A bit of history
To understand the main trends of cocktail dresses you need to understand the main purpose of this outfit. The cocktail dress was introduced to the young and the girls in the north of America at the beginning of the last century, in order to stand out from the crowd of guests at parties with their original attire. For the fashionable dances of those years, young coquettees were uncomfortable dressing up in long and heavy dresses with a train and corset. They sought maximum comfort during dancing and entertainment, and a short dress was ideal for this purpose. It was then that cocktail dresses began their rapid upward climbing - the epoch of short dresses, as short as the educated ladies could afford, began. So dresses, a little longer than the knee, later called "cocktail", came into fashion, due to the direction of the event they were wearing.
Basically cocktail dresses were sewed from shiny materials of light coloring and decorated with stones, feathers, fringe. Well, a non-stop companion of this outfit was a clutch in the tone of the dress. Today you can find a cocktail dress of absolute any color and style, and the fashion for them changes almost every season.
The most fashionable cocktail dresses spring-summer 2016
Despite the fickle fashion, this season the basic design of the cocktail dress has not changed significantly. Designers still believe that this kind of dress should surprise and amaze with its brilliance, and therefore in the last spring-summer collections, widely used all sorts of "glamorous things." Especially eminent kutery to taste were multi-colored stones and rhinestones, which are more than decorated with cocktail dresses from leading collections.
If we talk about the fashion styles of cocktail dresses, then this season the first place is given to a short dress with bustier. Many designers have made a bet in this style, not only on the upright, but on a lush short skirt. Note that this style of cocktail dresses can only afford slender and smart fashionable women.
Also, transparent and lacy dresses will be actual, because these fabrics are still among the main trends of 2016.
In the spirit of the latest fashion trends and cocktail dresses in retro style, especially the models of fitting cut, embroidered with sequins, crystals and paillettes. But the admirers of elegant classics should pay attention to dresses of saturated dark colors with a fitted silhouette. In 2016, this classic cocktail dress will also be in the trend.