LONG...very LONG

The longer the better, 

meters and meters of fabric where displayed in the fashion shows the last september.

 Vogue UK 2005 Tim Walker

In this period of changes after the crisis, everything is before the question mark, all the values are questioned. There are a few that maintain their importance though: craftsmanship, beauty, luxurious materials, good textiles...

It might be for that reason that designers have decided not to reduce coasts in the amount of fabric used to show that their collections are not over priced but reasonable.

Temperley London

Cynthia Steffe

There is a very specific trend that consists in wearing a very long and plain dress, unicolour, in a single material usually jersey or other elastic fabrics. It can be more or less tight it depends on you.

Sept 2010 NYC The Sartorialist

Lanvin

Bally

Derek lam

The Row

Derek Lam

The is another weave of this XL dresses, these are tighted at the waist and they have a bit of volume in the skirt part. They are again made from one fabric but this time (although this time patterns are very common).

Diana Kruger, feb 2011 Berlin festival

Derek Lam

Erdem

Adam

Tibi

Milly

Matthew Williamson

Mermaid dresses, these dresses are the perfect outfit for an elegant party. They will show your sophistication at the same time they let people see the shape of your body. They can be wide or tight at the top, very narrow at the thighs and then, they increase in volume until they get wide opened when touching the floor.

British Vogue Mario Testino, Vodianova

Carolina Herrera

J.Mendel

Rochas

Diana Kruger, SAG awards 2010

Large dresses do not come only long but wide. There is another trend that treats the dresses like huge fabrics around the body.
I will recommend this look to skinny girls, as it is nice to see the contrast between the dimensions of the body and the clothes.

Joanna Hillman 2011

Etro

Preen

Maurizio Pecoraro

Jil Sander