Maxi Dress a.k.a. Supermarket Dress

Submitted by Olga Barsky on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 09:31.

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While maxi dress is its official name, I will forever refer to this floor length wonder as a supermarket dress. Why is that you ask? I’ll give it to you straight. Over the last two years, I have been battling a severe addiction to celebrity gossip. My chief symptom – a weekly ritual involving the consumption and analysis (in bed with mint Aero bar) of the cheapest rag mags money can buy. Throughout this difficult time, I would stumble continually upon Nicole Richie with flowing blonde locks and latte in hand, grocery shopping in maxi dresses...dozens of them. As of April 2008, many things have changed. I have successfully curbed my addiction with the help of a little known show called Celebrity Rehab, and the supermarket dress is no longer reserved for Nicole’s boho stylings. It belongs to us now, the people, and has become one of the biggest trends for summer. No matter your body type - if you pay attention to cut, volume, and print size – you can make the supermarket dress work for you at any price point. So what do you say SDTC readers – are you willing to take a fashion cue from somebody married to a member of Good Charlotte, or are you not in the habit of shoveling sidewalks for free with hem of your dress?