Ever watched Ariana Grande's video, No Tears Left To Cry, as a lover of fashion, you might have see the white dress and also made it your mission try it on as soon as you found it, the dress style is called Baby-doll dress and in this article Timeless Fashion will be telling everything you need to know about the dress.
Some of these dresses are characterized by puffy sleeves, but the main feature is the lower half of the dress which starts to flare out right under the chest area and maintains the style till the bottom.
The Baby Doll Dress comes in many shapes and designs, but what makes it instantly recognizable is the fact that it does not go past the knee in length. The length is due to the fact that it was initially designed as nightwear for women, and as fashion has progressed the name now also refers to the day-wear dress with a similar style.
The design is said to have been popularized by American Fashion designer, Sylvia Pedlar in World War 2. Due to the shortage of fabric; she created this style, yet ironically she strongly disliked the name baby doll; the name still stuck though. Other identifying markers include it being a tiered dress as well as being a crew neck, this is not a set in stone look for the dress, but the most popular styles you may see will likely have these traits. It is also similar the dress worn by babies for easy nappy changing, which is also attributed through the name.
The dress usually suits an inverted triangle, triangle, hourglass, rounded & rectangle body as the dimensions are created to emphasize the lower body and the chest. There are ways for you to make it work if you have a different body type, for the diamond figure, a belt will do wonders, the fabric will cinch in at your belly or you could wear a Baby Doll Dress with only one tier that is ruffled at the bottom to avoid a boxy look on your body.
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