En cocktailklänning för varje kroppstyp

One of the most versatile dresses that were ever designed for wear on special occasions is the cocktailklänning. While the events for which cocktailklänninges are worn are usually late afternoon or early evening affairs that are too casual to be called black-tie events, many cocktailklänninges can now be worn elsewhere, depending on the cut and the material of the dress and the accessories worn with it.

To wear a cocktailklänning 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 cocktailklänning that is not too flashy and just throw on a blazer and slip into sensible office shoes. Many current styles of cocktailklänninges are no longer limited to being party wear anymore.

Choosing what style of cocktailklänning 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 cocktailklänning can easily reveal those flaws if the dress does not fit the wearer’s body type.

In picking out the right cocktailklänning to wear, a woman should always consider her body type - if she is top-heavy or bottom-heavy - and find something that will balance out her figure. If it is bottom-heavy, it 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 to emphasize her cleavage or to wear something that will pull the eyes to her legs.

What kind of cocktailklänning would a woman have 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 cocktailklänning for her to wear would be a dress that fits tightly around the waist but with the seams pushed out by the padding around the abdomen and having a skirt that flies out of the hips and thighs. A cocktailklänning 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 would like to see.

Another option available for a woman with a bottom-heavy figure is a cocktailklänning that sports an empire-style waistline. A cocktailklänning with an empire-style waistline has the higher waist, thus 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 cocktailklänning, 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.

Och ännu ett val för en kvinna med en botten-tung figur är en cocktailklänning som är antingen ärmlös eller stropplös, också med en blossande kjol. Återigen är barning av armarna och axlarna effektiv när det gäller att dra uppmärksamhet från höfterna.

När det gäller kvinnor med topptunga figurer, kunde hon antingen betona sin klyvning eller sin arv, som nämnts ovan. Om hon vill fokusera på benen snarare än klyvningen, kan hon bära en cocktailklänning med en färgad topp ihop med en mönstrad kjol. Hon kan gå upp i nederkanten på hennes kjol så att den blir kort och verkligen drar ögonen på benen.

Om hon vill locka uppmärksamhet åt klyvningen snarare än benen, kan hon täcka benen i en lång kjol med en cocktailklänning, men avslöja lite hud på överkroppen med en låg v-ringad guldhalsring. Faktum är att hon kan dra ögonen till båda sina klänningar genom att bära en halsringning om hon vill. Vad hon inte borde ha på sig en cocktailklänning med en alltför upptagen topp eftersom det kommer att få hennes överkropp att se större ut och skeva skalan på hennes figur.

Tillbehören hjälper också till att bibehålla illusionen av balans på kvinnans silhuett bortsett från att bära rätt cocktailklänning. Tyngre kvinnor kan bära glittrande örhängen,  halsband   eller halsband, medan tyngre kvinnor kan ge upp  halsband   och välja ett armband. Men hon bör först köpa sin cocktailklänning innan hon bestämmer vilka tillbehör, väska och skor som ska bäras.