Not only that, business people also believe that among all dresses suitable for business women to wear on formal occasions, dresses are the first choice. In some people's minds, dresses are even directly equivalent to professional women's wear in the business world.
Dress, short for suit dress. Above is the women's suit, and below is overskirt. Accurately speaking, the women's suit is actually a change of the depth of the men's suit. The former is only a variant of the latter. However, once a smart suit top and a soft and elegant skirt representing women's clothing are combined, the two are both rigid and flexible, complement each other and shine brilliantly, and the skirt will stand out.
In daily life, wearing it on any business lady will make her instantly refreshed and radiant, without exception. It will not only make the wearer look smart, capable, mature and free and easy, but also set off the unique mysterious charm of working girls and make them look elegant, quiet, soft and charming. Therefore, someone once said, "putting on a dress can immediately make a professional woman different, and can properly show her serious work attitude and gentle female beauty." In any case, there is no doubt that dresses have played an important role in shaping the professional image of professional women. So far, as far as "packaging" business ladies are concerned, I haven't seen any other kinds of women's clothes that can be comparable to dresses.
Usually, the dresses worn by business ladies can be roughly divided into two basic types. One is the free combination of women's suit tops and casual skirts. It's called "random type" Another kind of women's blouse and skirt worn at the same time are designed and made in complete sets, which are called "complete sets" or "standard types". Officially and strictly speaking, dress actually only refers to the latter type.
As the name implies, any set of dresses should be based on skirts and worn as a whole. In other words, a suit without a skirt should not be called a skirt, and a woman's suit top can't be counted as a skirt if it doesn't match the skirt. This is by no means a waste of breath, business ladies should pay attention.
In other words, each authentic dress is generally a two-piece dress consisting of a blouse and overskirt. Sometimes, you can see three-piece dresses. It's just a vest on women's suits and skirts. The dress has been a two-piece suit since it came out.
According to etiquette norms, a classic dress worn by business ladies on formal occasions must usually have the following characteristics: it should be sewn with high-grade fabrics, and the top and skirt should be made of plain fabrics with the same texture and color. It pays attention to fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses for the wearer in modeling, so it advocates tailoring and exquisite workmanship. Its coat is flat, crisp and close-fitting, and it is rarely decorated with ornaments and lace. Skirts should be mainly narrow skirts, and the length of skirts should be knee-length or knee-length.
Nowadays, dresses have been widely used in business circles and renovated by many famous fashion designers, and gradually have a certain "fashion" tendency. But it is still the same in essence, and it has not changed much compared with many "classical" dress rules and regulations. Below, let's first introduce seven basic issues that professional women need to consider when choosing a dress.
First of all, the fabric. Generally speaking, the choice of fabrics for dresses is much larger than that for suits. Its main requirements are: it is best to choose pure natural fabrics and excellent fabrics for dresses; Jacket, skirt, vest, etc. It should be made of the same fabric. In appearance, the fabric used in the dress pays attention to symmetry, smoothness, smoothness, fullness, softness, drape and crispness. Not only should it be elastic and feel good, but it should also be wrinkle-resistant, lint-free and pilling-free.
Usually, people are most concerned about the consistency of fabrics that make up dresses, such as tops, skirts and vests. The reason for this is that it can make the clothes integrated, simple and natural, and the wearer looks elegant, refined, beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
At present, in addition to pure wool fabrics such as tweed, herringbone, women's, gabardine, Harvey, Valentine and flannel, high-grade poplin, silk, flax, wool tapestry and some chemical fiber fabrics are also selected.
Second, color. In terms of color, the basic requirement of a dress is to give priority to cool colors, so as to reflect the elegance, dignity and stability of the wearer. From the perspective of ordinary people, the color of the dress should be fresh, elegant and dignified. Therefore, you should not choose bright and eye-catching colors for it. At the same time, we should keep a certain distance from all kinds of popular colors at the moment to show our tradition and prudence.
Specifically, the color of a standard and perfect dress should not only take into account the wearer's skin color, figure, age and personality, but also coordinate with the specific environment in which the wearer engages in business activities. Under normal circumstances, a variety of colors with a certain gray, such as navy blue, carbon black, gray, snow blue, tan, khaki, purple and other slightly cooler colors, are often considered by business ladies in advance. Therefore, compared with the suits worn by business men, the dresses worn by business women need not be dark, and their choices are far more than blue, gray, brown and black.
Not only that, the color of the dress can sometimes be free from the restriction of a single color. Take a two-piece skirt as an example, its top and skirt can be the same color, or two different colors can be used, such as light top and deep bottom or light top and deep bottom, to form a sharp contrast and strengthen the impression it leaves on others. Of the above two ways of dress TINT, the former is solemn and orthodox, while the latter is positive and dynamic, both of which have their own merits.
Sometimes, even if you wear a dress with the same color as the upper and lower skirts, you can decorate it with shirts, ties, scarves, brooches, scarves and other different colors to make it lively and active. In addition, you can also use different colors of fabrics to make the collar, pocket cover, front and hem of clothes, so that the color of clothes can also be "energetic".
But remember, a dress can't have more than two colors at most, otherwise it will look messy.
Third, the pattern. Choose a dress that is simple and concise. So when considering its pattern, we should also pay attention to this point.
Usually, business ladies can wear dresses without any patterns on formal occasions. If I like, I can try all kinds of dresses, with wide or narrow squares, big or small dots, or bright or dark stripes as the main patterns. Among them, the dress made of tartan with checkered pattern can make people feel quiet and full of vitality when worn by business ladies. Therefore, it has been widely welcomed and loved for many years.
It is generally believed that flowers, pets, figures, figures and symbols should not be the main patterns of dresses. If a working girl walks in the business world in that dress, it will not only attract too much attention, but also make people dizzy. In short, the fabric painted with this pattern is essentially incompatible with the style of the dress.
Fourth, embellishment. Under normal circumstances, clothing should not add too much embellishment, otherwise it is likely to appear trivial, messy, vulgar and stingy. Sometimes, too much embellishment will make the wearer lose stability.
Generally speaking, dresses decorated with stickers, embroidery, lace, gold thread, colored stripes, chains, sequins, pearls, leather, etc. It won't have much good influence on women in the workplace. Usually this kind of dress is not accepted by people.
However, not all dresses with embellishment should be rejected Some dresses are properly decorated with buttons, hemming and lace, and the actual effect is actually good. The important thing is that the embellishment on the dress should be less than much, exquisite but not rough, simple and not complicated.
Fifth, size. In terms of specific sizes, dresses can be described as endless changes. However, fundamentally speaking, the overall shape of the dress changes mainly in its length and width.
Generally speaking, in a dress, the length of the coat and skirt is not specified. In the past, from major countries in Europe and America, the dress requirement for business ladies was that the top should not be too long and the bottom skirt should not be too short. Comparatively speaking, people seem to pay more attention to the length of skirts. The traditional view is that short skirts are indecent and long skirts are boring. The hem of the skirt just reaches the fullness of the wearer's calf and is the most standard and ideal skirt length. However, in real life, it is really rare to see people who still adhere to this rule. At present, some skirts in dresses are ultra-short, some are knee-length and some are knee-length. When choosing business women, personal preferences, body characteristics and fashion are mainly considered.
It should be emphasized that although miniskirts have been gradually accepted in dresses. However, for the sake of self-esteem and professional ethics, business women still need to pay attention to the fact that the miniskirt in the dress is not as short as possible, and it is uncivilized to expose the thighs too much. Under normal circumstances, the miniskirt in the dress worn by business ladies should not be shorter than 15cm above the knee.
As far as the matter is concerned, in dressing practice, the specific shapes of tops and skirts mainly have four basic forms: upper long and lower long, upper short and lower short, upper long and lower short, and upper short and lower long. As long as you dress appropriately, you can be visually pleasing.
In dress, because the vest needs to be worn inside, it should not be too loose and fat; Because skirts emphasize personal beauty, they are mainly narrow; Therefore, the width of the skirt is actually mainly related to the coat.
In terms of width, the top in the skirt is divided into tight and loose. Tight coat shoulders straight, waist tightening or binding. Much longer than the hips, the whole is inverted trapezoid, and the lines are tough and clear. The shoulders of loose tops are mostly natural or slightly convex; The waist does not shrink, the length of the clothes often reaches the thigh, and the lines are naturally smooth. It is generally believed that tight tops are more orthodox and loose tops look more fashionable.
Sixth, modeling. The shape of a skirt refers to its appearance and outline. Generally speaking, the basic outline of modeling can be roughly divided into four types: H type, X type, A type and Y type.
The main feature of "H" dress is that the top is loose and the skirt is mostly cylindrical. In this way, the upper and lower skirts will give people a feeling of being straight up and down. It can not only make the wearer look elegant, subtle and handsome, but also cover up the ugliness for obese people.
The main features of "X" dresses are: the tops are mostly tight, and the skirts are mostly flared. In fact, it consciously highlights the slender waist of the wearer through the looseness of the upper width and the lower width. This kind of clothing has a clear and vivid outline, which can make the wearer look elegant and moving.
The main features of "A" dress are: tight top and loose skirt. This tight and loose shape can not only reflect the figure advantage of the upper body of the wearer, but also properly cover up the figure disadvantage of the lower body. Not only that, the overall shape looks very elastic, changeable and dynamic.
The main features of "Y" dress are: loose top, tight skirt, mainly tubular shape. In fact, its basic shape is compact. Generally speaking, it is to cover up the shortcomings of the upper body of the wearer and show the strengths of the lower body. This style often makes the wearer look elegant and dignified.
Seventh, style. The change of dress style is mainly concentrated on tops and skirts. Generally speaking, the vest will not change much.
The change of the coat on the skirt is mainly manifested in the collar. In addition to the most common flat lighters, gun lighters, straight lighters, round lighters, V lighters and U lighters, collar types such as olive lighters, olive lighters, swallowtail lighters, contact lighters and beam lighters are not uncommon.
Another major change in this coat is the button. It has two types: no button, single row and double row; There are both open buttons and close buttons. In terms of the number of keys, there is at least one and at most ten. In terms of specific functions, some buttons play a practical role, while others play a decorative role.
In addition to the changes in collar types and buttons, the tops on skirts are often refurbished and shaped in front, cuffs and pockets.
As the protagonist of the dress, the style of the skirt has also changed a lot. As far as the most common ones are concerned, suit skirts, one-step skirts, wrap skirts, tube skirts, pleated skirts and so on. Dignified style and beautiful lines; Pleated skirt, cheongsam skirt, slit skirt, A-shaped skirt, flared skirt, etc. Elegant and beautiful. They are all popular styles.
Compared with men's suits, the style of women's dresses is dazzling. This situation is something that men will never encounter when choosing a suit.
If business ladies want to dress well on formal occasions, they should not only pay attention to the choice of dresses that meet the routine requirements, but also pay attention to the need to dress appropriately. In other words, when wearing a dress, the specific wearing and matching methods of the dress are more particular.
When wearing a formal dress, the main problems that need to be paid attention to are roughly as follows:
First of all, clothes should be of moderate size. A well-made dress made of high-quality fabrics will undoubtedly add charm to a working girl. However, if you really want the clothes you wear to be beautiful and vivid, you must have the right size. Other people's dresses, dresses that are too big or too small, too fat or too thin, are usually not suitable for rushing to wear.
It is generally believed that the jacket in the skirt can reach the waist at the shortest and the skirt can reach the middle of the calf at the longest. However, generally speaking, coats should not be short and skirts should not be long. Otherwise, it will give people a feeling of reluctance or relaxation.
It is especially important to note that the sleeve length of the coat should just cover the wearer's wrist. If the sleeve is too long, even if it falls and immediately blocks more than half of the wearer's palm, it will often make it look short and dull; If the sleeves are too short, it will make the wearer "stretch" or even completely expose his wrist, which looks funny and casual.
It should also be noted that the coat or skirt should not be too fat or wrapped too tightly. If the clothes that are too fat are easy to make the wearer look depressed, then the clothes that are too wrapped will often make the wearer "get burned" and bring trouble.
Second, dress should be in place. When you wear clothes, you must wear them carefully in accordance with its routine, so as to be in place everywhere. Special attention: the collar of the coat should be turned over completely, and the lid of the pocket should be pulled out to cover the pocket; Don't put your coat on your body or put it on your body; Skirts should be properly dressed and aligned up and down.
It is particularly important to point out that business ladies must take some time to carefully check whether the buttons and zippers of their dresses are buttoned before appearing on formal occasions. In public places, if the button of the coat is left out, or the zipper of the skirt forgets to pull up and slide a little, it will make the wearer feel ashamed.
According to the rules, when a business woman wears a dress on a formal occasion, the button of her coat can only be tied all the time. It is not allowed to untie it partially or completely, and it is not allowed to take off your coat casually in front of others. That kind of behavior may not make you look easy-going and provocative, nor may it give people the impression of a "strong woman", but it will definitely give people a feeling of being big and informal.
Third, dress should consider the occasion. Although the business beauty is well matched with the dress, it doesn't mean that no matter what you do, you can cope with it with the dress. Like any garment, a garment has its own special occasion.
Business etiquette rules: In all kinds of formal business contacts, business ladies usually wear formal dresses. This must be done in foreign-related business activities. Besides, there is no need to wear a skirt.
When attending banquets, dances and concerts, business ladies can choose clothes or fashions that are in harmony with these occasions. Wearing a dress at this time will make you "out of place" with the scene, and may also affect the mood of others.
When going out for sightseeing, shopping or exercise, business ladies usually wear casual clothes such as casual clothes and sportswear. If you still wear a dress at these times, it will not only be "futile", but also make others feel that the wearer is serious.
Fourth, dress should be coordinated with makeup. Advanced dress, pay attention to dress, makeup and accessories style unity, complement each other. Therefore, when wearing a dress, business women must have a sense of the overall situation and consider makeup and accessories as a whole. Ignoring this point will make them contradict each other and cause many problems.
As far as makeup is concerned, the basic rules for business ladies to wear formal dresses are: neither make-up nor heavy make-up. When wearing a formal dress, business women must maintain their personal image, so they can't do without makeup. The reason why we ask not to wear heavy makeup is mainly because business ladies should emphasize their work ability and professionalism in their work, rather than their gender characteristics and beautiful face, so they can only wear light makeup, which is just right.
As far as accessories are concerned, the main requirements for business ladies to wear formal dresses are: less is appropriate and conforms to their status. You don't have to wear any jewelry at work. If you want to wear it, don't wear more than three, and don't wear more than two of each. Moreover, when wearing jewelry, business women wearing formal dresses must also consider their professional status. According to the convention, at this moment, it is not allowed to wear jewelry related to personal identity, nor is it allowed to wear earrings, bracelets, anklets and other jewelry that may excessively publicize its "femininity".
Fifth, dress should take into account etiquette. Although the dress can best reflect the feminine curve of women, the wearer's behavior is indecent, and there is no requirement for personal manners when wearing the dress. Even if he is allowed to do whatever he wants, he will still not show the beauty of the dress itself.
After putting on the dress, the business lady should stand steady and straight. Never stand with your legs crossed, stagger or lean against the wall at any time. Be sure to pay attention to your posture after taking a seat. Don't spread your legs too far, or tilt one leg, your toes will shake. Don't even shake your shoes on your toes in public, or even take off your shoes.
Cutting clothes that fit or are slightly tight may restrict the wearer from walking or carrying things to some extent. Due to the limitation of skirts, the wearer of a suit can't stride forward when walking, but can only sprint in small steps. When marching, you'd better walk lightly and steadily. You shouldn't go straight. When you need something, if it is far away from you, you can ask others for help. Don't try to be brave, especially don't stand on tiptoe and straighten your arms, or bend down to reach, so as not to cause the skirt to crack.
When it comes to matching dresses, the main consideration is whether the choice of shirts, underwear, petticoats, shoes and socks is appropriate.
First of all, shirts. People are very concerned about shirts that go with skirts. In terms of fabrics, the main requirement is lightness and softness, so silk, linen, poplin, Rob, Huayao, polyester and cotton can all be used as their fabrics. In terms of color, its requirements are mainly elegant and dignified, without losing the charm of women. In addition to white as the "basic type", other colors, including popular colors, can be used as shirts as long as they are not too bright and are not mutually exclusive with the colors of dresses worn at the same time. However, monochrome is the best choice. At the same time, we should consciously pay attention to the color of the shirt and the color of the dress we wear at the same time, either deep outside or shallow inside, to form a deep contrast between the two.
It is best not to wear "flowers" on the shirt that matches the dress. It is most appropriate to choose a shirt without any pattern. In addition, you can choose shirts with stripes, squares, dots, floral or dark flowers at most. If you wear patterned shirts when wearing patterned clothes, make them simple outside and complicated inside, or change them from simple outside to simple inside.
There are many styles of blouses. Its changes are mostly reflected in collar type, sleeves, placket, outline, embellishment and so on. It should be noted that the shirts with skirts should not be too delicate, and the details such as collar type should not be too novel and exaggerated. Those shirts with extremely exquisite, novel and exaggerated styles are actually only suitable for single wear.
When working girls wear shirts, they must pay attention to the following matters: First, the hem of the shirt must be tucked into the skirt waist, and it is not allowed to hang or knot outside the waist. Second, the buttons of the shirt should be buttoned one by one. Except for the top button, which is allowed to be unbuttoned as usual, other buttons are not allowed to be unbuttoned at will. So as not to be indecent in front of others. Third, don't wear shirts directly in public. According to etiquette, you are not allowed to take off your coat in front of outsiders and face each other directly with your shirt. It is especially important to remember this when wearing a tight and transparent shirt.
Second, underwear. Underwear is called "personal care products" by business ladies. When wearing a formal dress, it is customary to carefully choose underwear to wear at the same time and pay attention to the way of wearing it.
A set of underwear often consists of bra, underwear, abdominal belt, garter belt and jumpsuit. It should be soft and close-fitting, and play a role in supporting and setting off women's lines. In view of this, when choosing underwear, the most important thing is that the size should be appropriate, neither too wide nor too narrow.
The fabrics used in underwear are pure cotton, silk and other fabrics. Its colors can be conventional white, flesh color, pink, red, purple, brown, blue and black. But a set of underwear is best in the same color, and all the ingredients are monochrome. As far as patterns are concerned, the wearer can choose according to his personal preference.
There are many specific styles of underwear. When making a choice, we should pay special attention to the fact that after putting on underwear, its outline should not be unobstructed outside the dress. Otherwise, it is likely to be despised by others.
In underwear, business women must pay attention to the following four points:
First, you must wear underwear. In any case, it is impolite not to wear underwear to work.
Second, don't wear underwear outside. In order to show their fashion, some people simply don't wear shirts when wearing dresses, and directly change into petticoats and bras. This outrageous way of dressing is very indecent.
Third, underwear should not be exposed. Before wearing underwear, be sure to check whether it matches the size of the clothes. In order to avoid irreparable damage to your image.
Fourth, underwear should not be exposed. When choosing dresses and shirts to match underwear, we should make them have different thicknesses. Don't make them all thin and transparent, the colors are very different. In that case, others will see the underwear clearly from the outside.
Third, petticoats. A petticoat, especially one worn under a skirt. Generally speaking, business women must wear petticoats when they wear dresses. If you don't wear petticoats, especially when you wear light or light fabrics such as silk, cotton and hemp, it is very likely that underwear will be easily seen by outsiders, which is very shameful.
When choosing a petticoat, you can consider all kinds of fabrics, but breathable, hygroscopic, light and soft are the best. Fabrics that are too heavy or too hard are usually not suitable for petticoats.
In terms of color and pattern, petticoats are the most particular. The color of the petticoat should be monochrome, such as white and flesh color, but it must be coordinated with the color of the skirt outside. The two are either consistent or deep outside and shallow inside. Under no circumstances is it allowed to be shallow outside and deep inside. Under normal circumstances, it is not advisable to have any patterns on the petticoat.
Stylistically, petticoats must also be matched with dresses. Generally speaking, the style of petticoat should pay special attention to three points: simple lines, fit and moderate size. It should not be longer than the skirt worn outside, and it should not be too fat, which will deform the skirt worn outside.
When wearing a petticoat, there are two main points to pay attention to: first, the skirt waist of the petticoat must not be higher than the skirt, so as to be exposed. Second, the hem of the shirt is between the petticoat waist and the skirt waist, and it must not be stuffed into the petticoat waist. Otherwise, walking for a long time, or when the action is too big, may bring trouble to the petticoat waist "see the light of day again."
Fourth, shoes and socks. Shoes and socks are called "leg view" or "foot view" by business ladies. Therefore, everyone who cherishes his image must not be careless. Someone once said, "If you want to know a working girl's dress sense, just look at her shoes and socks." This sentence shows the importance of shoes and socks to business ladies.
When choosing shoes and socks, we should first pay attention to the fabric. Business ladies should wear leather shoes with dresses. And take cowhide shoes as the top grade. The socks worn at the same time can be nylon stockings or wool socks.
There are many special requirements for the color of shoes and socks. Black is the most orthodox leather shoes with dresses. In addition, you can also choose leather shoes with the same color as the dress. But bright red, bright yellow, bright green and light purple shoes are best not to try. When wearing a dress, socks have several conventional choices, such as flesh color, black, light gray and light brown. Except they should be monochrome. Multicolored socks, colored socks, white, red, blue, green and purple socks are not suitable.
What needs to be emphasized is that when wearing a formal dress, we should consciously pay attention to whether the colors of shoes, socks and skirts are coordinated. Generally speaking, shoes and skirts must be darker or slightly darker than socks. If a lady wears a pair of black socks while wearing a white dress and white shoes, it will only give people the feeling of "crow's legs".
Whether it is shoes or socks, its patterns and decorations should not be too much, so as not to "upstage". In fact, there are mesh, thread, patchwork, beadwork, suspenders, chain links, tassels, nailed shoes and socks, or shoes and socks printed with fashion patterns, which can only give people a superficial feeling. Shoes and socks without patterns and decorations are sometimes better to wear.
When shoes and socks are worn with skirts, the styles are regular. The shoes that go with the skirt should be boat shoes or overshoes with high heels and half high heels. Strap leather shoes, T-shaped leather shoes, leather boots, leather sandals, etc. Not suitable for use. High socks and pantyhose are the standard collocation with dresses. Never wear mid-range socks and low-grade socks with skirts at the same time.
Business ladies wearing formal dresses should pay attention to the following five points when wearing shoes and socks:
First of all, shoes and socks should be the right size. Shoes are too big, if you don't follow your feet, your toes will be exposed; When socks are big, they will loosen or even fall off.
Second, shoes and socks should be intact. If the shoes are open, cracked, painted or damaged, and the socks have holes or jumpers, they should be replaced immediately. Don't wear it after patching.
Third, don't take off your shoes and socks in public. Some women like to take off their shoes when they are free, or they are in a state of half shoes. There is another person who often pulls down his socks by half and even takes them off in front of outsiders. This is extremely demeaning.
Fourth, socks should not be worn casually. It is not allowed to wear two pairs of socks at the same time, and it is not allowed to wear fitness pants, pants and other pants as socks.
Fifth, socks should not be exposed. Exposing the top of socks, that is, the top of socks, is a recognized lack of dress taste and rude performance. Business ladies should not only consciously avoid this situation when wearing formal dresses, but also pay attention when wearing open skirts. Even when walking, socks should not occasionally appear in skirts.