Long Dresses

A long dress is perfect for weddings, and formal events, or if you just want to be comfortable lounging around the house. Throughout the nineteenth century, women's dresses in the western culture have been cut in a wide variety, more wide that any other time period. Waistlines used to start just below the bust, but now they are around the natural waist.

Throughout the 1800's and the 1840's dresses were almost always one-piece garments. After that time period dresses began to be made as a seperate bodice and skirt. Some dresses had a 'day' bodice with a higher neckline and longer sleeves, and also there was an 'evening' bodice with a lower neckline and very short sleeves.

Basic shapes of dresses include; shirtwaist, sheath, shift, subdress, tent, chanel's little black dress, tea gown, dinner dress, evening gown, ball gown, kitty foyle, cocktail dress, granny gown. In modern times skirts along with dresses can be worn by females of all ages as an alternative to jeans and pants. Dresses are the clothing of choice for a lot of formal situations such as weddings.

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