Elegant evening dresses
For each case in the wardrobe of a woman should find a suitable dress. Elegant evening dresses are designed for special occasions and best emphasize the beauty and femininity of its owner. They stand out in the number of cocktail and casual dresses with a number of features.
Features and benefits
A distinctive feature of an evening dress is its length, the abundance of decor and the use of noble materials. It can hide any figure flaws. The evening dress is an element of the dress code and is most often used at events that start at 19 o'clock.
How to choose
Choosing a dress, you need to be based on the type of figure, height and configuration.
For women with a triangle or pear type, the accents on the thighs are unacceptable. They are suitable for dresses with a high waist, accents on the chest, V-neck, American armhole or asymmetrical top.
The "inverted triangle" will feel confident in A-silhouette dresses with a belt and a light or bright skirt. Women with this type of suit dresses with multi-layered skirts, skirts with rich drape or asymmetry. Do not forget about the emphasis on the waist.
Women with the “Circle” or “Apple” type of dress should choose straight dresses with an X-shaped or asymmetrical drape at the waist. The accents in dresses should focus on the upper part of the figure: the chest and shoulders. Dresses should be plain, dark, with a high waist or slightly belted.
The “Rectangle” type of figure is easy to approximate to the type of hourglass, making expressive accents at the waist and creating a volume above and below it. Such women can use dresses with draping, flared skirt, sun, voluminous sleeves and wide belts. The dress can emphasize the chest and attract attention to the hips and shoulders. From dresses on thin straps should be abandoned.
Women with the type of hourglass figure can use horizontal and vertical lines on dresses, as they only emphasize the correctness of proportions. Dresses for them should smoothly depict the figure, with an emphasis on the waist. These can be belts or decorative items.
Additional recommendations exist for women of a magnificent build and low growth.
For low
A long dress shortens the growth of short women even more. But to abandon them should not be. There are techniques to pull the silhouette. These include open high-heeled shoes, a V-shaped neckline, flared skirt, vertical lines, long earrings and high hairstyles. Flowing fabrics that create vertical folds contribute to this. Large patterns on fabrics should be avoided.
For high
Long dresses are great for tall girls. However, they should avoid pulling parts. They are preferred not vertical, but horizontal lines, U-shaped neckline. Girls who do not want to visually look even higher should abandon the deep neckline, high cuts on the hem, dresses with an open back.
For full
Fat women should focus on the features of their figure. With a pronounced waist, you can use dress styles that highlight the silhouette.
Waist must be emphasized. Fabrics for women close to the type of hourglass, you can use soft, flowing. They can be any soft prints: peas, flowers.
If the waist is not expressed, the figure is of the rectangle type, then the dress should be chosen from fabrics that keep their shape well. In this case, the waist must be identified. Women with curvaceous shapes of any type of figure need to abandon large prints and tight cut.
Popular styles
The most common style of evening dress is an A-shape dress. It has an adjacent bodice and skirt, expanding downwards. The skirt of this dress should not be fluffy and form folds. The image in the A-line dress is elegant and often found in the collections of famous designers.
Another option is a ball gown. These are dresses of an X-shaped silhouette. These include dresses with puffy skirts, multi-layered, with frill. They create a large volume, starting from the waist line.
Another well-known style of evening dress is “mermaid”. This dress is an adjacent cut across the entire body, extending at the very bottom, resembling a fishtail. He can only afford women slim, with the right proportions of the body.
The next style of dress is in the Empire style. It is less capricious and suitable for women with curvaceous, with a slight waist. This dress is with a high waistline and underlined breasts. It is made of thick fabrics, so the dress in the Empire style has no folds.
Dress in the Greek style is similar to the previous style of dress. But it is made of soft fabrics that form the folds.
There is also a direct style of evening dresses. A dress of this style must be supplemented with a belt that accentuates the waist brightly. Otherwise, it can ruin even the most feminine proportions of the body.
Colors and finishes
Evening dresses can be neutral, dark, light and bright colors. Color variety allows you to choose a dress that blends harmoniously with the color of skin, hair, eyes. Color can play a crucial role in the correction of body proportions.
As decoration use glass beads, beads, pearls, half-pearls, rhinestones, crystal beads.
Fine materials, such as beads, are suitable for light, sophisticated dresses. Pearls create a romantic image. Rhinestones - refined royal. In addition, the dress can be decorated with lace, transparent inserts, fur and even feathers.
Length
Floor length is the main characteristic of an evening dress. Any other length for special occasions is characteristic of a cocktail dress.
Fabrics and textures
The main materials used for making evening dresses are silk, satin, chiffon, lace, velvet, muslin, taffeta and brocade. According to their texture, they can be soft, hard or transparent, shiny or matte.
Soft fabrics are satin, chiffon, silk. To hard refers brocade. To brilliant - satin, brocade, silk and materials with decoration. Transparent - chiffon and lace. Each of these materials can be used depending on the season, the purpose of the dress and the external features of the woman.
What to wear
The main role in the choice of accessories is played by the specifics of the event.
The most rigorous version of the dress code, White tie, involves gloves, classic high-heeled shoes, jewelry made of precious stones, a fur coat and a small handbag. Black tie allows you to replace precious stones with expensive jewelry, and the fur coat does not require.
For other styles, Formal and Black tie, the list of necessary accessories is not prescribed. Therefore, you need to be guided by the setting and features of the dress for the selection of jewelry.
Stylish images
Any dress requires proper framing in the image. A significant role in the selection of jewelry is the dress decoration and the shape of the neckline. Richly decorated bodice, laced or with an American armhole, self-sufficient. Necklaces or necklaces in such cases distract from the dress, overloading the top. The image can be complemented with earrings suitable for finishing.
The earrings can repeat the shape of the details of the dress, and the necklace the shape of the neckline of the bodice.Clutch, decorated with rhinestones to match the dress, harmoniously completes the ensemble.
Dresses made of fur and feathers are also not worth complementing with bright overweight necklaces. Dresses with such decor are original and rather noble. Fur coats in tone to the dress create a single image with it and are not inferior to fur dresses.
In one dress can fit together different types of decor. Complicated patterns can create guipure, rhinestones, sequins. A complete image of the fur trim.
No less impressive, you can look in a dress decorated with crystals, creating complex patterns. The sophistication of the silhouette will give a feminine cut and a train for special occasions.
Any dress has its own character, which should correspond to the inner state of a woman. You should always imagine what effect you would like to create in your own way. Properly chosen dress for a woman can solve any task posed by her.