What are a cocktail dress?

Sometimes it is referred to as "Party Dress", cocktail dress is a semi -coil dress of medium length, which are often chosen for evening trips. Although the style of the dress appeared in the 1920s, contemporary fashion designer Christian Dior was credited to the term "cocktail dress". The classic "small black dress" defined by Coco Chanel is a type of cocktail dress and is often offered as a versatile necessity for every female cabinet. One of the most famous paintings of cocktail dresses in popular culture is that he wears Audrey Hepburn in the film from 1961, breakfast in Tiffany. Designs. One of the advantages of Cocktail dresses is their proportionality for both the professional environment of the day and for a social trip in the evening. During the day, women could wear a cocktail dress paired with built -in jackets or sweaters and create conservative clothing suitable for an office environment. In the evening, the same dress could be worn in a lounge or club when they were paired with eye -catching accessories or shoes most often worn with dresses, high heels. Shoes can also be worn with cocktail dresses if they are mounted rather than free or clumsy.

Although cocktail dresses are known for its versatility, there are certain types of cocktail dresses that are inherently formal or fantastic and difficult to dress. These cocktail dresses are distinguishable according to properties such as sequins, satin, haunted necks, bubble skirts, beads and casting clippings. There are also certain styles of cocktail dresses can be too informal depending on the event, such as the dresses with buttons down, the straps in the style of a sweater or dress that is worn on the shirt. In 2009, the author Laird Borrelli-Persson published an illustrated retrospective called cocktail dress, which offers a historical view of the classic cocktail dress and its place in the fashion and quotation of famous designers.