Ruched Top, Ruched Dresses,
|
|
|
Google offers a dozen definitions, after eliminating those that apply to knitting, quilting, and footwear.
What Is Ruching?
Let's look at some of the ruched tops, dresses, and jackets at left to better understand what ruching is and how to choose figure-flattering trendy women's clothes that incorporate this fashion detail.- ruched - with tight elastic folds en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ruched
- A detail created by taking fabric and sewing in lines of elastic to the back in neat rows, so that the fabric puckers to create a stretchy, gathered look. www.womensgolfproshop.com/
Dresses and ruched tops often use elastic shirring to accent the waistline.
If your midriff is not a good feature, choose an empire waist dress. Fabrics folds will flow from beneath the bustline to draw the eyes past the problem point.
Ruching Creates
Focal Point
- ruched - A type of detailing characterized by gathering or pleated material with stitching accents. www.fancythatkingston.com/
ftresources-footwear-glos.html - Ruching is a strip of pleated or gathered fabric that trims an item of clothing. www.overstock.com/guides/womens-clothing-glossary-buying-guide
How to Use Ruching to Flatter Your Figure
Many ruched tops use pleated accents.Ruching may appear at a shoulder. This is a good look if you have narrow shoulders. Athletic gals with broad shoulders should avoid this ruched shoulders.
Many figures are flattered by ruching that draws the eye toward the center of the body. Pleats or folder that radiate out from a center are like stars shining the gaze on feminine curves.
Too much pleating or gathering may look lumpy at the bustline of ruched tops. Instead, the folds should draw the eye toward the narrow part of the body.
At the same time, ruching results in elegant folds that conceal figure details behind gracefully draped fabric.
Ruching Enhances Neckline Frill to Shoe Details
- Shirring or gathering for a textured effect. Pronounced “roo-shing.” www.mollybloom.com/style-glossary/
- A narrow gathered/pleated strip of decorative fabric. www.furniturequest.com/Furniture_R.htm
- fabric that has been gathered and stitched at a centre point to create a rippled appearance. youlookfab.com/fashion-glossary/
- A French word that means to plait [braid]. Ancient sewing technique where a strip of fabric is gathered in a repeat pattern and as the gathering pattern ... reviews.ebay.com/A-Guide-to-Lingerie-Terms-amp-Some-History-of-Lingerie
Ruching May Soften Edges of Pintucks
- A strip of pleated or frilled ribbon, lace, etc., used as a hat trim, or worn around the neck like a small ruff as in the 16th century. Origin: 19th Century: from French, literally: beehive, from Medieval Latin rusca bark of a tree, of Celtic origin.
Ruching may even decorate a leather or fabric shoe. The subtle folds add texture.
Delicate ruching may form a neck frill around a high neckline or cuffs.
Ruching may soften the edges of pintucks. Pintucks are tiny pleats, usually down the front of a woman's blouse or man's formal tuxedo shirt.
Ruched Flowers Used as Appliques
In summary, even though ruching is an ancient technique, passed down from the days when fashionable women wore intricate neck frills, lace cuffs, and fancy hats, today ruching adds a contemporary detail to trendy women's clothes.
A ruched waistline enhances a feminine silhouette. Draped fabric may flare from a star or flower that creates a focus point at the waist.
Or ruching may create a shirred natural of empire waistline. Ruched tops may feature elegant neck frills, pintucked plackets, or shoulder pleats.
There are ruched-tops, dresses, and jackets to flatter every figure type.
What happens when ruching goes wrong?
Read about four fashion-faux-pas that may result.
Ruched tops are one type of nice blouses.
Every wardrobe needs a go-everywhere white blouse.
A romantic blouse
, with ruffles, lace, or some other frill, adds a feminine touch to the most conservative business suit.
A frill also creates an interesting contrast when worn with jeans or under a
ladies black leather jacket.
Many older women favor
high necklines
in blouses and jackets. These, too, can be chic and conceal a feature you may not want to emphasize.
The nice thing about today's eclectic fashion styles is that whatever you want, you can surely find it.
Return from ruched tops to Fashion After 50 home.
Don't Miss Out on Savings for Newsletter Subscribers
One-day and weekend specials are no longer on the Special Offer Codes page. There's often no time to revise the page to include them.I don't want you to miss out on these special savings. Subscribe to the newsletter. I send it only when I find out about sale, sweepstakes, or special offer for Fashion After 50 readers.
Subscribing is as easy as leaving a name and email address. Every newsletter has a link at the bottom to make it just as easy to opt out if you change your mind.
