Evening dresses

Knee Length Evening Dress

Knee Length Evening Dress

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Content
  1. Benefits
  2. Tips for choosing
  3. Popular styles and models
  4. Choosing outerwear under the midi dress
  5. Accessories
  6. Footwear
  7. Stars and midi

The perfect evening dress is a midi dress. Having a classic option in the wardrobe, we can assume that you have a spare version of the solemn image at hand.

Benefits

Evening dress of medium length is considered universal:

  • They can be chosen by women of any age, build and body type. The main task is to choose the right style;
  • it is a sophisticated outfit, with a touch of elegance, tenderness and ability to successfully emphasize the feminine side of its owner;
  • there is no need for a dress to be worn to the knees - a celebration of any kind is appropriate: a corporate party, a business meeting or a date.

The mystery that makes midi evening dress popular is hiding in perfect, perfectly aligned length. If the knees were bare, the line between beauty and vulgarity would be broken. With increased length, it will be impossible to demonstrate beautiful legs and a refined figure. And only the length of the midi is the "golden mean".

Tips for choosing

There are some simple tips that will come in handy when choosing a dress with a midi length.

Length

The length of the dress should be chosen carefully, picky here does not hurt, but only play into the hands. There are three more acceptable options:

  • slightly below the knee;
  • in the middle of the leg;
  • slightly above the level of the ankle.

Errors in the length of the dress will spoil the whole image, make the figure squat, and legs full.

Growth

Growth doesn’t really matter in realizing the desire to have midi dress in your wardrobe. In such an outfit will be good for tall girls, but also for short ladies you can also shine in such a dress. Just do not forget about the optimal length of the dress and shoes with heels.

By increasing the length of the dress and reducing the heel you visually shorten your height. For tall girls, this rule can help form a miniature image.

Model

The model of midi dress to choose is not a problem, because the available assortment of outfits is huge and diverse.

It is on the last question is to stay and consider in detail the available options for evening midi dresses.

Popular styles and models

New look style

In the modern evening fashion a special place is given to the style of the 50s “new look”. It can be recognized by the fluffy skirts and clear lines delineating the waist. It is present in the collections of Marchesa, Georges Hobeika and Zuhair Murad.

This style is embodied in satin dresses with gold embroidery, aerial patterns, bright specimens with brilliant decor and appliqués.

Dresses in a linen style

Promptly burst into the world of evening fashion underwear style. Fashionable women liked it and even the stars began to appear at social events in combination dresses with midi length.

A good material for dresses of this style is the thinnest silk, which can be decorated with feathers and lace. Actual are the delicate shades of pink and white colors, which filled the collection of Nina Ricci. Black and red models from Zac Posen are capable of adding intrigue to the image.

Sheath Dress

To attend a strict event, where you also want to shine with its impeccable taste, fit a sheath dress with a knee-length skirt. Smooth conservatism in this image will help accessories and finishes.

The choice of models is quite large. This is an elegant, moderately strict and only slightly conservative lace dress, and a dress with an unusual pattern and with textured thick fabric.

Valentin Yudashkin taking the flesh-colored fabric as a basis and decorating it with sequins.

Designers of Dolce & Gabbana had a different idea about how the midi sheath should look, so they created it from bright leather patent leather. But the Miu Miu brand surpassed everyone - their midi dresses were created with thousands of multi-colored sequins, from which ingenious pictures emerged.

Little black dress

We all know about the mandatory element in the women's wardrobe - a little black dress that bares her knees slightly. This is a universal option, which can give the necessary character due to accessories and jewelry.

In this dress business woman will look strictly, romantic nature - modern and even slightly chaste.

Laced

Laces are always associated with romance, sweetness and mystery. These dresses are relevant at any time of day, in any place and on any girl. Is that the color can be changed - in the afternoon let the dress be light, and in the evening - dark or even black.

With sleeve

The relevance of this evening dress does not fade away throughout the year. For the cold period, designers offer a large number of knitted patterns and knitted dresses, and for summer let them remain light dresses from airy fabrics. Surprisingly, the shape of the sleeves can be used to adjust the shape.

Fringed

What was popular in the 20s is back in modern fashion. The main element of the midi evening dress has become a fringe. The Marchesa brand has dedicated an entire collection to this decor. Patterns were created from the fringe, in some models it covered the dress along the entire length, and somewhere it fell almost to the floor.

Bare shoulders

A very successful style for a dress with open shoulders is a corset bodice with a full skirt or vice versa - with a fitted one.

Choosing outerwear under the midi dress

Compliance with the proportion is the main rule when choosing outerwear for an evening midi dress. There are several options:

  • a long cloak covering the skirt;
  • a long coat is not shorter than a dress;
  • short jacket or jacket;
  • coat, short jacket or vest.

Accessories

Accessories for the dress are needed, but in their selection should be strictly adhere to the measures. Carefully inspect your dress. If it is bright and expressive in itself, for example, has shuttlecocks or fringe, then you can do without accessories.

For a modest black dress, you can choose neat earrings, a string of pearls or other concise jewelry.

If you are not sure about the relevance and combination of accessories, then you can always adopt certain rules:

  • all colors in clothes and accessories are selected in accordance with the color type of the girl;
  • universal shoes are classic shoes that fit all styles;
  • the color of the shoes can repeat the color of the dress or make a contrast with a simple dress of a single color;
  • a clutch can be brighter than a dress, but it must be in harmony with shoes;
  • A simple dress allows you to choose massive jewelery.

Footwear

Shoes, or rather the height of the heel is selected depending on the height of the woman. Medium and low growth requires a choice of shoes with heels - this can be ankle boots, shoes or half boots. The last shoe should not be covered by the hem of the dress.

Tall girls often want to look a little smaller, for this it will be good to pick up shoes without heels.

Stars and midi

All star ladies literally pounced on midi dresses. The versatility of this outfit appealed to many Hollywood film stars, so they did not miss the opportunity to once again demonstrate their ideal forms, slender legs and seductive body curves.

Comments
  1. Bogdana
    22.02.2016

    I’m not mistaken if I say that evening dresses can be put on a par with Classic Style business suits as office clothes?

  2. Alyona
    07.01.2016

    My knees are strong. and the calves are beautiful, so midi length dresses are perfect for me!

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