Sleeves on dresses and blouses perform not only their practical function, but also decorate and even create unusual proportions of the figure, enhancing the expressiveness of the image. In modern fashion, a sleeve is a necessary detail with which you can diversify styles, and therefore in each season designers come up with more and more new types of sleeves, based on several basic types of cut.

Today we will consider dresses and blouses with voluminous sleeves, or, as they are also called, fluffy.

Fashion sleeves called "gammon"

These sleeves were most popular in the 1890s - early 20th century during the Art Nouveau era. Puffy sleeves at the shoulder, and narrow ones at the wrist, they seemed to designers of the 19th century to look like a ram's leg, and received such a dissonant name. Among the modern sleeves, there are various interpretations of this type.

Fashion Cap Sleeves

Cap sleeves can be different. These are set-in sleeves, cut with a flare to the bottom hem, therefore, they look like flounces that flutter freely, descending from the shoulders, creating an airy and feminine image.

Styles of "wings" can differ in size, can be single-layer and multi-layer, short and elongated. In the latter case, they are called flutters. Such sleeves made of lightweight fabrics look beautiful. To create more pomp and layering, flounces are used in different lengths.

Bell sleeve

Set-in sleeve, flared to the bottom edge, that is, the narrowest part of the sleeve is at the shoulder, and the widest is near the wrist. The sleeve can be slightly shortened. It got its name because of the resemblance to a bell. You can see beautiful interpretations of the bell sleeve at Alena Akhmadullina.

Episcopal sleeve

The episcopal sleeve is the most popular. Its cut is similar to the bell sleeve, but ends with a narrow cuff. At the bottom, the sleeve is wide enough, so when gathered in a cuff, it looks voluminous. Especially beautiful in soft and light fabrics.

Lantern sleeve and puff sleeve

The flashlight sleeve has attracted the attention of fashionistas for a long time. "Flashlight" can be seen in national costumes, for example, in Tyrolean and Bavarian women's suits, in the empire style - light and airy silhouettes of secular ladies also adorned this charming sleeve. There were similar sleeves in Biedermeier style - 30s - 40s of the XIX century. The sleeve can be quite short, gathered on a narrow cuff, cord or braid.



The puff sleeve can be called a kind of flashlight sleeve. But it is usually a little longer and much more curvaceous. There are quite elongated options. Beauties of the 30-40s of the XIX century adorned their luxurious dresses with such sleeves. Such sleeves look beautiful in dresses and blouses with a deep neckline or with an "Angelica" neckline.

Juliet's Sleeve

This sleeve is a connection of two sleeves - on top - a "flashlight", and then - a tight-fitting arm, right up to the wrist. This romantic and feminine cut is often used in wedding dresses. The sleeve was popular during the Renaissance, and Juliet herself was often depicted in a dress with such a sleeve. You can see various interpretations of this cut in the Jill Stuart collection.

Corrugated sleeve

The pleated sleeve in the new season also turned out to be among the most popular types of sleeves. This wide sleeve, usually long or very long, is pulled together with cords in several places, forming gathers or puffs. The images in the Roksanda collection are especially bright and expressive.



Bulky sleeves can be classified for a long time into types and their varieties.Indeed, in addition to the cut, the sleeves are decorated with additional decor, which means that they differ from each other, forming more and more new images. In 2018, kimono sleeves, flared from the shoulder, layered and one-piece, voluminous with a lowered shoulder line and many other varieties, remain popular.