What is the difference between a sundress and a dress?
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Sundress and dress - these garments are so closely adjacent to each other that it is not immediately possible to tell the difference between them. Meanwhile, it exists, although it is rather conditional. How to distinguish a dress from a sundress - our article will tell you.
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Features
Initially, a sundress was understood as a simple, light dress that does not have sleeves. In the old days, a sundress was necessarily combined with a simple shirt.
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Dress is a type of women's clothing with long hemlines that cover the top of the legs.
One of the fundamental differences between these garments is the cut of the upper part.
A sundress implies a fairly open top without a neckline. Most often, a sundress has no sleeves, but straps are present. Wide, narrow, straight or twisted crosswise.
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The dress can have like closedand open top, collar, sleeves.
Another sign of a sundress is that it can often be worn not only as an independent piece of clothing, but also over a blouse, shirt, T-shirt, turtleneck, etc. The dress is worn exclusively by itself.
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And one more thing: a sundress is most often part of everyday, beach, home and other informal clothing. Although a sundress can also be used as school clothes, that is, uniforms, not all official institutions allow such clothes. The dress can just be part of any style of clothing.
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Similar features
For the rest of the characteristics, it is already much more difficult to distinguish a dress from a sundress. For sewing dresses and sundresses, a variety of materials are used: dense, thin, textured, light, flowing, etc.
The sundress and dress can be of different lengths, ranging from cropped models to long ones, to the floor.
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The color scheme of both dresses and a sundress knows no limits.They can be monochromatic, decorated with a print, made in a combination of several colors or materials.
The variety of styles is simply incalculable: straight, flared, fitted, loose, asymmetrical, etc. The same goes for the various options for decorating these clothes.
And finally, both the dress and the sundress go well with different clothes, shoes and accessories.
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