1. A rise and fall hemline is proving to be the best way for Hollywood starlets to show off their
legs on the red carpet.
Style maven Olivia Palermo dips a glamorous toe in the trend with this silk, asymmetric
Bensoni dress, complete with a big trend for next season: polka dots.

2. Grungy ‘Gossip Girl’ actress Taylor Momsen chose a long-distance flight to Japan to
experiment with a black jersey dress.

3. For his debut haute couture collection, Italian designer Giambattista Valli featured dresses
with rise and fall hems of voluminous proportions, accentuated with layer upon layer of
delicately twisted tulle.

4. At the Tribeca Film Festival, Zoe Kravitz’s demi-casual red carpet look consisted of a
Balmain blazer paired with a simple, rise and fall hemmed dress .

5. Stella McCartney has been championing the rise and fall hem since her autumn/winter 2010
collection. The designer wore this sculpted design – her own work, of course – to the Met
Gala ball in New York.

6. At Alexander McQueen, creative director Sarah Burton incorporated the rise-and-fall
aesthetic into her dramatic evening gowns.

7. Actress Hailee Steinfeld’s successful approach to tackling the rise and fall hem – in Stella
McCartney – belies her 14 years of age.

8. We like how the inside of German actress Diane Kruger’s Chanel dress contains a discreet
jewel-encrusted motif.

9. Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann – the daughter of legendary actress Isabella Rossellini, tapped
into her stylish heritage by borrowing her grandmother Ingrid Bergman’s dress, which was
modified for her by designer Prabal Gurung to attend the Met Gala.

10. Lady Gaga picked this floor-sweeping, frothy rise and fall-dress by Mugler to pick up her
Fashion Icon award at the 2011 CFDAs.

11. Courtney Love exploited the revealing hem style of this Pucci dress to show off her slim
physique at the amFar 25th anniversary inspiration gala.

12. London fashion Week designer Antonio Berardi created sugary, romantic dresses with
delicately flowing rise-and-fall hems for spring/summer 2011.

13. Top model Anja Rubik’s bespoke Pucci wedding dress was unconventional in that it was
much shorter at the front – but it allowed her to show off her best asset, those long bronzed
legs, and craftily incorporated a generous train.

14. And the homage to all things uneven continues into next season: designer Alexander Wang’s
winter coats were distinctly rise and fall hemmed in style.