What Are Bodycon Dresses and Who Offers the Best Ones?

If you are someone who loves her curves and loves flaunting them, then the bodycon dress is for you. This dress is made to reveal your curves in the best manner, without making you look vulgar. They make perfect evening wear.

The charm of a sexy and a confident woman is undeniable. Women who know their style and confidently carry themselves are simply attractive. If you are one of those who love dressing up their curves, the bodycon dress is for you. The term is derived from the word ‘body conscious’ as the dress highlights even the slightest curve of a woman’s body. These dresses are available in most high-end fashion stores and one can even buy bodycon dresses online in India.

What is a Bodycon dress?

Simply put, it is a one-piece, short length, figure hugging dress that clings to your body fully. Remember Priyanka Chopra wearing the nude-colour dress dancing away in the sea in her song ‘Exotic?’ That is precisely what most bodycon dresses look like. The piece she was wearing is normally called a ‘bandage dress.’

Features of a bodycon dress:

• Bodycon dress comes in three sizes; upper thigh, mid-thigh and knee length. The length you choose completely depends on how confidently you can carry it. While the shorter ones make the perfect club wear, knee lengths are good for a lunch outing. However, there are longer bodycon dresses available as well but they need to be styled perfectly.

• Bodycon dress is made from a mix of lycra and polyester which gives them the needed elasticity. This is what makes them hug your body perfectly.

• Almost all bodycon dresses have low necklines.

The features clearly tell that a bodycon dress is not for every woman. So who should wear it? It looks beautiful on women with hourglass figure as it accentuates each and every curve. The body is shaped well and the dress does not look odd on them. This is actually the only type of body suited to a bodycon dress.

However, styling it well is equally important. Depending on the occasion, choose the accessories for the bodycon dress.

Shoes: It is important to choose the right shoes. For an evening out, high-heels and stilettos are the perfect match for the dress. But only a woman who is confident of her body can carry the look well. You can also wear boots for a sensual touch. A day-time look warrants flats or sandals of matching colors.

• If you are slightly apprehensive about picking a bodycon dress because of any tiny extra, unwanted curve, you can flatten it out with a shapewear. These tights can be nude coloured or even coloured. If picked well, the shapewear can add a hint of colour or sheen to the dress a well.

• As it is a body-hugging dress, it is important to choose underwear that show off no lines. Visible panty lines look bad. So be sure of wearing the right undergarments.

• Accessories such as belts, jewellery and jackets can also be worn with a bodycon dress. A narrow belt is apt if you want to show off a more curvaceous body while a wide, loose belt is best for day wear.

Where to buy?

Bodycon dresses are mostly available in high-end fashion stores. Most fashion designers make them and you can easily pick from their store too but they might be expensive. Bodycon dresses are also available online and in India you can buy them from fashion websites such as www.faballey.com.

So make your pick and be ready to kill with your curves.