[Cadaverous Pallor]

Usually the dress involved is not a dress at all. Or at least, a dress that could get you arrested.

This look has been around for a year or two now, mostly among people younger than us, BTD. Whaddaya mean, I can't shop at Charlotte Russe anymore?

On the upside of this trend - cute tops with long torsos are back. Some even lean towards the dress side of things. So there's a line you can move towards. Goodbye, inadvertent midriff!