Women-Fashion

  What should you wear to your daughter’s wedding? Is it something in pale beige and cream in an age-appropriate design that guarantees to make you look matronly and portly? No! Those ideas of a mother of the bride are long gone and today, the bride’s mother can dress to look glamorous and gorgeous. However, sophisticated you might want to look in chic mother of the bride dresses , it’s not a free-for-all for you and there are certain dress codes and protocols that need to be followed. Given here are a few of them. Plan early: This is necessary, partly for you and partly because another person is waiting for you to make a choice. But first, you should plan early for the dress, maybe as much as three months before the wedding. Regardless of whether you buy mother of the bride dresses from a specialized wedding boutique or have one tailor-made exclusively, it is necessary to keep adequate time for fittings and alterations. Further, it is traditional that the mother of the groom...

  Bolero jackets have been in fashion for ages. This typical piece of outfit is cut in the design of traditional waist-length jackets worn by matadors and bullfighters. Boleros were a rage till the 1990s when they went off the fashion radar, only to be brought back in the limelight by Yves Saint Laurent who revived the trend in the early 2000s. Since then, a bolero jacket has been a must-have ensemble in the wardrobes of almost all women, regardless of their age or ethnicity. Most people tend to talk about a bolero jacket and a shrug in the same breath but it is strictly not true. Shrugs are cropped cardigans, open at the front, and available in various lengths. A bolero jacket, on the other hand, is dressier and ideal for formal parties or an evening out. Boleros are available in a range of options from the simple basic stuff to the more chic and elaborate ones that can cost a few hundred dollars. But any bolero, whether it is a short or long-sleeved one and cropped and crisply...

  Plus size women generally have a difficult time choosing dresses and outfits. Check any brick-and-mortar store or an online e-commerce site and you will find that the stocks are rather limited in comparison to the usual sizes. Most often than not, when you shop at an online store, a dress that catches your fancy will not be available in plus sizes. Hence, if you are on the heavier side, you have to experiment with various dresses and outfits and know which type fits your structure well. Only then should you splurge on a shopping adventure. However, there is one type that you can bank on any time and that is a plus size fit and flare dress  generally called the A-line dress. The advantage here that it perfectly fits most body types, from the slim and the petit to plus size women. Here is a guide to buying plus size fit and flare dress that you will do well to follow. Your first option is fit and flare dresses. For formal occasions like the office choose a dress that fla...

  Since the early twentieth century, women’s bolero jacket has been an integral part of any fashion scene though there was a marginal diminishing in its popularity in the late 1980s. In the latter part of the 1990s, fashion guru Yves St. Laurent reintroduced the garment on the ramps and it caught on so well that women regardless of age or color have made it an important component of their wardrobe. A bolero jacket is a short and cropped piece of clothing that is open at the front and stops at the waist. The front sides often have buttons or strings to bring them together though it is not necessarily so. The trend is to keep the front open so that the pretty clothes below the jacket is not hidden from view. Now, how does a bolero jacket add value to a wardrobe? For example, suppose you have several jackets in various colors and designs. They can be mixed and matched and worn over the same dress for a different look every time. Conversely, buy a women’s bolero jacket of neutra...