High-low dress: Slaying with intent and glamour

High-low dress is a gown that has an asymmetrical design.

This particular style has hem that is short in the front and long in the back, creating a contrast between high and low as the name suggests.

While some have a sharp contrast in length between the front and back, others are more subtle.

You see some clothes and you will be left wondering ‘why put on something that looks off?’.

This style of fashion is a classic case that raises such questions.

What is the sense in using lesser materials to sew the frontal part of a dress and use more behind?

This fashion style very well has an appearance of a kind of fashion that is a ‘mistake’.

And so questions arise.

It is both mini and maxi gowns brought into one.

The front is the mini dress, the back is the maxi.

Many ladies have embraced it as a kind of beauty secret.

It is stylish and attractive, a kind of style embraced by fashion-savvy ladies.

So, a high-low dress can be sewn in various forms and different fabrics.

It is very common to see these kinds of dresses in Ankara fabrics.

In fact, they look pretty colorful and stylish.

The next high-low dress you will see next is most likely to be one made of the Ankara fabric.

That is how common this can be. 

The various styles are often a hybrid of an existing popular fashion style.

That is why you can see the high-low dress in the following:

High-low with turtleneck

This kind of high-low dress has fabric stretching from the collar bone region to the upper part of the neck with a form of strap up.

Off the shoulder

Dresses of this kind are the classic off-the-shoulder style.

Sleeve and sleeveless High-low dress

This is another clear indication of how dynamic this style of fashion is.

It can either be with sleeves or without them.

Puff Sleeves

There is a high-low dress with a puff of flowery sleeves.

Peplum

There dresses of this kind with peplum.

This is very commonplace.

These and many others are likely patterns of sewing a high-low dress.

There is also how to wear these dresses.

While there are some of these high-low dresses worn with skirts, there are others worn with jeans or other forms of ladies’ trousers.