From drool-worthy 3 dimensional dresses to stylish draped dresses to quintessential wintery leather dresses, check out our fall winter 2018 dress trend analysis with SlubAnalytics!
Fall 2018 Dress Trend Analysis
Alberta Ferretti
1. Shoulder pads, maxi dress, peasant sleeves, lace, tirtleneck
2. Peasant sleeves, ruffles
3. Poofy sleeves, maxi dress, embroidered
4. Feathered sheer dress
Alexander McQueen
1. Feathers, sheer, maxi dress
2. Leather dress, zippers, sleeveless midi dress
3. Leather midi dress, belted, cut outs, asymmetric hemline
4. Shoulder pads, asymmetric hemline, belted midi dress
5. Sweater mini dress, tie up detail, belted
6. Draped midi dress, cut outs
7. Lace coat dress, deconstructed tuxedo jacket
8. Embellished sheer dress
9. Fringed maxi dress, extra long sleeves
10. Thread fringes, cut outs
11. One sleeved maxi dress, thread fringes
12. Ruffled maxi dress, sheer
Alexander Wang
1. Zippers, shoulder pads, exaggerated hardware, asymmetric neckline
2. Sheer mini dress, turtleneck
3. Coat dress, cut outs, draped
4. Asymmetric neckline
5. Velvet cut out mini dress
Balmain
1. Shoulder pads, asymmetric sleeves and hemline, draped mini dress
2. Tee shirt dress, belted
3. PVC, sheer maxi dress
4. Dress with pants, shoulder pads, one sleeved
5. Ruffled, leather mini dress, belted, turtleneck
Carolina Herrera
1. Draped, one sleeved midi dress, 3D
2. Loose half sleeved midi dress, appliqué
3. Appliqué, midi dress, corset
Chanel
1. Front slit maxi dress, feathers, shoulder pads
2. Printed midi dress
3. Leather dress with pockets
4. Dress worn on a top, slit
5. Tweed dress
6. Dress with pants. shoulder pads
7. Kaftan sweater dress
8. Turtleneck, asymmetric hemline, sweater dress
9. Sheer panels, front slit maxi dress
Dior
1. Belted midi dress, ruffled sleeves
2. Sleeveless fringed dress, sheer
3. Belted maxi dress, thread fringes
4. Belted, crochet dress, turtleneck
5. Ruffled, patchwork, sheer dress
6. Sheer, maxi, slip dress, ruffles
Dolce & Gabbana
1. Lace mini dress, tie up detail
2. Lace sleeves, ruffles, midi dress
3. Metallic tee shirt dress, loose half sleeves, art print
4. Peasant sleeves, printed mini dress
5. Embellished, ruched midi dress
6. Metallic mini dress, overskirt, shoulder pads, turtleneck
7. Ruffled maxi dress
8. Fringed embellished sequin dress, patchwork
Elie Saab
1. Peasant pre-renaissance sleeves, pussy bow, laced details, belted maxi dress
2. Belted maxi dress, fringes, sheer, poofy sleeves
3. Asymmetric hemline, printed dress, turtleneck
4. Fur cape, belted midi dress
5. Sheer belted maxi dress
6. Fur cape, slit maxi dress, pockets, turtleneck
7. Pussy bow, peasant sleeves, sheer top, lace maxi dress
8. Feathers, mini dress
9. Feathers, belted, metallic skirt
10. Feathers, belted mini dress, corset
Emporio Armani
1. Embellished, pockets, mini dress
2. Belted, sheer mini dress
Fendi
1. Shoulder pads, peasant sleeves, midi dress
2. Full sleeved midi dress with cut out, white shirt
Givenchy
1. Layered 3D midi dress
2. Asymmetric high low dress, sheer
3. Turtleneck, asymmetric hemline, printed dress
4. Sleeveless midi dress, thread fringes, asymmetric hemline, sequins, embellished
5. Embellished midi dress, shoulder pads, turtleneck, metallic
6. Bow detail, 3D, strapless midi dress
7. Full sleeved dress, shoulder pads, thread fringes
8. 3D layered dress
Gucci
1. 3D mini dres, shoulder pads
2. Velvet midi dress, ruffles
3. Asymmetric hemline, ruffled midi dress
Max Mara
1. Pencil dress, dress with pants
2. Ruched pencil dress
3. Dress with matching pants
Michael Kors
1. Strapless midi dress, 3D
2. Printed midi dress with slit, slip dress, lace details
3. Lace details, slip dress
4. Ruffled dress, shoulder pads
Moschino
1. Zipper details, turtleneck
2. Belted mini dress with zippers
Valentino
1. One sleeved midi dress worn with pants
2. Shoulder pads, dress with pants, asymmetric hemline
3. Kaftan dress
4. Turtleneck, full sleeved midi dress, dress with pants
5. Turtleneck, crochet dress
6. Peasant sleeves, pockets, turtleneck, maxi dress with feathers
7. Loose half bell sleeves
8. One sleeved maxi dres
Versace
1. Asymmetric off-the-shoulder sleeves, draped, slit
2. Draped mini dress
3. Shoulder pads, corset
Versus Versace
1. Off-the-shoulder mini dress
2. Mini dress with zipper
Zuhair Murad
1. Shoulder pads, velvet midi dress, patchwork
Sahana is a Senior Staff Writer at ShilpaAhuja.com. With an experience in fashion and lifestyle writing, Sahana is responsible for Indian and international fashion week coverage every year, and is developing an expertise in apparel trend forecasting. She also writes about health and fitness, having pursued yoga for 6 years now. She’s not a gym person at all but is all for “running in the park” and is an amateur cyclist. Books and coffee are her other passions. She’s also an amateur photographer. She’s a hardcore Bollywood fan and she loves to cover the nostalgic topics on the same. From fashion trends to famous characters, she can make anyone love Bollywood! Her best article has been 90s Bollywood fashion, a readers’ favorite so far! Prior to her experience with ShilpaAhuja.com, Sahana has written as a freelance author for online magazine, Mashup Corner, and interned at EventsHigh as a content writer. Her blogs on basic fashion, makeup, fitness and city’s food joints that gave her a chance to experiment with her writing. She also has voiced her opinions about feminism and equal rights for men and women at PolkaCafe journals and after quitting her job, she decided to take up writing as her full time career.
Sahana is an engineering graduate and has worked in an MNC, Tesco, for more than a year as an Operations Support. It was her sheer love for fashion that made her quit the monotonous 9 to 5 job to pursue a career in the fashion industry. She’s originally from Bangalore and is currently settled in Chennai (she’s loving the city)! For any queries and discussions, contact her at [email protected] You can also tweet her at https://twitter.com/Sahana_17