Below is a personal guide to different western dress styles that have been through the fashion world that will fit your wardrobe & dressing style.
Pencil Dresses – These are narrow and straight like a pencil with a thightly tailored hem falling out or below the knees.
Bandage Dresses – Yes the name is perculiar, but the dress is similar to number of bandage woven together.It is tight body hugging dress that has layers of fabric joined together that run criss-cross over the body.
Empire Waist Dress – This type of dress fits perfectly at your bust and flares down straight. It is usually made in fabrics like satin and silk it has no flare and is flowy.
Bodycon- tight-fitted, stretchable and body-hugging, these dresses edge across your curves making your shape very obvious. Kim Kardashian adorns a lot of these. It is usually made of lycra or blendend polyestar, it fits tight at the bust and the hip area. The hems length very-upper thigh, mid-thigh or knee midi dresses.
Kaftan Dresses – A kaftan fits loose and is usually made in flowy fabrics with flared sleeves. Usually worn with leggings or a palazzo you can go in a different lande and convert it into a dress going without any contrasting bottoms. They are supper comfy and best suited for a casual lazy day out.
Shirt Dresses – If you are going for a super bowl match with your besties or boyfriend. Anything sporty or adventure filled, put on a shirt dress and there you are. Shirt dresses are just long shirts usually denim or cotton based & fall straight on you.
Off Shoulder Dresses – If you are giving your skin some show, step into an elegant off shoulder-dress. These bare collar bones & shoulders, with sleeves either across your arms or no sleeves at all.
Baby Doll Dresses – These dresses were originally designed as nightgowns-loose fitting sleeveless and flowy from the bust. These makes a girl young, girly and steamy. At the same moment look to an overall you hence named as a baby doll dress.
