Looking in shops i see that caftans , peasant dresses and other Easy to cut dresses and their shorter versions as shirts are seen. There is less hand embroidery than the last 2-3 years and more sewn on machinal adornments,, But for those who hate to sew, it is easy to buy something ready made and add some hand embroidery. Shops are spilling over with ready made Appliques of every form you can imagine ,,,, They are even provided with some glue ,, but don`t trust that and add some stitiches to hold them in place ,,, I wrote this after the General interest that many showed in discussing Granny Dresses mirjam