Wasn't there a fashion phase many years back that didn't last at ALL - the Sack Dress?

http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/micros...s/t90_1973.jpg

It turned into the Shift Dress...

Maybe I confused it with the Balloon Dress... The skirt of it is DEFINITELY LOOSE! http://www.chinatowner.com/images/pr...80/32180_m.jpg