Comments on: Ready Made Outfit: How to Wear a Bubble Hem Dress

By: phyllis

phyllis — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:55:51 +0000

I love the bubble dress but I just can’t find it. Who carries these dresses ? Where can I find them–what stores?

By: iflissen

iflissen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:05:43 +0000

I baught one in red…at Benetton. It was so cheep, I thought I’ll try it. The top part has thing straps and a rose of the same red color.

I went in thinking that there is no way in earth that this thing will look good on me ( I have curves and …I am large at the hipps).

An other customer who was there, so me in it! She went crazy: You absolutely have to buy it! I did feel very confrutable…and I was extreemly suprised.

When I buy close that fit me well I always ask my self why they fit?
In this case, the dress had a slight bubble on the hem and the fabric was very light. If it was a more heavy fabric…I am a 100% sure that I would have left it right there.

So I guess, the shpe of the dress is not the only thing that counts, the fabric too!

By: Stevi

Stevi — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:55:54 +0000

i wear my bubble hem dress with opaque black tights and killer heels… my boyfriend loves it!!

By: Trisha

Trisha — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:56:42 +0000

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

By: maryam in marrakech

maryam in marrakech — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:09:21 +0000

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.

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:25:58 +0000

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!

By: Mimi

Mimi — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:36:58 +0000

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

By: Trisha

Trisha — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:24:30 +0000

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

By: janie

janie — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:37:45 +0000

I agree with Anna. I think these dresses are UGLY.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:19:43 +0000

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!