Trend Alert: Handkerchief Hems

March 7, 2008

Fashion is experiencing a hippie revival and I am not protesting this trend. However, I need your help deciding if I like handkerchief hems or not. I already confidently don wide-legged jeans and denim vests, but I'm not so sure about this nonchalant detail. This Jovovich-Hawk for Target Arabesque Halter Dress ($30) is something Lux would have worn in The Virgin Suicides but is it too '70s nostalgia. Thoughts?

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30 Comments

Mintie 5 years 10 weeks

I hate this trend almost as much as I hate trapeze dresses!!

kimmbot 5 years 11 weeks

I like the Jovovitch-Hawk dress as well... too bad I'm in Canada and am therefore Target-less. But bring on the hippie revival! Flares and wide-legs look SO good on my figure.

judio 5 years 11 weeks

I like the Jovovich Hawk piece. I need to run to target.

robercin 5 years 11 weeks

Stevie Nicks closet is full of these dresses.

vinnie 5 years 11 weeks

makes me wan to cry. ha ha ha

megnmac 5 years 11 weeks

I think it can be an interesting detail - my mom just wore a handkerchief hem dress (rouched black top and then silky gold/black handkerchief skirt) to a wedding and it looked great. I think it depends on the dress, and the style it is going for, but it can be difficult to pull off and easily look cheap.

carhornsinapril 5 years 11 weeks

i had a few handkerchief hem skirts back in 03. i'm really over them now.

calliope 5 years 11 weeks

I really don't like that dress or the hemline.

SouziQ 5 years 11 weeks

I just bought that Jovovich-Hawk dress the other day! I saw it in the store, knew I had to try it on, and knew I had to buy it! I don't think that it looks the same on me as the model. It barely even looks like a handkerchief hem. It looks way exagerated in that photo. I'm 5'6" with 34B cup and I bought a small. It is only tight in the chest area, but it makes me not need a bra, as the halter neckline lifts everything up!

princessjaslew 5 years 11 weeks

you need to have the right look to carry off something like that.

emalove 5 years 11 weeks

I love modern, girly, hippie looks. 70s nostalgia is great, as long as it's modernized in some way. I tried on that Jovovich-Hawk dress at Target the other day...it looked really cute on but ran VERY small. And I'm a size 2. I didn't love it enough to buy it, but I did think it was a cute summer dress.

WiCkeD_LaDy 5 years 11 weeks

i have a silk dress in this style..... i really like it, but i don't know for everyday I'm not sure

WiCkeD_LaDy 5 years 11 weeks

i have a silk dressin this style.....i really like it, but i don't knowfor everyday I'm not sure

absolutely fab 5 years 11 weeks

Blah!

absolutely fab 5 years 11 weeks

Blah!

megln1022 5 years 11 weeks

on the whole i am not a fan- i think this was popular like 7 or 8 years ago. there might be a one off piece here and there that i like but i don't really seem myself buying anything with this!

lizzylu49 5 years 11 weeks

Not a fan of this hemline. It tends to make any dress look sloppy and dare I say cheap!

lizzylu49 5 years 11 weeks

Not a fan of this hemline. It tends to make any dress look sloppy and dare I say cheap!

Star2226 5 years 11 weeks

I love the hippie trend, but I am not a huge fan of this dress. I think hankie hems are unflattering on most and I don't know how I feel about the seam on the waist.

Ikandy 5 years 11 weeks

i luv the solange tunic

Ikandy 5 years 11 weeks

i luv the solange tunic

RosaDilia 5 years 11 weeks

Hankie hems are certaintly unflattering.

Sweet Poison 5 years 11 weeks

I think the hippie revival trend is great. But handkercheif hems are really unflattering, I even dislike they way the look on models.

Marni7 5 years 11 weeks

I am ALLLL for the hippie revival trend,but it really depends...like i dont like the Jovovich-Hawk dress at all when I saw it in person even though I love alot of their other pieces..I think it had more to do with the print tho..

acemonkey 5 years 11 weeks

I like the Jovovich-Hawk dress. I want to see it in person.

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