I feel as though Ive been preparing for this moment my entire career in fashion
If it lays somewhere around your bum (the widest point for many of us), it will lose its flattering slimming effect
The sites images also point you in the right direction, if you're looking to accurately recreate a vintage look
In putting together this post, for example, I easily looked at fifty vintage fall and winter weight robes and housecoats (the major difference between the two, by the way, being that robes usually stay down up with a sash/tie around the waist and housecoats are zipped or buttoned up the front - though another school of thought says that robes are for wearing when you get out of the bath/shower or immediately in the morning, whereas housecoats are to be kept on throughout the day atop other clothing) and nary a one was above $150.00 - many, in fact, came in well $75.00, making them comparable to the price one would may for a new version in many shops these days
Smocked bust leads to an A-line midi skirt