Looking at fashionable dresses in reports from fashion weeks is one thing. But buying dresses for yourself is a completely different thing. Moreover, if only the middle and lower segments of the mass market are available to you for money, it is very easy to choose an unsuccessful dress. In stores or catalogs, they know how to present even the most strange and unsuccessful ideas in the best light. And it seems that this dress that sits so well on a mannequin or looks in a catalog frame is exactly what you need. And it seems that he has the characteristic signs of current trends. We must take. But then, putting on this dress, you feel that something is still not right with him. And it is still different from fashionable actual models. As a result, such a thing hangs in the closet, not finding application. You tried to save money, but money wasted.
How not to make such a mistake? Meticulously evaluate the dress you are going to buy. What makes a bad item in a budget store? Attempts by designers to “twist” the trend in the most economical way. As a result, fashionable silhouettes are sewn from cheap fabrics that do not hold the shape of such silhouettes. Not very good quality of materials is compensated by decor. Non-actual prints copied from the collections of past seasons are used. Well, and so on.
I found a few dresses, which can be used to make out the main mistakes of bad dresses.
The most “slippery” moment today is sheath dresses. They were incredibly popular a few years ago. And, in principle, for some professions they still remain practically a uniform. But with a dress like this, it’s very easy to look bad. First, the case must have a perfect fit. Otherwise, the dress plays against you. Secondly, if you want a sheath dress, choose laconic models with a minimum of decor. Model as in the picture – with several types of polka dots, trims, and even made of knitwear – this is clearly a bad choice.
Floral print is on trend. And in this dress, even the design itself is not so bad. But the dress itself seems too simple. He has too much. The length is too short, the look is too childish, the sleeve is too small, the yoke is too small, and so on. It looks more like a nightgown.
This dress has everything too “too”, but in a different direction: an aggressive print, a lot of incomprehensible details, no clear idea, too tight. It would seem that the idea of various unusual cutouts and neckline designs is in trend. But in trendy models, these cutouts are usually on more concise things. And here it turns out bust in an attempt to make the image sexy and expressive.
This dress looks very pretty in the picture. Like a red carpet outfit, literally. But alas, in life it will look rather strange. Why? For an ordinary summer dress, it is too pretentious and open, too “ceremonial” in its appearance. For a formal dress, it is made of too simple material. Polyester knitwear will stretch, the neckline will quickly lose its beautiful shape (such complex draperies look better when they are made of dense structural fabrics such as thick silk or satin, and even then often require additional duplication of details). In general, the problem with all such maxi dresses is that they seem to be unable to decide whether it is just a light summer dress, or an evening outfit. As a result, the only place where it will be appropriate is a photo session,
This dress would have looked good a few seasons ago, although it is presented by the manufacturer as a novelty – but open shoulders and lace were at their peak even the summer before last. But even then he would lack expressiveness. In dresses of this type, you need to make one accent. Or it will be a print – and then all attention will be focused on it. Or it will be an idea of romance, and then the main thing is lace and a flying frill on the upper part. Both the first and the second should be wider and more voluminous. In this case, the manufacturer decided to save on materials, so he tried to combine the print with tight lace in an attempt to save the day.
Here is another dress that is claimed to be new. But in fact, there is absolutely nothing new in it. Models of this type have been kept by some brands almost since the nineties. Now, of course, the fashion of the nineties is returning, but this is not the case, because this dress was rather dubious even then. The idea of a double dress that looks like a skirt with a blouse is always offered to very conservative customers. And it has little to do with fashion.
Another idea that should be left far in the past is all kinds of “tricks”, especially those made using digital prints. What we see in the picture would look interesting if it really was a combination of a striped dress and a denim vest. Then the image would have volume and expressiveness. But as a print on knitwear, it looks flat and uninteresting. Especially considering that the back of such a dress has no pattern at all.
The cutout between the yoke and the bottom of the dress is a really trendy detail. But this dress does not save her. Everything at the start is spoiled by a too simple shade of class, an unfortunate silhouette and inappropriate decor here. In general, pay attention to the fact that decor often tries to save things that themselves do not hold up in design. But never before has anyone been able to solve this problem with the help of straziks or applications.
It is very important to remember the combination of print and material. This dress in flowers is made of jersey. And this is already an unfortunate choice of material, which immediately brings us associations with knitted diapers for babies or bathrobes for grandmothers. A small floral print looks good on light flying fabrics. Such as chiffon, for example. Sometimes it looks good on cotton, but here a lot depends on the quality of the material, otherwise it will also look more like an inexpensive sheet.
This is probably the most successful dress in this collection. But in this article, it still got deservedly. Too wide elastic at the waist makes it a bit outdated style. Ruffles and lanterns seem to be in trend, but to make them look relevant, they should be much more voluminous. To make the dress itself as a whole look bigger. And again, it might be worth removing the gum altogether. And replace it with a wide leather belt. If we just put a belt on top of this dress, it will look ridiculous.
The problem with inexpensive dresses (although it must be admitted that this sometimes happens with expensive ones) is that, trying to save money, the manufacturer cuts without taking into account the print. As a result, the location of the pattern and the cut lines that intersect this pattern present the figure in an unfavorable light. For example, here the waist line makes the figure wider. Although, it would seem, a dress with a smell should be slimming. But this only works if the shelves of the dress are one-piece, and not detachable at the waist.
This dress has a similar problem – a cut pattern and a waistline that “cuts” the silhouette in a not the best way. Plus, the dress is too short and tight, and this type of print itself was popular at the beginning of the 2000s.
All the trend ideas of this and last season are clearly read in this dress. but just as good and read the savings of the manufacturer. The dress is not long enough, the sleeves are not wide enough, the frills are too narrow, the material for the ribbon to make a chic bow was also regretted. The very case when it seems to you that you are buying a trendy stylish thing, but in fact this is some kind of nonsense.
