Famous Dress Cuts You Should Know

You’d be astonished at how easy shopping can be once you’ve armed yourself with the understanding of which dress styles suit you best. The right cut creates you feel good wearing it and can improve your whole day.

Here’s an overview of the most common types of dress. You’re perhaps already familiar with rounds, squares, and V-necks. Let’s see what else is there to know.

Empire Waist

An empire waist falls far beyond the natural waistline. It is a cut that places the waistband right below the bust. This makes an outline that’s particularly flattering to those wishing to mask the stomach area or highlight the bust.

Princess Cut

Brides adore this fit, which starts small on the top with a wonderfully fitted bodice, spills at the waist, then flows easily down for the rest of its length. As with the empire waist, ladies love the princes’ cut as it doesn’t hug the belly or mid-section. Instead, the linear panels create a slimming effect, drawing the eyes lengthwise down the joins of the dress.

Basque or V- Waist

A basque cut dress has V-shaped fitted portion just below the waist. The waistline emphasizes the hips by giving an impression of an elongated contour. It flawlessly suits curvy, short-waisted, as well as wide-hipped figures.

The “V” or else “U” shape can plunge deeply below the waistline or can feature a huge waistband, fitted bodice, and a gently pleated skirt running down just underneath the knee.

As basque is a 1923 style, it usually presents a long silhouette, closely fixed sleeves, and a bodice that is close-fitted to permit the dress to be slipped over the head. The 1950s basque dress pattern comes in full circle skirts.

Bias Cut

Dissimilar the other styles in this list, a bias cut raises not to the pattern, but to the alignment of the fabric. A plain weave has flat and vertical threads. A bias cut turns that knit so that instead of the threads in the fabric run crossways. This lets the garment to gracefully cling to the curves of the body. Since the diagonal fall of the fabric, it progresses a very natural draping, ensuring a straight and smooth hemline.

A bias cut generates a different look from standard garments. However it won’t wrinkle as simply as a straight-grain garment would, it could “grow” on a hanger, so it is recommended to store bias-cut dresses folded and flat.

Halter Cut

Generally, a halter cut aids to define not only the bust but also the shoulders. A halter dress is the common sundress style that ties around the neck, revealing a great deal of the shoulders.

Even though they can be made more formal with the type of fabric used and added flourishes, halter dresses are just typically backless and very casual; some are considered as beachwear in the large tropical prints. This cut is typically secured at the back of the neck as well as the waistline.

Mermaid Cut

Mermaid is a body-hugging dress that intensely flares out from the knee or down the hem. It produces silhouettes that mold curves—seamless suggestion for special occasion dressing.