Did I miss something? As much as it's great when designers push the boundaries, it seems on several occasions at Dubai Fashion 2007, they pushed it a little too far.

"Outfits that made super-skinny look fat," was how one on-looker described. And they certainly won't compliment the voluptuous curves of the average woman.

Yes, volume's really big right now but do we really want to go out looking like a whale? and what's with the bubble-gum colour-fest?

Don't fret, ladies, it wasn't all bad. Catch the rest of the fashion ramp reviews from the Joharah Ballroom at Madinat Jumeirah. Here's a tabloid! special on the good, the not so good and the very fresh.