There have been lots of changes in the styles of ladies dresses over the years; it seems that with every new generation of women the styles are adapted and changed. Fashion is not known for staying still, but the rate at which the fashion in ladies dresses changes is phenomenal. From the modest austerity fashion of the post war era through to the flamboyant and often outrageous styles of the modern day, fashion has rarely stood still.
What Goes Around Comes Around
It would appear that even the fashion faux pas of the past can make a re-emergence on the modern fashion scene, albeit with a contemporary twist, not just in ladies dresses but in all sections of the wardrobe. Fashions of the past are continually being brought back into vogue and reinvented into contemporary fashion items.
Ladies dresses in the 1960’s were mini dresses then in the 1970’s lengths were made longer; the cut was less figure hugging and the style altogether more fluid. Much is happening in the same way today. The clean, form fitting and tailored designs of the naughties have been transitioned into the floating maxi dresses of this next decade. It seems that the overriding style of ladies dresses goes between figure hugging and figure accentuating to figure hiding and figure disguising before the cycle starts all over again.
Off the Peg or Designer
No matter where we buy our ladies dresses from, whether we go to a bespoke designer or a high street retailer there will be similarities in design features. Of course the materials used and the standard of finishing on the ladies dresses will differ but they will be following the same basic design. High street retailers do what they can to copy the top designers, without it being a blatant copy of course and in many instance they do well to bring a sense of couture into a more affordable price range. If you can afford a one off piece from a designer go for it, but once that trend has passed you may find that you are left with a dated piece in your closet.
Ladies dresses always seem to be on the change however this is what makes the fashion industry so exciting – both in the retail shops and on the catwalks.