And how we used to live without tunics? This is a real find for women of any body size. Simple, original, unique - perfect clothes.
Advantages of wearing a tunic
Despite its simplicity, tunics have a whole range of advantages that are readily used by girls of any build, including size plus:
- the ability to give a full body shape and hide existing weaknesses from prying eyes;
- folds in the sides and abdomen will be less noticeable in a tunic with a V-neck and embroidered elements in the neck area;
- a wide variety of materials from which tunics can be created;
- perfect base for a summer look;
- a huge number of models that can differ among themselves in shapes, colors, length, respectively, and options for combining with other clothes also reveal weight;
- a lot of variations regarding the design and number of layers suggests a vast area of use for tunics;
- availability of beach tunics.
Models and styles
It is not possible to describe all existing models and styles of this universal clothes, especially since new masterpieces are constantly being created. But to talk about the most popular and successful tunic is still worth it.
- You should start with an A-shaped silhouette, which highlights the chest and hides the flaws of the figure on the abdomen and thighs due to the free design.
- Adjacent style - this is not the same, that tight. The adjacent tunic simply repeats all the bends and lines of the silhouette, but in no case does not fit the body. Transitions are soft, and the image - feminine. Whatever the beauty of this style, but the girls with the "apple" figure should not choose it.
- Straight cut should be chosen in case of a weak waist. For such a tunic, it is desirable to pick up pants or a tight skirt.
- Wearing a tunic with a bodice can hide the belly, but highlight the chest. This option is not suitable for women with broad shoulders and massive breasts.
- Dress tunic often has a wide top and a narrow bottom. Perfect with leggings and tight jeans. Designers are increasingly making wide sleeves in such a style.
- A tunic that combines two layers of fabric and asymmetry at the bottom always looks light and airy. This element of the wardrobe makes the image easy, the line of the hips blurred, and the flaws hidden. Such features are very well suited for the "apple" figure.
- An open shoulder in a tunic is a win-win when you want to look sexy.
Kinds
Summer
The most common tunics are summer models. For their creation, translucent weightless fabrics are necessarily chosen. Such clothes are easily removed, provide protection from the hot sun, light evening coolness and annoying insects.
Oddly enough, but the simplest model is the most popular. It is presented from a piece of rectangular fabric that is sewn at the sides.
Autumn
With the onset of autumn, the main question arises for women: how to dress up under changeable weather in order to feel comfortable on a cool morning and hot day. The answer is obvious - you need to choose a tunic of dense material. Choose your favorite jeans, shoes or ankle boots and go to conquer the world.
Warm winter
Initially, the tunic was considered exclusively summer clothing, but now full-fledged winter models have appeared.Knitwear or any other dense material of classic colors allows you to create a working image on the basis of a tunic.
Knitted wool patterns will warm in severe frosts. Warm tunic with short sleeves, which can be combined with turtlenecks, blouses, and shirts, are good options for winter. In this case, the same tunic each time will look different.
Festive
In the evening images of modern women are actively using tunics. Long or long models can be used as a standalone element.
Styles
Regarding the styles in which tunics are presented, there is also a large field for the formation of various images:
- Sports tunic does not oblige you to sports, it can just be combined with jeans, shorts or leggings. Such models usually have a straight cut, a sharp or round neckline, no decor, the simplest print, and they are made of cotton fabric.
- Romantic tunic is highlighted in color, the presence of appropriate decor. The image should be chosen accordingly: shoes with heels, decorations in the hair.
- The feminine tunic is first in popularity among all other styles. There can be a lot of variants of execution: country, over-size, geometric print, but a deep cleavage must be present. A good choice of material to create such clothes is crepe de Chine, flax or cotton.
- Casual style confidently wins the hearts of women, embodied in seductive tunics. Most often, such models take the form of elongated shirts, which, together with trousers, can constitute a full-fledged working bow.
- No less popular are warm knit-type turtleneck tunics. You can take any sweater, change its length and get the original tunic.
- The grunge style was born not very long ago, but the designers immediately transferred its main points to the tunics. This experiment was very successful and humanity got a tunic with asymmetrical lines, torn edges, which may be worn. The image is slightly negligent, and those extra pounds are not striking.
Length
In choosing a tunic for its length, designers give us complete freedom. You can only focus on the features of the body, the purpose for which the tunic is chosen, mood and other factors. Short, long and elongated - a huge choice of tunics opens up before a modern woman.
For the summer period, it is still better to choose those models whose length ends at the middle of the thigh or reaches the knee.
the cloth
The most elegant tunics are, of course, made of lightweight materials. Chiffon, silk or lace tunic must be present in the wardrobe of a full woman. Options for combining with such clothes you can find a lot, so light tunics may well be called universal.
Daring women should pay attention to the tunic, which combine different texture of the fabric. It can be wool and cotton, chiffon and tweed, skin inserts are actively used. This season there has been an increase in the popularity of such an unusual combination of wool and lace.
Atlas even makes a simple tunic elegant and special. Similar models can be used to create an evening look and in everyday life. Atlas fits well with flounces that start from the neck and go all the way to the bottom.
If you really want to buy a knitted tunic, then it should be very high quality and dense. Under the thin knitwear every fold on the body will be visible.
Color and print
This season, white, yellow, green, crimson, purple, and blue colors are popular. Already that season in a row remain relevant shades of metallic and beige. In the collections of famous brands there are tunics, painted in warm and bright colors such as brick, orange and sand.
Choosing a tunic with a vertical stripe, you can give your height a couple of centimeters, and stretch the silhouette a little, visually, of course. Similar effects have tunics with geometric elements (it is better to choose rhombuses and triangles), various inscriptions and images.
Solid tunics in this regard seriously lose. Do not forget about floral prints, paisley, ethnic elements and abstraction - all this was used in previous seasons, but has not lost its relevance.
Increasingly in modern models found appliqué, sparkling sequins, fringe and embroidery.
Beautiful and fashionable tunics
- in severity and minimalism there is its own beauty and something else elusive, thanks to which such tunics are popular at all times and remain fashionable;
- cuts on both sides give the tunic hidden sexuality.
- high waist, which turns into a slight flare - the dream of every pyshnotely girl;
- asymmetry in any form looks great, especially in tunics;
- tunics that look more like dresses made a small revolution in the fashion world.
Manufacturers
Only a lazy designer does not create tunics. Among the variety of manufacturers, companies from Turkey, Italy, USA (Ashley Stewart), Brazil (Eveíza), Belarus (Pretty), Germany (Sheego and Baur Treffpunkt Größe Aktuell) come out on top.
Many Russian manufacturers produce tunics of excellent quality, with new design solutions that are highly valued outside the country.
How to choose?
Although tunics are a universal thing that is ideal for women size plus, but no one should forget about the rules of choice. Choosing a tunic, like other clothes, is worth it according to the characteristics of the figure - this is a sure way to buy the right clothes that will put you in the best light:
- broad shoulders oblige to choose models with asymmetry and V-neck;
- with wide hips and weak waist, it is necessary to stop at a free cut and expressive straps in the waist area;
- Nobody will notice the fullness in the hands if you wear a tunic with bat-type sleeves and abandon the sleeve in;
- if you have extra kilos on your stomach, it is worth buying tunics with a free cut and high waist.
What can a woman wear a tunic with?
It is not enough just to choose a good tunic that will perfectly fit your figure. You need to skillfully pick up to her other elements and choose the right jewelry.
A casual look, created on the basis of one of these tunics, can be diluted with large decorations, a belt or a thin strap. If the tunic is chosen for an evening dress, then large stones, expressive bracelets and earrings will be appropriate.
The best option for most models are jeans, pants, skirts (only narrow) and leggings. With leggings you can also wear tunics, but only for women with slender, not too thick legs.
Bottom and top must balance each other - if the bottom is bright, then the top must be calm and vice versa.