The maxi dress is the older sister of the bubble dress. Both dresses were flavors of the month last summer in what felt like an endless season of cheap and easy to wear fashion that didn't ask much of the wearer or her pocket book. And yet the maxi-dress always felt like she had a little more staying power than her kid sister.
The allure of the maxi-dress isn't as simple as the bubble dress. The cute and obscuring bubble dress was the sartorial equivalent of the one hit wonder. But the maxi dress hints at so many possibilities and we don't just mean what is under the folds of fabric. It suggests a certain kind of life with leisure time, extraneous bank accounts, and a lack of concern for dirtying the fringes with concrete sidewalks (or the boardwalk). The maxi dress is casual and yet with its length it goes formal in a wink, something the bubble dress never did manage.
And we clearly aren't the only ones wondering if the maxi dress deserves another summer in our closet. Community member Margarite Elaine has tips for wearing the dress (for short girls like two of our editors she recommends having them stop just above your ankle) in any situation or on any body. But the real proof? Six of the bloggers at our DVF X Bloggers fashion shoot chose to highlight a DVF Maxi Dress including The Daily Obession, SheFinds, See Pretty Things, Shopalicious, The ShoeBlog and Clothes Pin.
A girl can never have too many shoes and trust us we tested that premise with The Shoe Blog at our DVF X Bloggers shoot. In fact you could say we went downright overboard. While Shoeblog's JitterbugBaby was content to pose Diane von Furstenberg Shoes Milano Suede Ballet Flats in Teal Coutorture and the DVF staff had other ideas. Pair after pair of sandal, pump, wedge, and flat were pulled off the shelves and placed at the feet of our dear blogger. The Provence shoes in gold and pink were our personal favorites but with a pile that large one would be hard pressed not to find a pair to take home.
She had this to say about the event:
What a fantastic evening! I imagine a lot of us who now blog oh-so-passionately about fashion started out as little girls who loved playing dress-up. I know I did. And even though my taste has improved, there's still a basic, visceral thrill in putting on pretty clothes and shoes and jewelry that's really no different from how I felt as a kid.
The DvF staff were lovely and helpful and so welcoming, and the Coutorture gals were prepped and ready and made the whole thing run as smooth as Italian leather. A great time was had by all, as you can tell from all the smiling faces and beautiful, happy bloggers. I'm glad to have had the chance to connect some faces with the blogs I read regularly, and to hang out with my fellow fashionistas in some seriously delicious duds.
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