Baby doll dresses: In or Not So Much?

Watching Project Runway last night got me thinking about Mr. Kors' comments. He said, in what seemed to be a very condescending tone, that the "losers'" classic black suit with mod-detailing and a striped scarf accessory was very "stewardess-like". Odd choice of words given the fact that the inspiration for his current ad campaign is strikingly similar. His lace baby doll dress (which is gorgeous BTW), the single-engine jet plane ready to wisk the model off to somewhere fabulous? Seems very '60s stewardess to me -- hip, young beautiful women in inappropriately-short dresses jet-setting around the world? Hmmmm.

Fashion is supposed to transport us somewhere fabulous. And, when it comes to luxury fashion, aren't we supposed to find it both inspirational and aspirational? I don't consider Banana Republic luxury by any means, but the suit the women create for the store was as aspirational as that store needs to get in order to sell a million units across the country. It was a shame the judges, including Michael Kors, found it dull. It wasn't dull -- it was saleable to women who shop BR for trend-forward but still work-appropriate looks. They could have sold it in black, grey, chocolate and khaki to boot, including coordinated stewardess scarves!

...but back to my poll...Are baby doll dresses in or out for Spring? (No worries if you don't have a plane to accessorize with!)