Smocked Dresses: Shop The Little-Girl Staple That Adults Are Wearing Now
Huff PostIt’s not uncommon to see smocked dresses on toddlers and little girls. Princess Charlotte, for example, almost exclusively wore embroidered smocked dresses during her early public appearances : Getty The dresses Princess Charlotte wears for public appearances often sell out quickly. You may have already noticed smocking in the “nap dress” from Hill House Home, which exploded in popularity during the pandemic as a convenient compromise between wearing comfy PJs all day and getting fully dressed for work as if we weren’t in “unprecedented times.” Hill House Home The Ellie nap dress from Hill House Home. The most popular style from brand Hill House Home is the Ellie, an A-line dress with smocking and ruffled shoulders that has been available in floral prints, bubblegum pink stripes, tartans, solids and more. As the various styles from Hill House Home and other brands have shown, a “smocked dress” can involve a smocked waistband, collar, sleeves or full chest area with a skirt that flares.