Depending on design dresses are classified. Different basic dress shapes are:
Shirtwaist: a dress with a bodice (waist) like a tailored shirt and an attached straight or full skirt
Sheath: a fitted, often sleeveless dress, often without a waistseam
Shirtwaist: a dress with a bodice (waist) like a tailored shirt and an attached straight or full skirt
Sheath: a fitted, often sleeveless dress, often without a waistseam
Shift: a straight dress with no waist shaping or seam (1960s)
Jumper dress: (American English) or Pinafore dress (British English) is a sleeveless dress intended to be worn over a layering top or blouse. Jumper dresses exist for both summer and winter wear.
Sundress: is an informal sleeveless dress of any shape in a lightweight fabric, for summer wear. Tent: a dress flared from above the bust, sometimes with a yoke (1960s, renewed popularity after 2005)
Maxi dress: a long, formfitting, floor or ankle length dress.
Wrap dress: a dress with a front closure formed by wrapping one side across the other and knotting the attached ties on the side, or fastening buttons. This forms a V-shaped neckline and hugs a woman's curves. A faux wrap dress resembles this design, except that it comes already fastened together with no opening in front, but instead is slipped on over the head. (1970s; renewed popularity from late 1990s)
Jumper dress: (American English) or Pinafore dress (British English) is a sleeveless dress intended to be worn over a layering top or blouse. Jumper dresses exist for both summer and winter wear.
Sundress: is an informal sleeveless dress of any shape in a lightweight fabric, for summer wear. Tent: a dress flared from above the bust, sometimes with a yoke (1960s, renewed popularity after 2005)
Maxi dress: a long, formfitting, floor or ankle length dress.
Wrap dress: a dress with a front closure formed by wrapping one side across the other and knotting the attached ties on the side, or fastening buttons. This forms a V-shaped neckline and hugs a woman's curves. A faux wrap dress resembles this design, except that it comes already fastened together with no opening in front, but instead is slipped on over the head. (1970s; renewed popularity from late 1990s)
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