After meticulously looking over a variety of different fashion sites, I have a feeling that this year it’s going to be all about The Baby Doll top. It’s beginning to pop up here and there in the magazines again and I am sure before long it will have gotten out of control. But before you commit your hard earned cash to another make-what’s-old-new trend again, consider trying a grown up version of this childlike silhouette.

They key to the baby doll top is draping. By cinching the waist with and elastic smock and highlighting the chest with a surplice neckline, the smocked charmeuse at Fashion Bug makes all the right stops on this trend without taking it too far by making it a sleeveless piece with small straps and minimal bust coverage (as so many other baby dolls do).

I will say that for all its good traits, this top does have flaws. The balloned elbows look slightly awkward when accompanied by the pleating along the collar bone. It would have been great if the same feature was a few inches higher, right on top of the shoulder. But either way, this sea green beauty will keep you in the trend loop without completely compromising your womanly sense of style.

Features Of The Above Charmeuse Top