The Maxi Dress...Question

I am totally loving the look of a summer-y blowing maxi dress, however being 5'0" can I pull it off? We will see, my goal this weekend is to find the PeRFeCt maxi dress for me!
Most annoying part of this sich is last spring, I had the PERFECT maxi dress ready to purchase until my hubs says, "those are weird and won't be in style for more than the summer at most" Note to self, DO NOT listen to Sheldon when it comes to fashion advice, I should have know. =)
If only I had that dress right now...