Feeling pouffy

I'm really feeling the pouffy shapes that are emerging out of the shops at the moment. Not to be confused with last seasons volume madness this is more of a marriage of contrasts - fit and flare and fit again (or vice versa).

Coat, Full Circle; cocktail dress, Karen Millen; cable knit sweater, Topshop; Fingerless gloves, Gloved Up; skinny rib sweater, Karen Millen

I'm trying to work out what it is about the shape that I find so appealing... I suppose it's the shapely, vaguely sculptural air. These could be items of clothing or they could be works of art. It's something about symmetry. It's something that I majorly dig.