Cyber Info: CURRENT FAVOURITES PANELLED SKIRT AND PEPLUM SKIRT TIPS !!

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

CURRENT FAVOURITES PANELLED SKIRT AND PEPLUM SKIRT TIPS !!

Kim Kardashian celebrates the opening of Ryu NYC in a black peplum halter dress

The skirt is versatile and considered appropriate for both formal and informal functions.

Skirts design have been going up and down for decades. Floor length was the norm many years ago. After that skirt hemlines went up above the ankle. After going up above the knees, the mini skirt was born, followed by the micro mini skirt. Now the micro mini is popular and are worn over skinny jeans.

The shorter skirts go well with flats, sandals, and even flip-flops - depending on where you are going.

For those who prefer the modest long skirt, the the panelled, tiered, asymmetrical and draped skirts are perfect. The voluminous and billowing garments make every move beautiful and the swishing movement seems to showcase a rhythmic dance pattern across the room.

Long skirts are best worn with heels and wedges.

Long Skirt Flowing A-Line

long flared skirt

Fashionistas are migrating toward the demure detail because it helps create the illusion of an hourglass-shape figure and adding a soft feminine touch to an otherwise buttoned-up and conservative look.

Peplum and panelled skirts are the current favourites and they can be teamed with all kinds of tops.

How we style our skirt is very much an individual and personal matter. We are the best judge of the style we want to portray.

PEPLUM SKIRT

The peplum is a short overskirt that is usually attached to a fitted jacket, a term dating back to the 19th century. Lots of early examples of the peplum in a popular magazine in the 19th century, Godey’s Lady’s Book, that featured poems and especially discussion about fashion.

This early peplum was not attached to a jacket, but was an extra overskirt flounce sewn onto, and dropping from the waist. The modern peplum, as we now know it, became popular as a design in women’s suiting in the 1940s. Suit jackets were often fitted at the waist, but fabric extended beyond the waist in an overskirt.

Sometimes the peplum was flared, enhancing or suggesting greater curve to the hips or closely fit to the stomach and the hips, and left emphasis on the tight waist of the garment. Sometimes a flared peplum with a skirt that also flared, and more commonly the fitted peplum with skirts that were narrow or pencil skirts.

The peplum fashion faded in the 1950s but came back with a vengeance in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This was part reactionary to the boxy menswear style jackets with large shoulder pads that proliferated during the mid 1980s. Most jackets with peplums in the late 1980s still had shoulder pads, but feminine curves were emphasized by a fitted waist and either a flounced or straight peplum, usually covering the hips and stomach.

In the 2000s the peplum was reinvented. Instead of being a long overskirt, the peplum became much more understated, usually only covering to mid stomach. Just about the only thing that has remained the same with the 2000s peplum is that extra fabric or the overskirt falls from a tight waist. Beyond that, it is much rarer to see a long peplum, though there is little doubt that at some point fashion will once more introduce the longer peplum.

When choosing a jacket or dress with a peplum, it can help to think about your body type. The fitted peplum is actually more figure flattering than is the flared peplum, since it tends to deemphasize the hips. Many women with larger figures make the mistake of hiding their extra curves with extra fabric, which often makes the body look bulky. A fitted peplum with emphasis on the cinched waist doesn’t hide curves but instead accentuates them nicely. On the other hand, if you’d like to make the hips look a bit larger, the flared peplum may be the best choice, since it will suggest a more hourglass style figure.

"The key to a perfect peplum is soft structure," Sam Saboura, style expert and Extreme Makeover alum, tells Us Weekly "Look for jersey fabrics with a bit of stretch that will give you the right amount of volume and drape without overwhelming your frame. If you are long-waisted, the peplum should sit a little higher on your cage. If you are short-waisted you can try a skirt with a peplum that sits closer to your hips to help elongate your torso.

PANELLED SKIRT A COME BACK!!

Panel in dressmaking means a lengthwise strip, as of contrasting material, in a skirt or dress.

Panel skirts have a number of panels, or different pieces of fabric that make up the body of the skirt. Use three panels for a very simple and quick skirt or up to 16 for a more complex skirt. The fabric can be the same for each panel or can be contrasting colors, or patterns for a more visually interesting design. An elastic waist makes the skirt easy to wear.