In anticipation of the summer, there are shows of new fashion collections in Paris, Milan, London. Already, fashionistas are eyeing them, paying attention to details, so that you can create a practical and stylish wardrobe for yourself by the summer. The previous season conquered the female half with the tenderness and elegance of a variety of models of sundresses for the summer. What to expect in the season "Summer 2018"? Let's try to figure out what interesting novelties the fashion offers in all styles of sundresses.
New fashion trends
Bright fashion trends were reflected in the collections of Niba Ricci, Valentino, Max Mara, Chanel and other famous world brands. This is not only new fashion trends, but also the creation of beautiful, fashionable female images for all ages and statuses.
It would seem that such fabrics as leather and denim are more suitable for autumn-winter outfits, but in the collections these solid fabrics are offered in variants of summer clothes. In a new perspective, the designers presented the most delicate fabrics in the upcoming summer season, demonstrating the femininity of the silhouette in sundresses for the summer.
Sundresses from transparent fabrics
Transparent fabrics for blouses, sundresses and tunics in the summer season are also relevant. These are organza, guipure, lace and lace fabric. A sundress made of white lace fabric is a universal thing. It lets air in and is perfect for women's outfits in the warmer months. It would be worth getting fashionistas such a sarafan for the summer season. White color is relevant, as always.
How to sew a sundress for the summer?
Fashion is now fickle, you need to keep up with it all the time. But no one will say that you are poorly dressed, unfashionable if you have your own style, individual and not quite keeping up with fashion. But there should be a classic in it, about which Coco Chanel said beautifully in due time: "Fashion happens, style remains."
Often, female representatives cannot afford to buy new-fangled things, because their cost is very high. In this case, many begin to sew outfits on their own. It turns out that many things can be sewn without patterns built on calculations by formulas, including a sundress.
A woman who knows how to sew can easily prepare for the summer season. She can sew a simple dress for summer for two or three hours and take into account the fashion trends: material, color and style of the dress. The photo shows a sundress pattern to the knee. If you sew such a sundress on the floor, it is enough to add the length without changing its top on the pattern.
You can learn to sew without a pattern by watching the video lesson below. It takes a few minutes, but will be invaluable for beginners. Repeat this master class at home is not difficult. You need to be patient, and everything will work out.
Asymmetry and loose fit
Creative fashion designers added asymmetry and a loose cut to summer female models of sundresses and dresses. In the photo below, an ideal and comfortable white dress for relaxation. Ahead, it is raised to the middle of the lower leg, then lowered to the floor along the entire circumference. At the bottom there is a wide frill, which is an ornament of a sundress. Two side pockets are beautifully inscribed in the seam. This type of clothing is suitable for slim girls, and for those who have problem areas in the hips. Made in white, thanks to the free trapezoidal cut, it does not increase the figure.
How to make a pattern for a sundress?
The pattern of the sundress for the summer, which is pictured above, is made as follows. In order not to spoil the fabric, the drawing should be done on paper. For this, a newspaper or wallpaper remaining after repair is suitable. It is necessary to lay out a T-shirt on paper and circle its outline. Next is the modeling of the sundress. From the armhole there is an extension. The length is adjustable from mini to maxi. If you make a pattern with a raised front sundress, you need to reflect this on the pattern. Owners of a large chest and tummy should lengthen the front of the pattern, if they want the length of the sundress everywhere to be the same.
The next stage is the transfer of the cut out pattern to the fabric. Pieces of fabric are swept along the shoulder seams and sides and try on. If the sundress sits well, the details are scribbled and process the areas of the armhole and neck.
Flax sundresses
One of the many fabrics intended for summer clothes is linen. It completely protects from hot weather, so it is best suited for the summer season. Fabulous linen fabric in a sundress for the summer is a unique creation and a true art sample. To decorate such a sundress, various types of lace are used.
Knitted lace look very stylish and original. This is a luxurious and voluminous lace, so it is most often used for making clothes in ethnic style. Embroidery on linen sundresses turns them into a real work of art. The dress is also elegant and festive with synthetic lace based on polyester and viscose.
The natural color of the dress is beige, green, pink, cream and pastel. However, designers often offer colorful clothes with prints. Different colors of lace can serve as decoration - black, white, pink, burgundy and violet.
Sundress for summer for the full
Choosing a style of a light sundress and accessories for it, a woman not only wants to show her external beauty, but also to draw attention to her ability to find everything necessary to create her own image. True, some insecure girls, looking in the mirror, say that they are fat, that these outfits do not fit and there is no perfect dress, breeches, sundresses for those chubby like them. However, designers and stylists prove the opposite. There are clothing options in which skeptical young ladies will look slimmer.
For example, a dress-sundress for the summer (photo above) from a thin fabric of two colors, but one texture. It is unusual in that it is actually divided into three parts: the upper part of the bust and the hem in the dark version and the middle in the light. The fullness of the figure in the hips does not catch my eye, the girl looks slim.
Sundress for a summer sunny day
The linen style of summer clothes has an army of fans. The summer light sundress made in linen style is relevant for the promenade. It is sewn of the finest chiffon or natural silk with large flowers, has a straight cut. The sundress, as it were, consists of two layers: the lower one is the sundress itself and the upper one is covering the bust to the waist in the form of a shuttlecock. Both layers are held on thin straps. A hat with huge brims, offered at the latest fashion shows, is perfect for such a sundress. With her, a sundress for the summer will be more like a resort outfit. And without a hat in such a robe, you can take part in a festive event by adding a clutch bag and heeled shoes.
Knitted sundresses
On fashion catwalks, knitted clothes have long occupied their niche. Products are beautiful, practical and convenient. Knitted openwork sundresses for the summer are not only convenient. They give their owners romance. Unusual patterns and a variety of styles make this outfit one of the favorite things of women’s summer wardrobe. In the collections of designers there are a lot of samples of amazing knitted sundresses for relaxation. The most open in combination with swimwear are suitable for a beach promenade.
Before you start knitting a sundress for the summer, you need to find out what you want: straight or fitted contours, open or closed back, neckline, length of the sundress. For products that are made for everyday wear, the presence of a lining is implied. So the sundress looks more practical. To tie a sundress with your own hands, you need to master knitting or crochet techniques. Very beautiful products are obtained that are crocheted using the Irish lace fabric technique. It is with this technique that the knitted sundress is perfect for an evening walk and for a visit.
Crochet patterns
Knitted dresses, sundresses, tunics attract attention with their originality. These wardrobe items can decorate both ordinary office everyday life and festive events. Especially the fashion for knitting tunics and sundresses becomes relevant in the summer, in the beach season. The ease of crocheting allows even beginner knitters to do something original for themselves. For example, a sundress can be decorated with openwork on the bottom or a shuttlecock on the top of the product, connected with simple single crochet columns or with a net (alternating columns with crochets and two air loops). And you will already have a summer masterpiece made by yourself.
For crocheting, thin yarn is taken so that the fabric is not stiff. The yarn market is now so large that sometimes knitters run their eyes from so many threads of various quality, color and structure. The composition of the yarn should contain 85-88% cotton and 15% fiber or 10-12% polyamide.
To knit a sundress, the lower fragment of which and the pattern are located in the photo above, it will take about 400 grams of yarn. It should contain acrylic and cotton in equal proportions. Knitting is simple. The top is connected with double crochet, and the bottom consists of rosettes connected to each other during knitting. This is how crochet sundress for summer is absolutely easy. Description of the pattern of the outlet in the photo below.
You can knit a completely plain sundress, it will only win, as it will look more tender, especially made of light yarn.
Details of the back and front are performed separately. The finished steamed product is sewn in the shoulder and side seams. The neck and armholes are tied with a single crochet.
Knitting patterns
To start knitting a sundress for the summer, you need to make patterns, steam them and calculate the number of loops and the number of rows in 10 centimeters. It is necessary to do this, since then you will need to know how many loops to knit on the knitting needles for the pattern so that the product is neither large nor small.
The whole dress is made out in two patterns. In the photo, the knitting pattern of the bottom of the sundress is the main one according to which it is made. The mesh pattern of the upper part of the sundress is performed according to scheme 2. When knitting the lower cloth of the sarafan, stripes alternate, where 14 rows are a pattern of triangles, and 4 rows made by garter stitch are separators.
Work is done on knitting needles No. 3. Knit with the main pattern, alternating stripes, the height of the skirt, starting from under the chest, and close the loops. The top of the dress is crocheted with a No. 4, 5 pattern. It can be knitted separately and sewn to the bottom, or you can sew the bottom of the sarafan and sew the top directly directly on the product. Each needlewoman chooses an option convenient for her. Sundress straps are crocheted in columns without a crochet of the required length and width.
This sarafan can be decorated with a belt under the chest, also connected with crochets. The width should be no more than 2-3 centimeters. In this case, the seam of the junction of the two panels will be closed. Such a sundress can be worn as casual clothes and as clothing for relaxing by the sea or outdoors in the summer.
It is not necessary to talk about the advantages of things sewn and hand-made. They are obvious and convincing. A woman who knows how to sew and knit can always create for herself such an outfit in which she will feel fashionable, stylish and feminine. But for those young ladies who are not Mary artisans, designers, fashion designers and stylists have tried to create such outfits and bows for the summer, in which they will be irresistible.