What are the rules for ladies' dresses?

Ladies dresses are mainly based on wearing time, different occasions, divided into day dresses, evening dresses, wedding dresses, cocktail dresses and other types.

One, day dress

Day dress is to attend social activities during the day when the formal wear, such as opening ceremonies, banquets, weddings, parks, formal visits and other occasions to wear the dress. It is not as strict as the norms of evening dress, appear more casual, lively, romantic, is to show the wearer good manners for the purpose of. Like the appearance of a dignified, solemn suit can be used as a day dress. Day dresses usually show elegance, modesty and subtle characteristics, more wool, cotton, hemp, silk or silk sense of fabric. Small accessories should be selected with the corresponding tone of the clothing.

Two, evening dress

Evening gowns, also known as night gowns or evening dress, is the evening after 20:00 in ceremonial activities with formal dress, but also women's dresses in the highest grade, the most distinctive and can fully demonstrate the individuality of the wearing style. Evening dresses originated from the European dress custom, the earliest prevalent in the court noblewomen to wear, later, after the designers continue to push the creation, and ultimately evolved and developed into a woman to attend the ball, concerts, dinners, nightclubs and other activities necessary for the perfect dress.

There are two kinds of evening dresses: one is the traditional evening dress, the form of low-cut, strapless, backless, waisted and fitted dresses, suitable for high-grade, with a sense of security occasions to wear; one is a modern evening dresses, seeking style and color changes, with a bold and innovative sense of the times.

1. Traditional evening dress

Traditional evening dresses emphasize women's slender waist, exaggerating the weight of the skirt below the hips, and more bare chest, backless, armless dress style to fully reveal its body shoulders, chest, arm part, but also for the gorgeous jewelry to leave the space to perform. Often use low neckline design, through inlay, embroidery, collar pleats, gorgeous lace, bows, roses decorative means to highlight the noble and elegant dress effect, giving a classical, orthodox clothing impression. In the use of fabrics, in order to meet the night luxury, warm atmosphere, more use of mercerized fabrics, glitter satin, taffeta, gold and silver interwoven silk, chiffon, lace and other gorgeous, noble materials, and embellished with a variety of embroidery, pleats, crepe, beading, edging, loop buttons and other decorations. Craftsmanship on the fine sewing, but also highlights the superb evening wear and the sense of luxury upscale.

Traditional evening dresses focus on matching, with elaborate hairstyles, exquisite make-up, expensive jewelry, gloves, shoes and other dress up, showing the classical tendency of calm and beautiful. Jewelry can choose pearls, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds and other high-quality accessories, but also if the toes are exposed, it is necessary to synchronize with the face and hands of the makeup to be modified. Wearing evening gowns are also often paired with gorgeous, romantic, delicate, elegant evening bag, which is mostly made of patent leather, soft leather, velvet, gold and silver silk and other blended materials, is made with inlay, embroidery, braiding and other crafts.

2. Modern evening dress

Modern style evening dress by a variety of modern cultural trends, art styles and fashion trends, but not too much to stick to the programmed restrictions, pay attention to the style of simple and bright and novel changes, very much the characteristics of the times and the breath of life. Compared with traditional evening dresses, modern evening dresses are more comfortable, practical, economical and beautiful in terms of modeling. Such as suit suit type, short top long skirt type, inside and outside the two pieces of the combination type and even pants reasonable collocation has become the evening dress wear.

Three, the wedding dress

Marriage is a major event in a person's life, in order to show its special significance, express the wedding and their friends and relatives of the joy and blessings of the heart, people often want to organize a grand and warm ceremony to show the celebration. In the whole wedding ceremony, wedding dress is one of the essential dress content, involving the bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen and best men and children to wear the type. The bride wears a wedding dress for all the wedding clothes in the most luxurious and beautiful form of clothing and wedding highlights, through its elegant fabrics, styles and exquisite workmanship, reflecting the marriage of the blazing innocence of love and longing for a better life in the future, reflecting the extent of the scale of the wedding ceremony. Wedding clothes according to the style of the style, can be divided into Western wedding clothes and Chinese wedding clothes.

1. Western wedding dress

Western wedding dress from the European dress habits, in most Western countries, people get married to the church to accept the priest or pastor's prayers and blessings, the bride should wear white wedding dress to show the sincerity and purity, and with hats, headdresses, phi veil and bouquets to set off the wedding dresses of the gorgeous. The bridesmaids wear gowns that complement and match the bride's wedding dress. The bridesmaids, symbolizing the angels, wear short white mini-dresses for women.

Western wedding dresses in shape, color, fabric also have some agreed rules. Modeling for more than x-type fitted dress, the upper body of the front piece with a princess line, the back piece of the province, the waist of the skirt to do more pleats, the skirt can be in the form of layered. Skirt collar, waist and hem can be added according to the design needs to be similar to the flower knot, lace decorations, in order to show the shape of the wedding dress, the skirt should be used in nylon mesh, silk mesh, nylon cloth, tulle and other materials to do the skirt support. The color is usually white, symbolizing sincerity and purity. Fabrics are generally used taffeta, crepe satin, silk, yarn, tulle and so on. Accessories are since the cape (white wedding dress), white gloves, white satin heels, etc., of which the white cape can be embroidered, white satin and beads to make.

2. Chinese wedding dress

Chinese bridal wedding dress to the traditional short jacket and long skirt or cheongsam is the main, the shape is mostly slim fit type, with Chinese collar, loop buckle style, has a strong traditional Chinese characteristics. Slim tailoring combined with the characteristics of Western-style dresses, can show the feminine curves of the body, not only with modern fashion, but also with the Oriental characteristics of the unique containing elegant temperament. The color is mostly red, symbolizing joy, luck and happiness. Patterns are mostly used in traditional auspicious patterns such as dragon and phoenix, peony, etc., which expresses the splendor and grandeur of the wedding dress, and the wedding couple's longing and good wishes for the future life. Fabrics are mostly made of silk, brocade or tulle. Commonly used embroidery, hand-painted, nail embellished with beads and sequins and other decorative techniques to show or rich and luxurious or elegant and beautiful style. Men usually wear Chinese uniforms that are not exactly the same as robes and coats. Like bridesmaids, bridesmaids and children also wear with Chinese dresses accordingly.

Four, cocktail dresses

Cocktail dresses, refers to the lady in the cocktail Party, semi-formal or formal occasions to wear, is between the day and evening dresses between the dresses. Compared with the luxury of evening dresses, cocktail dresses pay more attention to the occasion, the atmosphere of the relaxed, relatively simplified style, more elegant, subtle.

Cocktail dresses need to bare some skin, but not as large as the evening gowns exposed, skirt length is generally above and below the knee, with the popularity of a one-piece dress or two-piece, three-piece clothing can be selected. Color to black, white, pink, gold and other colors, embellished with rhinestones, sequins and so on. Fabrics are mostly natural silk, brocade, synthetic fibers and some new high-tech materials, plain, underlined and small patterned fabrics are also often used. Accessories are mostly pearl necklaces, studs or dangling earrings, more than three strings for more formal occasions. With the matching shoes are highly decorative, slightly glossy, more formal occasions can choose bright colors, you can also bare part of the foot.