So bouffant and even bustle dresses of the 18th century look even more romantic in Chinese hand-painted cottons.
But the collection will be known for its black bouffant dresses.
Miss Picasso was one of the relatively few women in a short bouffant dress, but it was black.
For evening, he proposed loose caftans over narrow pants or bouffant long dresses filled with bubbly petticoats.
She offers choices to women, like a suit and dress in the same fabric, and skinny dresses that sweep the floor or bouffant short dresses for evening.
A bouffant dress in black lace and taffeta was derived from Christian Dior's New Look.
To be truthful, there were some echoes of another era, namely in the long bouffant dresses in pale damask.
The bouffant short dresses were only one of the themes of the collection.
Miss Carter wore a short bouffant dress by Stanley Platos.
She also did short bouffant dresses in black lace and white lace, with crinolines.