Shirt dress | Shirtdress – is always a fashion item that never goes out of style for urban fashionistas.
In the 1950s, when the dress style became very popular, the shirtdress was also called "Shirtwaist dresses". The shirtdress version was introduced to the public by Christian Dior in the "New Look" collection after World War II. The long dress design was worn with a puffy skirt inside, V-neck, and elbow-length sleeves, extremely luxurious and noble.
Christian Dior's classic 1950s shirt dress design (source: Google)
For a more casual version, designers of the time introduced the shirt dress using cotton, with a long skirt and shirt collar. This version quickly became an indispensable outfit for most women in the 1950s. Designer Anne Fogarty became famous for this style. In 1957, Life magazine published a picture of the classic cotton shirt dress on sale in New York for $25.
Popular cotton shirt dress design of the 1950s (source: Google)
Shirt dress 1943 (source Google)
Nowadays, shirtdresses with many innovative designs give fashionistas a variety of choices in shirt length, sleeve style, etc.; so the wearer can create countless outfits from just one straight shirt dress.
The shirt dress was originally developed from a classic design for post-war urban ladies, so just wearing the dress is already very beautiful and elegant. Today, with many versions of the shirt dress such as denim shirt dress, high-low shirt dress, oversize shirt dress, combined with sneakers, boots, it helps fashionistas express their personal style more clearly.
Hity suggests a few tips to help you always wear a beautiful shirt dress like a New York lady!
1. Flexible combination with many types of shoes
Shirtdress, like shirts, does not require sophistication or complexity when combined with shoes. On active days, you wear sneakers. On days when you need to make a more impressive impression, you can wear low-cut or high-cut boots. To look a little more ladylike, you can pair them with closed-toe high heels. Elegant office fashion style is easily expressed with shirt dresses.
Basic fashion items are never "picky".
2. Create an accent at the waist
Although straight-cut dresses are currently very popular because they bring a comfortable style and help hide the belly, sometimes adding a belt to the shirt dress will bring a completely new experience. Enhance your figure with a belt made of the same material as the shirt or a thin belt to look neater, slimmer and more graceful.
3. Cheat the hips
Shirt dresses with flared skirts have been a favorite of ladies since the 1950s, and to this day are still a must-have design for women with apple-shaped bodies. What to wear to balance a large top and small bottom? Let's go back to the post-war years, when New York ladies strutted around in shirt dresses with flared skirts.
(to be continued)
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