I was just about to say "because it's summertime and the weather is hot, silly!", but everyone else said it for me, albeit in more mannerly terms. :-) I'm actually sitting here in a white cotton embroidered nightgown that I got from Target several years back w/the idea of wearing it as a dress, but just never got around to it. It's high-waisted w/short puffed raglan sleeves which help make a rounded square (squarish-round?) neckline front & back, w/lace trim, a couple of teeny pearl buttons on the front, a long ribbon that ties, and a ruffle on the bottom. It's rather short for me (barely covers my knees when standing still, so there are white bike shorts under it to maintain some degree of decency. I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable wearing it for my usual day-to-day activities, but I'm planning on attending a pool party later, and I don't think anyone there will be giving me too hard of a time about it. :-) Now if I could just figure out how to get it to cover the damn bra straps... *sigh*