Modern girls are incredibly lucky, because we have access to all the knowledge and all the experience in the field of clothing and fashion that our ancestors have accumulated over millennia. At our disposal is a huge selection of materials and tools for sewing, fashion magazines, shops and ateliers. That is why fashion today is so changeable: we can translate into reality any imagination, any most unusual outfit. Almost every season, fashion designers recall trends from the distant past and give them a new life. In today's article, we are talking about a dress with a half-sun skirt - a dress worn by noble ladies in medieval Europe.



Features
The half-sun skirt is a close relative of the sun skirt. Probably, everyone knows what the latter looks like: a fluffy skirt cut in a circle from a single piece of fabric. A sun skirt usually has no side seams, no cuts, no fasteners. Most often, this dress with a cutting waist.
The half-sun skirt is very similar to it, but it is less magnificent, since it is sewn from a semicircular piece of matter. Accordingly, such a skirt always has at least one seam. The exception is odor models: they are usually seamless.


Dresses with a half-sun skirt can be of any length: there are models in the floor, midi, and also very short dresses. The most popular models today are medium-length, with a tight bodice, a semicircular neckline and long sleeves. Such dresses in retro style look very cute and romantic. They are sewn from dense fabrics that hold their shape well.

Dresses with a half-sun skirt are a rather restrained outfit, despite the fact that the skirt in a pleat gives the image some coquetry. Such a dress will be appropriate almost everywhere.In it you can safely go to study, to work, to the theater, to a restaurant or to friendly gatherings.




Who is it for?
A dress with a half-sun skirt is a very successful model that suits different types of figures. Thanks to the dense bodice and flared bottom, the dress forms very feminine proportions of the figure.


Slender girls will look in such an outfit, like delicate flowers. But young ladies who can boast appetizing forms should not be afraid of such a silhouette. A closed top conceals well the fullness of the shoulders and arms, but it does not hide the lush chest. Volumetric hips hide under a full skirt.

This dress will perfectly help to mask the following imperfections of the figure:
- If you consider your belly a problem zone, then a dress with a half-sun skirt will successfully hide this shortcoming. Dense top fabric will not tighten the bulge, and a fluffy skirt, planted on a yoke, will distract attention from the waist line.
- If you have full legs, it is better to opt for a dress with a skirt no higher than the middle of the knee. This model is able to balance the heavy bottom, especially in the presence of high heels.
- Another problem that the half-sun skirt will help to cope with is too narrow hips (typical for girls with the “rectangle” type of figure). A flared skirt increases the difference between waist and hips, bringing the figure closer to the cherished ideal.




What to wear?
clothing
A dress with a half-sun skirt will become one of the basic items of your wardrobe, on the basis of which you can create different original images. It will go well with both a business-style jacket and a denim vest. In cool weather, you can wear a raincoat or leather jacket on the dress.



Footwear
Any dress looks the most harmonious with shoes with heels and a half-sun - no exception. Classic shoes or graceful sandals are the best accompaniment to this outfit. However, elegant high-heeled boots will look no worse. Modern fashion allows a combination of feminine dresses with sneakers or heavy boots - lovers of experimenting with style will surely like this.




Accessories
The dress with a half-sun skirt goes well with various accessories in the style of the 50s and 60s of the last century: small round handbags with a short handle, large sunglasses, bright gloves, headbands with bows, etc. Often girls wear such dresses with leather straps at the waist.



Jewelry
A dress with a half-sun skirt does not require a large number of jewelry, just one bright, catchy detail, for example, a massive necklace made of beads, a ring with a large stone or earrings of an unusual shape.



I like dresses with such skirts! Flare gives a feminine figure, makes the hips more rounded.
What a beautiful red dress Dita von Teese has!