Silhouettes Flashcards
Empire
Empire silhouette, Empire line, Empire waist or just Empire is a style in clothing in which the dress has a fitted bodice ending just below the bust, giving a high-waisted appearance, and a gathered skirt which is long and loosely fitting
Chemise
a dress designed to hang straight from the shoulders and fit loosely at the waist, sometimes more tightly at the hip.
Tunic
a simple, boxy top that falls somewhere between your hips and knees and is often paired with pants or a long skirt.
Long torso / Dropped Waist
one that hugs your curves down to about your hips before flaring out. Since the “waist” sits lower than your natural waist, it gives the illusion of a longer torso and accentuates your curves.
Shirtwaist
The shirtwaist dress combines a blouse top and a skirt bottom into one dress.
Sheath
a form-fitting silhouette from the top to the bottom of the garment. The way this silhouette hugs the body and is the slimmest silhouette.
Princess Seam
A princess line is cut in long panels, without a horizontal joining seam or any separation at the waist. Instead, it uses darts and long seams to shape the body. In 1951 Christian Dior presented a collection, called the Line Longue, based on the princess-line.
Blouson
The waist is fitted and the bodice—the part that fits over the torso—billows out and ‘blouses’ over a belt, drawstring, or elastic at the waist.
Tent/Trapeze
Widest Silhouette. a dress style that is narrow at the shoulders and very wide at the hem of the dress. It’s like an A-LINE dress, but the TRAPEZE dress has a much wider hem than the A-LINE, and they often end below the knee.
A-line
The term “A-line” is used to describe a dress, skirt, or coat with a triangular silhouette, narrow and fitted at the top and widening out from the bust or waist in a straight line to the hem.
