Every lady dreams of appearing in public in an exceptional evening dress. Namely in such clothing you can feel the queen, the princess, the heroine of a Hollywood musical or simply a wonderful and desired woman. Modern evening dresses abound in diversity. Designers offer its admirers whole lines with such outfits, which are distinguished by cut, color, style, fabric, patterns, print. Let’s see therefore what are the evening dresses trends for 2017.

Princess dress

The princess dress is known to many fans of fashion, especially those who like all kinds of balls and similar events. This model is easily recognized by its extremely fluffy down, multiple layers of which are supported by crinoline. Not coincidentally this type of dress has this name because namely such outfits were dressed by noble ladies when attending balls. In spring-summer 2017 season, this model was presented in quite rich assortment. Marchesa, Zac Posen, Oscar de la Renta and Dennis Basso opted for black and white dresses and multiple layers of veiling. Luisa Beccaria has embellished her creations with floral prints and applications. The princess dresses were included in fashion shows by Naeem Khan, Delpozo, Bibhu Mohapatra, Christian Siriano, and other brands.

Sexy dresses

The fashion on sexy outfits does not surprise anyone especially as designers continue intensively to include then in its clothing lines. These can be dresses in transparent chiffon, decorated with embroidery (Zuhair Murad), completely transparent outfits, with no additional decoration (Greg Lauren, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini), dresses in underwear style (Ashley Williams, Vionnet, Saint Laurent), daring mesh dresses from Marchesa, designs with slits and cuts of most unexpected forms (Philipp Plein), etc.

Strapless evening dresses

Continuing the theme on sexy dresses, we must definitively speak also about strapless dresses. These designs are called bandeau or bustier dresses. These two models differ little from one another after the cut, but have the same common feature – no straps. So bandeau dresses are distinguished by the presence of a hard brace, while those with bustier can be absolutely loose. The last mentioned are held often due fabrics that keep the body shape or due to elastic bands. These types of dresses are very attractive and sexy as they mysteriously uncover the back, shoulder, neck and cleavage of its owner. Moreover, the bandeau and bustier dresses are very laconic, both in color choice, and after the cut. Strapless dresses recommend us to wear Reem Acra, Naeem Khan, Notte Marchesa, Badgley Mischka, Delpozo, Luisa Beccaria, Giorgio Armani, Ermanno Scervino, Marchesa, Pamella Roland, Oscar de la Renta

One shoulder evening dress

If some designers have opted for dresses with a completely naked top, then others have seen fit to unveil only a part, giving the image even more mystery. This effect was achieved through asymmetrical cut that designers have interpreted it as they wanted. Due to creative fantasy, some dresses can be put in the category of “works of art”. You can get acquainted with new asymmetrical outfits in Versace, Giorgio Armani, Marc Jacobs, Marchesa, Erdem, Gareth Pugh, Vionnet, Veneta Bottega, Ashley Williams, Badgley Mischka, Yang Li, Josie Natori, Kimora Lee Simmons collections.

Evening dresses with capes, trains and veils

All sorts of capes, trains and veils are a true fashion hit. Gowns with these structural elements look incredibly mysterious, festive and even attractive. A slight organza or chiffon fabrics, which surrounds the delicate feminine silhouette gives the image an incredible lightness and the long train, gives the image an original look and grandeur. You can also admire the creations in Christian Siriano lines, Monse, Katie Ermilio, Vionnet, Erin Fetherston, Giles, Giambattista Valli, Zuhair Murad, Pamella Roland, Osman, Naeem Khan.

Accents and décor elements

From year to year, accents and decor elements of dresses increasingly amaze us through the multitude of options. Designers have long ceased to be confined to mere frills and sparkles. From now on, they use not only “tailoring” accessories but also the progress of modern technologies. What exactly is it? Analyzing simple prints at first glance, it becomes clear that this is not just a simple drawing on fabric, but a true 3D work, which amazes us every time by its luxury and realism. The hem trimming also became somewhat more complicated because now, for this purpose is increasingly used fur and feathers. Floral applications and other applications amaze us by their beauty, which sometimes makes it difficult to distinguish from real ones. You look at a dress and you feel like it was abundantly strewn with flowers. We must specify that sometimes these are real flowers. Floral applications, embroidery, fur and feathers can be found on dresses from Alberta Ferretti, Alexander McQueen, Rodarte, Luisa Beccaria, Tadashi Shoji, Francesco Scognamiglio, Oscar de la Renta, Reem Acra, Erdem, Marchesa, Givenchy, Giles, Dennis Basso, Lela Rose, Dolce and Gabbana, Naeem Khan, Andrew Gn, Carolina Herrera, Antonio Marras, Anna Sui, Christian Siriano

Besides the decoration methods described above, designers have used other tricks used before – fringe, layered ruffles, giant bows. Although they could not miss other experiments. For example, Moschino has decorated his dresses with Car Wash posters and Bibhu Mohapatra created as a honeycomb cleavage. Fringe, bows and multiple frills can be found at Talbot Runhof, Manish Arora, Marchesa Notte, Pamella Roland, Delpozo, Oscar de la Renta, Moschino, Valentino

Fabrics

The choice of fabrics also proved to be quite varied. For example, Saint Laurent, Reem Acra, Naeem Khan, Pamella Roland, Dennis Basso, Marc Jacob, sAlessandra Rich suggested fabrics with lurex, jersey and folds, Givenchy, Cushnie et Ochs, Valentino, Ermanno Scervino – knitted, chiffon and gauze, Ermanno Scervino, Badgley Mischka and Erdem – lace and fabric in Richelieu technique. But this is not all. Analyzing collections we can also find dresses made of denim, leather, patent leather, feathers, crepe, silk, satin and other fabrics. Here everything will depend only on the wishes and preferences of women.

Print

And again in fashion is geometry. And if previous years could we witness a tremendous amount of plaid and polka dots, then this season leading are stripes, both straight and abstract (Naeem Khan, Osklen, Kimora Lee Simmons, Novis, Ralph Lauren, Badgley Mischka, Christian Siriano, Zac Posen, J. Mendel).

The main competitor of stripes can be called the vegetal print, which was present in all its splendor on dresses from Sachin and Babi, Alice and Olivia, Badgley Mischka, Oscar de la Renta, Dennis Basso, Luisa Beccaria, Lela Rose. There can be found also different kind of prints. For example, Moschino continued the theme of childhood and fairytale, because of which dresses abound in colors and bright images.

Colors

Achromatic

Black and white colors are moving steadily came into the evening fashion for 2017. Laconic and practical, universal and widely accepted, achromatic is in high demand for several reasons. Such outfits may be suitable for any ambience and for any woman. Due to carefully chosen accessories can be obtained varied and original outfits, as illustrated by Fausto Puglisi, Badgley Mischka, Christian Siriano, Luisa Beccaria, Dennis Basso, Jenny Packham, Ermanno Scervino, Elie Saab, Zac Posen, Zac Zac Posen, Oscar de la Renta collections.

Bright colors

A great popularity has also colorful evening gowns. A special place have the “hot”, “sunny” and “hot” color options – yellow, orange, red, ruby, orange (Prabal Gurung, Naeem Khan, Jenny Packham, Josie Natori, Gareth Pugh, Ermanno Scervino, Cushnie et Ochs).

A lot of purple, fuchsia and pink shades (Luisa Beccaria, Reem Acra, Elie Saab, Marchesa, Marchesa Notte, Escada, Zac Posen).

Reem Acra, Tadashi Shoji, Bibhu Mohapatra, Marchesa, Reem Acra have opted for cold shades of gray, blue and light bleu.

Jenny Packham, Monique Lhuillier, Lisa Perry, Pamella Roland have pleased the admirers of green colors.

Cocktail dresses

Cocktail dresses are the same evening dresses, only these are short and designed to be worn between 5 pm to 7 pm. Although these criteria may vary in either direction, depending on the event, time of year, style and taste. Cocktail dresses were also presented in a fairly wide range. We have colored tutu dresses (Moschino, Betsey Johnson), pencil dresses (Herve Leger by Max Azria, Barbara Tfank, Oscar de la Renta, Monique Lhuillier, Monique Lhuillier), the little black dress (Dolce and Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta ) bustier dress (Monique Lhuillier, Zac Posen, Oscar de la Renta, Ermanno Scervino), baby doll (Marchesa, Osman, Pamella Roland) and creative designs, including asymmetric designs (Moschino, Erdem, Delpozo).

The review of fashion evening dresses for spring-summer 2017 season has shown us how creative and varied will be the fashion in the coming warm season. Analyzing the collections it is created the impression that no detail has been overlooked by skilled designers. There were implemented virtually all prints, fabrics, styles, colors and imaginable and unimaginable patterns. We just have to make the right choice.