Dress is an independent element of the wardrobe. The belt is an important accessory that can radically change the image. If you put on just your favorite dress today, supplement it with an elegant chain tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow put on this dress in tandem with a wide corset, then you will get three different, but equivalent in style ensemble.
Kinds
The belt is a very constructive addition to the dress, capable of decorating the outfit decoratively, complementing the image, focusing on the merits, filigree to hide the flaws. To solve such an impressive volume of tasks, a huge number of belts of a wide variety of types, models, designs, shapes, sizes, styles and colors have been created.
Thin and medium, narrow and wide, straight and curved in shape, a sash and corset, openwork made of thin leather and a crocheted belt for a dress - all of them will help you always look worthy.
In the wardrobe of a modern woman, there is a belt for almost every dress, the model and color of which can emphasize and shade the necessary details and become the final chord of the whole ensemble.
If the dress sits "not very", stylists are advised to supplement it with a strap. And suddenly this is exactly the nuance that can correct the situation.
A correctly selected stylish belt looks spectacular with a wide variety of dress styles: short and long, straight and luxuriant, sundresses and kimonos, cases and shirts.
In order to be able to choose the correct fit of the style and color of the dress with the model and the shade of the belt, you need to know several rules for wearing a strap, the basics of which have evolved over time.
- Thus, a thin belt is proclaimed an immortal world classic, suitable for different figures and for most outfits.
- A corset is considered to be very functional. In addition to the fact that he looks very impressive on the figure, in his power to make his stomach flat, raise his chest, gracefully shade the line of the hips, straighten his back. In a word, emphasize the attractive female bends and correct the flaws by disguising them discreetly. Unfortunately, such a virtuoso helper does not fit every figure.
Women with a short neck and torso will have to look for another way to hide their imperfections.
- The simpler and simpler the clothes, the brighter and more expressive the addition to it can be. Here, the theme will be openwork texture, inlaid buckles, rivets, patterns. Conversely, with a bright life-affirming ensemble, the catchy strap clearly does not get along.
- For multi-layered clothing with prints or an abundance of details, preference is given to a monophonic wide belt, because a narrow accessory is simply lost in this variety.
- Accessories that simply serve as decorations include jewelry, bijouterie, silver or gold chains. These are great additions to evening or cocktail dresses.
A combination of silver or gold chain with a black dress is romantic and irresistible. Black and red are recognized as classic colors for belts.
The classic outfit, according to the rules, is complemented by a plain trio: handbag, belt, shoes.
But modern fashion, becoming more democratic every day, allows an increasing number of combinations. In addition to the belt, only shoes can act, or only a handbag, but they can be a bracelet, scarf, neck scarf, watch strap. Or it can be an independent element of clothing without any reinforcements. This can afford the products of neutral colors - black, beige, brown. Or a bright accessory can single-handedly attract admiring glances.
There are no strict rules in choosing a belt for a dress. Each ensemble is individual, and only you can pick up this important accessory, starting from your taste, preference, features and the role that it should play in your image.
How to choose a figure?
In order to not spoil it in an attempt to decorate your outfit, you need to select the model of the belt that is most suitable for you in shape, style, image. In this sense, owners of a slender graceful figure are easier. They should pay attention only to style and color. But women with "appendages" and "appendages" have to look for accessories that can magically hide unnecessary "extras" from prying eyes.
So, choosing the color of the belt for the dress, it is necessary to clearly define the task that this accessory will solve. The color of the belt under the dress can be in tone with the dress or contrast to it.
If the duet is selected in one color scheme, the belt does not focus on itself, but serves to form a silhouette. This variation is optimal for women with extra pounds in weight or centimeters in the waist. The contrast option is aimed at attracting attention to the waist, as well as visual correction of the proportions of the legs and torso.
With short legs, we place the belt under the chest, if there is such a problem with the body, lower it on the hips.
To visually disguise a wide waist and a protruding tummy, choose clothes with a high waist and a medium-width belt worn under the chest.
A wide belt makes your figure heavier, so if you don’t want to draw attention to your impressive chest, wear a thin model. And also such a model visually extends the silhouette, therefore it is recommended for those who "did not come out tall."
Confused wide hips? A wide fashionable sash, freely located on the waist - your best option.
With narrow hips and broad shoulders, a dress with a fluffy skirt and a belt on the hips will help you out.
For a figure resembling a rectangle, a loose-fitting dress and a narrow sash are recommended.
Original wide accessories emphasize feminine outlines and are able to visually make the figure slimmer.
And you have to be very careful about contrasts. This option is definitely not suitable for well-fed ladies. Even lucky women with a slender figure, such a choice is acceptable only after fitting and visual self-esteem.
With the modern variety of models, you can easily choose a product that can decorate your outfit and emphasize your personality, and observing certain rules, you can easily learn how to choose the right belts and make beautiful sets with them.
Materials
Women's belt is a fashion accessory designed to decorate and diversify our outfit, so a wide variety of materials are used for its manufacture, from leather and textile to plastic and metal.
The most popular and practical material is, of course, smooth, soft, soft to the touch skin. All sorts of varieties, methods of dressing, texture, shape, color can fill the market with the most unpredictable items. Products made of suede, morocco, reptile skin always look chic and expensive.
They will argue with leather for variety and fabric belts. Soft and pliable material allows you to tie a lot of knots and bows of varying complexity and configuration, which also makes its share of diversity in the world of belts. Satin and velvet, made of chiffon and silk, woven, knitted, lace accessories from ribbons and shiny threads, which carry tenderness, femininity, softness and chastity, will not leave indifferent romantic dreamers.
Recently, combined belts, for example, made of leather and fabric, plastic and leather, a combination of several narrow straps or a wide and narrow one, are gaining more and more popularity.
Decor
All kinds of decorative elements make the belts unique and inimitable. Embroidery, appliqués, ornaments and patterns of beads, threads, ribbons, braids look stylish and relevant. In the quest for originality, a variety of materials are used: wood, rhinestones, plastic, stones, shells, metal, fur, fabric, glass.
The ethnic-style belt will add the originality of a brush, fringe, painting, embroidery.
Romantics and dreamers will like various flowers, bows, beautiful buttons. A belt for a wedding dress or for an evening dress is decorated with ribbons, bows, elegant lace, glass beads or rhinestones, inlaid with gem stones, beads, pearls.
Metalworkers will be pleased with eye accessories with an abundance of chains, bracelets, buttons, rivets.
If your belt is old or tired of you, you can update it yourself, decorating it as you wish.
How to do it yourself?
You can completely sew a belt, guided by recommendations, master classes and your imagination.
For example, taking a finished pattern, measuring your parameters, choosing the right material, you can easily sew a whole sash. Sometimes for the manufacture of a beautiful accessory fit pieces of materials left over from clothing. By adopting threads, strips of leather, or fabric and weaving patterns, you will make yourself a unique creation. A wide long ribbon will make a belt with a chic bow for a girl. The belt can be decorated with knitted flowers, sequins, embroidered patterns from beads. In any case, it will be a unique masterpiece in which you will be irresistible.