Types of Vintage Dress for Women- Malco Modes

1. Types of Women Vintage Dress

2. 1. A LINE Vintage Dress • Famous in the 1960s, this plain sleeveless dress gets broader towards the hem as the name suggests, so that the skirt finishes in a clear A form wider than the shoulders. • For vivid, heavily patterned textiles, the modest silhouette is a perfect blank canvas.

3. 2. Bias Cut Vintage Dress • This dress design is screaming Hollywood glamour. • The fluid drapes, common in the 1930s, are done by dividing the pieces of dress cloth on the fabric's cross-grain rather than parallel with the warp or weft seed. • It helps the cloth, like a Greek Goddess, to stick to the figure and collapse into folds. It's flawless for silk and fine Sweater knits.

4. 3. Dropped Waist Vintage Dress • We relate this dress style with the 1920s and 1930s. • There were still some around in the 1960s and 1980s when a drop-waist version of the blouson style became a fashionable choice of dress complete with sash. • A drop waist dress consists of an extended skirt with a shorter, typically collected, quilted or godet-set border.

5. 4. Empire Line Vintage Dress • The inverse of a retro drop waist garment is the Empire line dress that has a plain, angled, or V-shaped seam just below the bust, of course. • Most of this vintage dress is generally associated with the beginning of the last century. • They were a too casual contrast to the more corseted models of the previous ones.

6. 5. Fit and Flare Dress • A traditional style of classic or retro dress that has remained relevant from the 1940s onwards through most decades. • To mention a couple, the necklines differ - oval, square, sweetheart necks. The border over the tummy is smooth and flares out into the hem with extra silk. • The top, typically recognized as a semi-circle skirt or a full-circle skirt.

7. Thank You! If you are into Vintage Women wear, i will recommend you to visit Malco Modes- where you will find wide variety of vintage Pettipants, Petticoats, slips and belts.