Drop It Like It’s Hot!

Don’t be a turkey! Get on board with the trend… Waists are being lowered to hip height for Spring 2009 – so flaunt your womanly figure with a drop-waist dress or a hip-slung belt!
Runway pictures courtesy style.com unless otherwise credited.
Left: Zucca, via vogue.fr
Nanette Lepore
Salvatore Ferragamo
Luisa Beccaria
Ruffian
Marchesa Resort

Phi
Doo.Ri
Reem Acra
The drawstring drop at Michael Kors (in orange)

and VPL (in grey-blue)
Lela Rose
Andrew Gn
Armand Basi One
La Perla
Erdem
Gucci
Roksanda Ilincic
Isabel Marant, via nytimes.com
Just Cavalli
Elie Saab
John Galliano

Temperley London

Modernist
In the shops:
Fabulous sweaters, coats and frocks with waists at hip-level. Celebrate those curves, darlings!
Alice + Olivia belted bubble coat; this and next 2 at Neiman Marcus or neimanmarcus.com
Milly pink floral print belted silk frock (at left)
Proenza Schouler multi-layer chiffon and sequin dress (at right)
Milly To the Nines dress, at standardstyle.com.
Rachel Mara Jessica red floral dress, at shopgoldyn.com.
Pullman fuchsia party dress, $88 at urbanoutfitters.com.
Lover gray floral mini dress; this and next 3 at net-a-porter.com.
Hanii Y blue drop waist dress.
Jonathan Saunders Elseden silk chiffon tank dress (at right).
Philosophy Di Alberta Ferretti purple knitted frock.
Deal of the Day: Flirty little drop-waist dress, $59 at victoriassecret.com.

Happy Thanksgiving, darlings! CC is ever so grateful to all her readers and fellow fashionistas!