Spanish Gypsy dress or flamenco dress? What is the correct name for the flamenco clothing?

Flamenco dresses, spanish Gypsy clothing or Gypsy dresses are some of the names that are indistinctly used by the ordinary citizen when referring the clothing that women in Andalusia wear on Romerias, fairs and other events like that. So called flamenco clothing.

  

However, even all those and much more terms are used when speaking about the same type of dress or clothing. Is it correct? In other words, do all the terms for this spanish clothing mean the same? Basically yes, but it´s also the fact that all of them has their reason to be called as they are. Practically, these are the considerations that have to take into account respectfully:

• It is common to turn to use the terms Gypsy costume or Gypsy dress to refer that type of regional clothing. Why? Because precisely the dress has its origin in the clothing that the women in Seville (sevillanas) with the ethnic gypsy background used to wear in the commercial fairs where they sold livestock in the end of the century XIX and at the beginning of the century XX. Tailed gowns, in particular, were those that shined and afterwards inspired the women from the upper classes to design the official clothing that they used to wear during the “Feria de Abril” celebrated on 1929, the year when the capital of Andalusia organized the Universal Exposition.

• On the other hand, it is also typical to call the flamenco clothing as a flamenco dress. It is common used term, and this clothing has stayed as a use of regional clothing to convert to a dress on that a woman wants to shine in diverse cultural and social happenings where she feels herself specially attractive.

For that reason, the purists say flamenco dress is the only correct name to be used when referring this clothing. However, also the other common terms are allowed to be used when speaking about this spanish clothing.

Corazón, de pico, redondo… ¿Qué escote te favorece más para tu vestido de flamenca?

Si tienes pensado acudir a una tienda de vestidos de flamenca para adquirir el tuyo, es importante que a la hora de comprártelo tengas en cuenta el color que más te favorece o las tendencias que imperan en ese momento.

No obstante, tampoco debes pasar por alto otro factor que es muy importante y que permitirá que estés mucho más favorecida con ese traje. Nos estamos refiriendo al tipo de escote.En concreto, estos son los más habituales que podrás encontrarte:

• Escote corazón. Sin lugar a dudas, esta modalidad es una de las que resulta más favorecedora para cualquier mujer. Y es que resalta el lado más femenino, se adapta a cualquier tipo de busto, ayuda a disimular hombros y brazos anchos…

• Escote de pico. Numerosos son los vestidos de flamenca que se decantan por presentarse con este otro tipo. Es más, es uno de los llamados tradicionales y ofrece ventajas tales como un look elegante, ayuda a disimular lo que son cuerpos con muchas curvas, afina los pechos muy grandes o voluminosos y es muy sensual. Hay que subrayar que en este tipo de trajes se puede presentar solo o con mantoncillo.

• Escote redondo. Las mujeres que cuentan con un cuello largo son a las que más les favorece esta modalidad, que no suele ser la más habitual en las prendas que nos ocupan y que no está recomendada para quienes tienen un rostro muy redondeado.

• Escote alto. Las últimas tendencias dentro de la moda flamenca apuestan por este otro tipo que aporta mucha elegancia a cualquier traje. Está inspirado en los vestidos de los años sesenta y se puede presentar con mantoncillo.

• Escote cuadrado, que es más discreto y que puede ser llevado por cualquier mujer. 

Heart, sharp, rounded… What kind of neckline favors most your flamenco dress?

If you have thought to head up to a flamenco dress shop to buy yourself a flamenco dress, it is important to keep in mind the colour that makes more favor for you and also the trends that dominates on that moment.

However, you should not ignore other fact that is very important and that allows you to be much more favoured with your dress. We are referring the shape of neckline.

Particularly, the following ones are the most in common ones you could find:

• Heart shaped neckline. Without any doubts, this model is the one which most makes favor for any woman. And it emphases the most feminine part, it adapts any type of bust, helps appear shoulder and arms smaller. 

• Sharp neckline. There is a big number of flamenco dresses that decants to present this kind of neckline. This is one of the most called traditional necklines and offers benefits like elegant look, helps disguising bodies with a lot of curves, smooths big or voluminous breasts and in addition it is very sensual. It has to be underlined that this kind of dresses are allowed to wear with or without a shawl.

• Circle shaped neckline. Women who have got a long neck, are those for who this model suits better. This neckline model is not the most common on the shops, and it is not recommended for women with very rounded face. 

• Long shaped neckline. The latest flamenco trends favors this kind of neckline that brings a lot of elegance to any kind of dress. It has got its inspire from the dresses on the 60´s and it may be worn with a shawl. 

• Square shaped neckline. This form is the most discreet and any woman can wear a dress with square shaped neckline.