One of the most versatile
dresses that were ever designed for wear on special occasions is the cocktail
dress. While the events for
which cocktail dresses are worn are usually late afternoon or early evening
affairs that are too casual to be called black-tie events, many cocktail
dresses can now be worn elsewhere, depending on the cut and the material of the
dress and the accessories worn with it.
To wear a cocktail dress to a
more formal event, all you need to do is to accessorize accordingly, perhaps
wear more flashy pieces of jewelry and heavier makeup. If you need to wear something dressy to the
office for any reason other than the usual skirt or pantsuit, you can wear a
cocktail dress that is not too flashy and just throw on a blazer and slip into
sensible office shoes. Many current styles of
cocktail dresses are no longer limited to being party wear anymore.
Choosing what style of cocktail
dress to wear, however, can be very tricky for most women. After all, only a few women could claim to
have truly perfect bodies, and most women who do not fall into the supermodel
category prefer to hide the flaws of their figures. Wearing a one-piece dress such as a cocktail dress
can easily reveal those flaws if the dress does not fit the wearer’s body type.
In picking out the right cocktail dress
to wear, a woman should always consider her body type - whether she is
top-heavy or bottom-heavy – and find something that will balance out her
figure. If she is bottom-heavy, her aim
should be to draw attention to the upper part of her body and to her face. If she is top-heavy, she has the option
either to emphasize her cleavage or to wear something that will pull the eyes
to her legs.
What kind of cocktail dress
would suit a woman with a bottom-heavy figure?
As said above, a woman with a bottom-heavy figure would want to hide the
thickness around her hips and thighs. A
good cocktail dress for her to wear would be a dress that fits closely around
the waist but without the seams pushed out by extra padding around the abdomen
and has a skirt that flares out around the hips and thighs. A cocktail dress with a full skirt would be
perfect for a woman with a bottom-heavy figure because it will definitely hide
whatever flabbiness and bulges that she wishes not to be seen around her lower
body.
Another option available for a
woman with a bottom-heavy figure is a cocktail dress that sports an
empire-style waistline. A cocktail dress
with an empire-style waistline has the waist placed higher, thereby pulling the
eyes towards the shoulders, the neck and the face. It also drapes and skims over the lower
body. The only risk with wearing an
empire-style cocktail dress, however, is that the empire-style cut is often
used on maternity dresses, and so a woman wearing such a dress may be mistaken
to be pregnant.
And yet another choice open for
a woman with a bottom-heavy figure is a cocktail dress that is either
sleeveless or strapless, also with a flaring skirt. Again, baring the arms and the shoulders is
effective in drawing attention away from the hips.
As for women with top-heavy
figures, she could either emphasize her cleavage or her legs, as mentioned
above. If she wants to put focus on her
legs rather than her cleavage, she can wear a cocktail dress with a
solid-colored top paired with a patterned skirt. She can hike the hem of her skirt up to make
it shorter and really draw the eyes to her legs.
If she wants to attract
attention to her ample cleavage rather than her legs, she can cover up her legs
in a long-skirted cocktail
dress but reveal a little skin on her upper body with a low V-neck or
plunging neckline. In fact, she can draw
the eyes to both her top and her legs by wearing a short cocktail dress with a
low neckline if she wants to. What she
should not do is to wear a cocktail dress with an overly busy top because it
will make her upper body appear larger and skew the balance of her figure.
Accessories also help to keep
the illusion of balance on a woman’s figure aside from wearing the right kind
of cocktail dress. Bottom-heavy women
can wear flashy earrings, necklaces or chokers, while top-heavy women can
forego the necklace and opt for a bracelet instead. However, she should buy her cocktail dress
first before figuring out what accessories, bag and shoes to wear.
Cocktail dresses are versatile
dresses that can be worn on any occasion that requires some degree of formality
without being a full black-tie event. A
woman should be able to choose the right cocktail dress that can really flatter
her body type.
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