Have you noticed more tie back dresses this spring? Spring is the season for dresses and also the season for dressmaking shortcuts. The tie back waist cuts back on production costs and makes a dress seem to fit a wider variety of body shapes. But it looks like a shortcut. When compared to the fitted front, it’s sloppy. The fabric underneath it doesn’t distribute evenly. Sometimes you don’t want the formality of precise tailoring, and you do reach for tie waist dresses. They have a specific relaxed vibe. It doesn’t make sense thematically to combine a tailored front with a tie waist back. It just reads like a method for reducing production costs, not a designer’s deliberate choice. LTKstyletip LTKVideo LTKfindsunder50