Natural breathable fabric, along with cotton and linen, is ideal for the summer season. Light flowing chiffon waves allow designers to create inimitable feminine pieces. Sundresses, dresses, blouses, layered skirts - all this exists in a huge variety of shapes and colors.
In this article, we'll talk about how to choose the right one and what to combine with a chiffon dress.
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Interesting features
Chiffon fabric is never shiny: natural fabric has a grainy, rough surface, and is produced by air weaving of fibers.
Casual outfits are usually made from blended fabrics combined with cotton. The fabric with the addition of silk threads is considered expensive: it is appropriate only for evening dresses.
Chiffon fabric is one of the best bases for decorating with bows and lace, as well as sequins, rhinestones and crystals. With its help, clothes can be draped in the most difficult way, achieving smooth and feminine lines.
Cotton-based fabrics are strong and durable, easy to care for, while chiffon combined with polyester will not last very long and not very pleasant to wear.
Styles: past and present
Mid-length styles and luxurious long dresses with a wide belt under the bust are winning options for obese women. Layered fluffy skirts (type of figure "inverted triangle") are suitable for thin girls.
Forget about scanty short dresses, as if stolen from the props of the children's theater. They are not relevant and extremely inappropriate, like the pretentious styles of maximum length, mercilessly embroidered with rhinestones, which are still offered by wedding salons.
Appropriate length, minimum decor, and a solid, correctly chosen shade are the best tips for the summer of 2019.
Forget for a while about the ballerina's "Chopin skirt", which was extremely popular 2-3 years ago. The monochromatic multi-layered midi tutu and short denim jacket are pretty boring.
Streets and catwalks are tired of a multi-layered chiffon skirt: replace it with a pleated model in a light saturated tone.
For skinny girls with narrow shoulders, we advise you to choose a model with flounces or ruffles in the neckline and bare collarbones.
How not to go wrong with the quality of the fabric
Online stores and mass-market counters are full of inexpensive offers of chiffon dresses. You should definitely be alerted by the low cost of the product, most likely, in front of you is a fake made of 100% polyester or other synthetic fiber, which in appearance resembles natural chiffon.
Are you going to sew a dress from your own material?
It is possible to verify its authenticity. If a piece of natural matter is set on fire, it will quickly burn out, filling the room with the smell of burnt feathers, and the synthetic analogue will melt for a long time, emitting a suffocating plastic smell.
Tips for luxury ladies
The following tips will help to emphasize the femininity and beauty of forms for full ladies:
- choose an outfit of medium length with a pronounced waistline;
- pay attention to the multi-layered flared models: they will hide the unnecessary and emphasize the necessary;
- your best choice: deep saturated solid colors;
- drapery in the neckline is acceptable;
- high waist and A-line dress harmonize and visually hide the fullness.
The trapezoidal cut is still relevant for you, as well as the medium-sized floral print.As an everyday summer dress, we suggest choosing a trapeze below the knee length with short sleeves and a medium-sized floral pattern in 3-4 shades.
For an evening out, there is no better style than the classic Empire style with a high waist.
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Colors, prints and ornaments
Gone are the ornaments in the style of hippie and boho that have flooded the Internet space. Brown, swampy or rusty backgrounds, on which small flowers bloomed with a dull color and bright stars flashed, are no longer in trend.
The best print of 2019 is no print at all. Pastel pink, peach and soft blue do not need additional patterns - they personify spring and tenderness with a free cut.
Large tea roses against a background of green foliage can be found only in the Dolce & Gabbana collection, which is not surprising.
If a floral pattern is found in the collections of world couturiers, it acts more like a shadow than a contrast, it seems to be guessed or additionally enhances the main color, but does not create the feeling of a colored salad, which was typical for past seasons.
Examples of harmonious style
Blue. Deep and noble blue looks great on a straight-cut dress in the Greek style of maximum length with shoulder straps over one shoulder.
A tall, but not pretentious hairstyle is suitable for the outfit.
White. White, milk or beige chiffon dress is our recommendation for young girls.
The selected shades contrast well with tanned skin, which means a light white outfit will be a godsend in preparation for the beach season.
Red. Choose a coral, muted red, or dusty shade. Long, wavy curls that fall over the open shoulders make up for the missing sleeves.
Wide straps, boat neckline and maximum length are a good solution for an evening dress.
Green. Cool green is in perfect harmony with the Slavic appearance: light brown hair and fair skin.
An ultramodern pleated skirt, a thin dark brown leather belt, flying sleeves that slightly cover the elbow - your summer wardrobe will be replenished with an elegant novelty.
Pastel shades. Be careful with powdery and pastel colors: lilac, blue, dusty rose, milky, beige, light pink. Chiffon dresses in these shades are suitable only for very young girls without aggressive makeup.
Pastel does not tolerate complex hairstyles and short styles.
Floral print. A juicy print is acceptable and desirable for a beach option. V-neckline, short sleeves and a sun-flared skirt will complement the rich shade of yellow and the image of juicy lemons.
For the urban jungle, stick to a more relaxed color scheme.
Polka dots. What can balance the black color, the most closed top, the long sleeve on the cuff and the midi skirt?
White peas, of course.
A short. The short length is quite a provocative idea when it comes to a product made of light luminous matter. Think about how you can balance the look: for example, the absence of prints on the fabric, discreet daytime makeup, accessories and shoes in beige tones.
Never combine a short chiffon outfit with a leather jacket like a biker jacket - it will instantly make your look cheap and vulgar.
Long. Flying fabrics transform a girl in a long dress or a sundress into a revived goddess who descended from Olympus.
On the contrary, a short chiffon product makes Malvina out of her: the image becomes doll-like and unnatural.
With long sleeves. In the trend of 2019, a free flying sleeve without cuffs, or, on the contrary, cuffs neatly gathered at the wrist with romantic flounces.
This option is acceptable for a cocktail or beach party, but not for formal events.
Short sleeves. Short sleeves compensate for the length of the dress. Flounce sleeves, batwing or discreet lanterns are great weekend picks.
We do not recommend
With the beginning of the millennium in the urban space of megalopolises, along with such a style in the interior as a loft, a whole trend in urban fashion called casual appeared.
It combines wardrobe items that were previously unimaginable to be imagined collected in one image. Over the years, this style has completely depersonalized city dwellers, doing it under the slogan "be different."
Influenced by relaxed casual, a creepy trend has matured: a deliberate combination of graceful and feminine with rude and vulgar in one outfit. First, on fashion catwalks, and after them on the streets of cities, chiffon elements appeared, complete with rough boots with tractor soles, biker jackets with spikes and rivets.
In our opinion, a delicate dress can be complemented by a rough men's jacket with wide shoulders only if the man escorts the girl home on a cool May evening and nothing else.
Evening
The Valentino collection presents amazing styles that are not difficult to repeat if you need to go to an important gala event.
The most closed models with a laconic boat neckline, fitted silhouettes, wide long lantern sleeves and maximum length are the distinctive features of these dresses.
In the Middle Ages, natural chiffon was a very expensive material available only to wealthy ladies. In those days, chiffon outfits were worn on special occasions, in part, this tradition has survived to this day.
High-quality fabric, elegant colors and discreet cut from Valentino, preferable to chiffon "monsters" with rhinestones from the wedding salons of provincial cities.
For an expensive fabric and a laconic cut, you will need a minimum amount of jewelry and a light wavy hairstyle.
We select shoes and accessories
Fashion bloggers convince us that a chiffon dress is appropriate under any circumstances and can be combined with almost any fabric.
Such judgments are far from the truth, if only for the following reasons:
- Business style does not allow transparent see-through fabrics, floral prints and pleats.
- Denim, suiting fabric, genuine leather - they vulgarize the airy matter.
- Such an outfit is unlikely to be appropriate in a subway car, at a lecture or during a working raid on hot streets.
- A transparent fabric that exposes a naked body is inappropriate in winter weekdays, if we are not talking about a party. Combined with a baggy coat, a delicate outfit turns into a buffoon suit.
With an eye on the monochromatic bows of this season, do not rack your brains over complicated accessories and jewelry. Their task is to play along with the main theme, without conflicting with it. Refer to nude and natural tones when choosing the color of shoes and bags.
We do not recommend it. Forget about black leather accessories and gold jewelry - they can destroy the idea of a romantic outfit in the bud. Jackets, work trench coats, leather jackets, ankle boots and boots against the backdrop of fine fabrics reveal a complete lack of taste.
Clutches with rounded edges should not be conspicuous with bright fittings, lacquered surface or emphasize that the product is made of dragon skin.
Flesh-colored boats, light sandals with low heels without decor, comfortable espadrilles are acceptable fashion shoes.
Trends 2019
The days of short mini, skin-tight silhouettes and doll-like cut are finally over! On fashion catwalks, loose styles with wide sleeves resembling a kimono are presented.
And also: wide horizontally and vertically located pleating, the most closed silhouettes with romantic wavy cuffs and ruffles.
Monochromatic complex shades of light pink, coral, brick, gray-pink appeared like a breath of fresh air in the impersonal desert of urban style.
Expensive natural fabric, light free silhouette, lack of prints, patterns, rhinestones, decorative elements are in trend. The remainder is only femininity, softness and naturalness.
The austerity of pleated black elongated models disappears with the appearance of a deep V-neckline.
A few more models
The stagnant chiffon fashion has received a new breath this year, emanating from the romantic style. The spring-summer 2019 styles reveal feminine elegance and natural beauty, as opposed to past seasons, when fashion turned a woman into a naive doll or a provincial simpleton.