Does anyone know where this style of jersey dress came from?

Are you talking about the maxi dress ?

Target has them for cheap. So does Old Navy.

It is a resurgance of a 60’s style.

Maxi dresses were very popular from about 1968 until the mid 70s. It started as a reaction to extreme minis and also reflected street fashion at the time, with all the flower children/hippies. All of the designers started doing maxis. For a few years, we even had maxicoats, rather impractical for slogging through rain and snow, but very dramatic and romantic. By the late 70s, they were out, and it’s taken a lot longer than for most trends for maxis to cycle back into fashion.

I’ve been collecting vintage maxis for years, but until recently, they were a hard sell. I’m sure some of my customers cut them short to turn them into minis

Personally, I think designers are just trying anything to get folks to buy new clothes. There are lots and lots of them in Target, WalMart, and now Marshall,s. However, I notice that the real “department stores” such as Dillard’s and Macy’s have them only on the clearance rack right now.

Wow, thanks for all the info!

That makes sense—about the styles ‘re-cycling’ and whatnot.

Fluther rocks!