Erin Fetherston: Big on Pretty, Can Make Pretty Look ... Big

Here's the thing about Erin Fetherston: in order to wear her clothes, it really helps if you look like Erin Fetherston.

E.Fethers, in case you don't know, is the annointed hipster goddess of Fashion Week right now. (Not counting that girl from the Misshapes, who was supposedly smiling at the show last night. The other horsemen of the Apocalypse should be on their way.)

Fetherston's clothes are very pretty and girly, and on a hanger (or a model), I think they're adorable. The problem is, they're exactly the sort of thing I'd buy for my niece ... not for my thirty(ish) self. If you have anything approaching a butt or boobs, you will look like a giant preggo in these clothes.

This season was big on the poofy sleeves and flowing skirts, which makes for a gorgeous runway show. In real life, though. I still think most of it is going to make people look huge: "Observe my HUGE skirt and/or sleeves. They match my HUGE person. I am HUGE. HUGE and very hip."

Like, look at that photo over there on the left. I love that dress. Love it. It's beautifully made and it's a gorgeous shape and I love that it's black but has a light sheen, so it's not exactly what you'd expect. However, it would definitely make me look like I was hiding my lunch lady arms. (Because I would be.) You want some very spindly sticks poking out of those sleeves in order to make it work, is what I'm saying.

Erin Fetherston has a line at Target and I'm always looked wistfully at them online, but I don't buy any because I know they'll make me look like I'm in Rosemary's Baby. You know what I need? Tracy Reese to start a line for Target. Now there's something a girl with a shape can wear.

Are you listening, Target? Do it. Talk her into it. I would buy everything. I would buy things that weren't available in my size, just to have them.

Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images. Erin Fetherson Fall 2008.