How to choose a dress?

Fashion trends are changing, but the need for a dress always remains. A graduation party, a friend’s wedding, or just going to the cinema — it’s better not to come up with dresses for clothes. Despite the abundance of existing styles used in collections of fashion houses, and general democracy, not every lady knows how to choose a dress that suits the style and shape. In this article you will find useful tips that will help you easily cope with this task and emphasize your image only on the favorable side.

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What dress to choose for your figure?

The most important thing is to correctly assess your strengths, weaknesses and correctly determine the type of your figure. Each has its own styles, preferred fabrics that are present in the collections every season.

There are several main types of shapes:

• Hourglass;
• An Apple;
• Pear;
• Rectangle;
• Inverted Triangle.

Important! An hourglass is considered an ideal type, therefore, the task of any outfit will be to pull up the external parameters just for this silhouette.

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How to choose the size of the dress: custom solutions

When building the right silhouette, it is necessary not only to choose the right model, but also the size, not only the outfit as a whole, but also the neckline, sleeves, and other parts of the clothing.

When ordering a costume in the online store, you should focus only on two dimensions - the volume of the bust, hips, almost all dimensional nets are built specifically on them. To choose a dress according to the figure, you need to take the most ordinary centimeter tape, attach it in the right place, not pulling it very much, but also not loosening it much. The resulting parameters will be the starting point for finding the perfect outfit. You should also pay attention to the units of measure when ordering on foreign sites, you may have to convert centimeters to inches.

Important! The standard selection starts from a height of 175 cm, so owners of more modest dimensions may have to be puzzled by fitting the dress in length.

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How to choose a dress: important nuances

Correctly selected silhouette will be able to bring the appearance to perfection:

• If you are afraid to try something new - stop your look at the V-neck. It will emphasize the length of the neck, neckline.
• Flared, flying models, outfits with a soft cut of the shoulder - will allow you to "assemble" the figure and give lightness.
• Among the trends, the “cocoon" is especially relevant - such a thing will ideally hide what is needed, and due to the correctly selected length, it will give emphasis to the legs.

Important! When choosing “your” dress, it is worth considering not only the general style, but also the right materials, and above all color.

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How to choose the color of the dress?

It has long been known that there are four color types of female beauty:

• "winter";
• "summer";
• "Spring";
• "autumn".

The first two are considered to be the main, the remaining two - intermediate. These theories are very confusing and contradictory, while choosing the right shades suitable for your appearance is much easier.

Important! The brighter your own appearance, the more vivid and saturated colors in the wardrobe can be.

Experts will help answer how to choose the color of the dress, but you can remember the following basic rules:

• Cool colors visually conceal dimensions;
• Warm, respectively, increase;
• Black and white suit everyone.

Important! Do not assume that cold shades are just a palette of blue and green, red also has its own cold tones.

If you still want something bright and flying, then all the imperfections of the figure will help to hide the selected prints and patterns.

Important! When choosing, pay attention to the texture of the fabric, so smooth glossy materials will visually add weight, and matte (even when using the “warm” range) will actively conceal excess.

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How to choose a black dress?

Black is always at its peak, always in trend, Coco Chanel literally “came up with a wheel”, creating her “little black dress”. However, with all the variety of styles, not everyone manages to choose their own version. There are several reasons for this, and the main one is that:

• The deep coal-black color, which all women are so eager to keep up with, goes only to girls with a bright and contrasting appearance.
• Others will have to pick up softer shades, possibly with shades of blue or green.

Important! If in doubt about the correct choice, it is better to give preference along with a deep neckline, then literally “moving” the black away from the face, thereby saving yourself from a possible miss.

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Dresses for full

Most often, by completeness when choosing, they understand the problem of a weakly expressed waist or the presence of a tummy. In such cases, to choose a dress according to the figure, you can use some kind of visual illusions:

• Custom waist style. The main thing is that the line of separation of the bodice and skirt does not go along the problem area. Examples are empire dresses when the skirt starts under the chest, or models with a low landing and a loose top. The latter look especially good when performed in light tissues and will look great in the summer.
• Two-layer. Such models, due to the freedom of one layer from another, also perfectly distract attention from problem areas. Ideally, the lower part is made of silk or satin, and the upper is made of guipure or lace.
• Trapezoidal patterns (A-silhouette). It’s great if the material is light and gathered in the right places in the form of drapery.

Important! Sometimes these models are equipped with an “American” armhole, make sure that it does not exist.

• Asymmetric style. In this situation, the center of asymmetry should be located just in the waist area. It can be a drapery, folds or decoration, or a combination of the proposed options.
• Sheath dress. Such a model is suitable for almost any woman, and complemented by a vertical geometric pattern will be a salvation from all misfortunes.

Important! Such dresses do not have a seam on the waist due to the features of tailoring, and if you play with flowers, you can “throw off” several sizes.

• Dresses with a smell. The drapery should be at the waist, and this option is better suited for summer dresses.
• Safari dress. It has a straight cut and looks like a shirt, often there are jewelry in the style of Military.
• "Bat". Blurred silhouette and multiple pleats hide the figure.

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Dresses for the thin

Even Vasilisa Prekrasnaya will find flaws in her appearance, so the mirror of the issue of the presence of excess volumes is the problem of their absence. Fortunately, just like picking up a dress for a figure with wide dimensions, finding an outfit for a slim girl is not difficult.

Among the options that hide thinness, you can choose these models:

• Dress shirt. A distinctive feature of this outfit is the presence of a collar, like a shirt. The cut of the skirt and bodice can be different, but invariably simple.
• Dress "tulip". Highlights the waist and adds volume to the hips thanks to a straight bodice and fitted skirt.
• Sheath dress. Smoothes the silhouette and adds weight in the right places.

Important! If the model has a basque, then it will be an excellent option for thin girls as well as for slightly overweight ones: the first - it will add the missing centimeters, the second - it will hide the existing flaws.

• Trapezoidal. A free cut and the absence of a pronounced waist will allow you to focus on the legs.

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How to choose a dress by the type of figure?

Throughout life, the female body undergoes changes - it is getting fat, it is losing weight, and sometimes only in separate parts. Not only weight changes, but also height and posture, so you need to adapt to the changes and, standing at the mirror, honestly and objectively assess the state of your figure, highlight what it is worth focusing on and what is better to correct or hide.

Depending on what nature has awarded you, there are several basic female silhouettes:

• A-type. More commonly known as a “pear”. It is distinguished by the presence of rather wide hips and small shoulders and chest.
• V-type. Otherwise, an “inverted triangle." An opponent of the previous type, ladies with such a figure have a lush bust and wide shoulders, but narrow hips.
• H type. Or it is also called a “rectangle”. Girls with such a silhouette practically lack any volumes; the figure as a whole resembles a teenage boy.
• O-type. The rounded “apple” usually has slender legs and a slightly expressed waist, the volume of the bust and hips can be different.
• X type. Ideal for many decades, an hourglass. Ladies with such a body structure are rightly proud of the elegant waist and the presence of mouth-watering volumes in the chest and hips.

Type of figure “pear”

For any type of figure, it is necessary to create a harmony between the top and the bottom, bringing it as close as possible to the “hourglass”, highlight the existing advantages. For ladies with a pear-shaped silhouette, the following solutions are suitable:

1. The style is the one that accentuates the waist. A trapezoid dress will be a chic choice, and various tucks and neck designs will let you beat the beauty of your chest.
2. Color. To choose the color of the dress to face, for such a silhouette it is worth taking a closer look at dresses with a light bodice and a darker hem or with a gradient color.

Important! A trapezoidal skirt with minimal flare will hide the excessive massiveness of the hips.

Inverted Triangle Dress

Remember that the owners of this type have very elegant hips, so it’s worth emphasizing this with a narrowed skirt:

1. Style - straight dresses or those with a low waist. If you need to balance a large bust, you should consider more voluminous skirts (“sun”, “tulip” or pleated skirts).
2. Neck Design - Prefer a beautiful and deep oval neckline or V-shaped.

Important! It is better to abandon large elements in the area of ​​the shoulders and neck - sleeves-flashlights or voluminous collars.

Dress for a rectangular type of figure

The boyishness of this silhouette looks good on the covers and spreads of fashion magazines, in real life the owners of such a figure have to contrive in every way to “add” non-existent volumes:

1. Style - a dress with a Basques is simply a salvation for H-type girls, you can choose a less festive option in the form of a sheath dress or a kimono.
2. To choose the color of the dress to face, such ladies should avoid the abundance of dark colors, otherwise there is a risk of looking exhausted, otherwise the choice is huge, you can even try animal prints.

Apple Shape Type

Ladies with such a silhouette have two choices - change or hide:

1. Style - either we change the weight and corsets, or we are looking for dresses-ballons, multi-layer dresses or flared.
2. Color - a geometric print will look best.

Important! An interestingly decorated hem will help to balance the figure.

Hourglass Shape Type

1. Style - any that emphasizes the seductive bends. If there is a lack of sexuality, add a belt or strap to the waist.
2. Color - the choice is also wide, but when using a strip, you should give preference to vertical.

Important! For ladies with “double standards” (X-type of figure and a tendency to be full), you need to stay away from very bright colors.

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The right combination of silhouettes and fabric, color and accessories allows any woman to look stunning in every situation. Using the tips from this article, you can evaluate the possibilities of your figure and outshine at any event all the ladies around.