Pleats

Pleats are becoming more and more popular in formal dresses. Evenings by Allure and Night Moves by Allure have designed beautiful satin evening gowns with pleated skirts. They offer a lot of movement and often feature an empire waist. You will see these skirts paired with heavily beaded and embellished busts or waistlines. Pleated skirts work very well on a busty body shape as they give more volume to the lower body and help to create the illusion of a proportionate figure. Pleats are also becoming more popular along the bust line to add volume on top and are perfect for the pear body shape to give balance to the lower torso.