6 Beachy Dresses ... How to choose the right (non-dowdy) length.

After so much cold weather, it's finally warm enough to come out from under the layers of fleece and head to the beach in one of the 6 beach-worthy dresses I made this fall. I debate about which length looks best. What do y'all think about lengths? (The 2 black dresses seem the most dowdy???).

click to enlarge

1. Blue TShirt Dress - McCalls 2460 - link

2. Blue Print Halter Maxi - (refashioned skirt/shirt) - Butterick 5181 - link

3. Flowered Short Dress (refashioned men's Hawaiian shirt) - McCalls 5094 link

4. 18 Ways to Wear a Little Black Dress LBD - Burda Mag 09-2008-132 - link

5. Black Hawaiian Halter Dress - (refashioned wrap skirt) - McCalls 6071 - link

6. Coral Halter Dress - McCalls 3584- link