My Hatred Of Ballgowns

The recent Royalty store  included - unsurprisingly - yet more ballgowns. Which makes sense, being called 'Royalty,' and what with the approaching Miss Stardoll World season. But when it comes to Stardoll, and really, life in general, I hate a deep-seated, undying hatred of ballgowns.

Here's why:

1: They're Lazy or Impossible To Style

There's two routes you can go when styling a ballgown - absolutely boring basics, or ott ridiculous layering. The latter is boring, creative, and continually cloned, while the latter is difficult in reality and often awkward looking on our dolls.

2: There's Only So Much You Can Do With Them

Ballgowns. It's literally in the name - they're designed for the ball, an extremely fancy dress party, and perhaps a pageant.  But that's it. They're too ungainly, impractical, and expensive to be worn on basically any other occasion or to any other place.

3: Only Model Bodies Need Apply

I'm 5'1 and curvy. You know what I look good in? Well, it's certainly not a floorlength poofy gown, oh no. Or a fishtail skirt. Or an overly gaudy bustier. Gowns, by design, are recipe to make me look like an overweight hobbit. Besides, they don't even make ballgowns that hit me at the ankle - instead, I end up with unintentional front-end trains which get tripped over and shredded.

4: They're Wasteful

While ballgowns are forever popular, their style, decorations, colour and cut are constantly in a state of flux, following every trendy whim. It's rare to find a ballgown that will stay fashionable for more than a month, and even if it does outlast itself, the very nature of a ballgown means you'll probably never want to wear it out in public more than once anyway. And that, to me, is a crime against good taste, sustainability, and ethicacy.