, and great discussion, all!
BTW - if you check this week’s poll, you can weigh in there about Bubble Dresses too
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